http://www.articlealley.com en-us editorial@articlealley.com The market place has changed, option premiums are not quite as expensive as they were even six months ago. This might seem like a good time to buy options, but the stock needs to move a lot in order to make money on the option premium. For anyone reading ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_126279_19.html 03rd February 2007 People don't buy a product. They buy what that product can do for them. We were reminded of this when we read the following quote by Charles Revson, the founder of cosmetics giant, Revlon. He said: "In the factory, we make cosmetics. In the drugstore, we ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_126276_80.html 03rd February 2007 A stop loss order is simply a trailing "safety net" that you can attach to a stock buy. The purpose of a stop loss order is to keep you from being "trapped" in a stock that falls a ton of points. 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