AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 14, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- The following is an investment opinion issued by Stockwinners.com. Selections featured in recent Stockwinners.com, http://www.STOCKWINNERS.com, Option Picks postings registered an average short-term gain of 117 percent. In the four months ending January 7th, the equities research firm addressed the upward price potential of 344 publicly traded stock options. The average selection was up 117 percent in eleven days. The postings included two hundred eighteen calls and one hundred twenty-six puts.
"In choosing our options, we concentrate on finding underlying equities with developing momentum," according to company spokesperson Faye F. Nia. "Among the recent gainers were Activision (Nasdaq:ATVI) January $17.50 calls, up 562% in twenty-eight days; Comcast (Nasdaq:CMCSK) January $30 calls, up 244% in twenty-eight days; and Sharper Image (Nasdaq:SHRP) February $17.50 puts, up 211% in ten days."
In addition to daily option picks, the service offers a continuously updated Active Traders page, daily stock picks, real-time quotes, interactive charting, a Rumor Mill and market alerts by E-mail. "The momentum stories featured in our e-mails are normally issued in response to special market conditions," said Nia. "As a result, the stocks involved tend to be on the move. Over the four months ending last Friday, we published forty-six such Momentum Picks. The average stock rose 20% in twenty-six days. Among the solid gainers was Humana (NYSE:HUM), up 11% in six days." Free two-week on-line trial subscriptions to the STOCKWINNERS.com service are available at http://www.stockwinners.com/info/first_time.html.
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