TOP PICK
Sell January Puts with a strike of $45 for $1.82. This should give you a premium of 4% profit for 30 days. If the stock goes down, he will end up owning it at the price, which he would like. (Better way to get income than owning bonds.)
entertainment services
TOP PICK
PotashCorp
Sell January Calls with a strike of $145 for $3.95. Collects a premium of 2.75% profit for 30 days. (Better way to get income than owning bonds.)
integrated mines
TOP PICK
Augusta Gold
Sell January Puts strike of $45 for $1.32. Will get the stock at $41 if it stays where it is, which he doubts and he’ll own it $39.68 because of the option premium. (Better way to get income than owning bonds.)
precious metals
PAST TOP PICK
Eldorado Gold

(A Top Pick Nov 30/10. Up 5%.) Long Eldorado & short Dec 2010 call, taking 5%. Does this every month.

precious metals
PAST TOP PICK
PotashCorp

(A Top Pick Nov 30/10. Up 3%.) Short Potash Puts @$140. 3% for the month. Ended up owning which he was happy to do.

integrated mines
PAST TOP PICK

(A Top Pick Nov 30/10. Down 8.7%.) Long VXX (5.5% option yield) and short Dec 2010 Calls. This is his hedge.

E.T.F.'s
COMMENT

Insuring a portfolio? A simple but expensive way is to Buy a Put. You could do a straddle where you Buy a Put and Sell a Put further out of the money so the cost of Buying the Put is less. 2nd way is selling and taking some profits. You’ll pay some taxes but it doesn’t cost you any money. 3rd way, which he prefers, is going long S&P 500 VIX Short-Term (VXX-N). If the market corrects it will go up. He goes long this and Shorts a Call Option against it to take an option premium.

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COMMENT
A Comment -- General Comments From an Expert

Gold. Continues to be a massive Bull on gold because the bottom line is developed nations globally are effectively bankrupt. We are going to have a new monetary system in the world and gold is going to play a part in it.

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DON'T BUY
Royal Bank
Doesn’t like banks, as they have no earnings growth. Earnings are actually de-accelerating and there is so much acceleration in everything else. (He holds zero financials.)
banks
COMMENT
Expects oil will go a lot higher and natural gas is still a question mark. This stock will be where it is now or higher a year from now.
oil / gas
STRONG BUY
RB Energy

(Chinese are reducing their rare earth metals by 35%. Viewer’s comment.) There is a shortage of rare earth minerals and this stock is going to go a lot higher.

precious metals
COMMENT
Kinross Gold
Right now is a great time to Buy gold stocks, no matter what company. Gold stocks had a massive pull back in the last week vis-à-vis the price of gold. This stock has been a dog in this market. He writes options on this one.
precious metals
BUY
Great earnings. Stock will probably split. Whenever they open a shop there is literally a line 2 hours before they open. Stock is going a lot higher.
food services
BUY
Barrick Gold
Fabulous Buy right here right now.
precious metals
BUY
Fairfax Financial
Good investment at these values if you are a long-term investor. Selling at about Book Value. Have had some very good returns lately. An insurance company but makes a lot of money from the investment acumen of the principal managers.
insurance