Wayne Burritt

Wayne Burritt has spent over 28 years as a financial writer, investment analyst and business developer. A natural teacher with a lot of knowledge to impart, Wayne takes great pride in sharing his expertise on the subject of options and investing with anyone willing to learn. Wayne believes that given the right teaching, anyone can become an expert in options.

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The Secret of Wall Street’s Most Powerful Number

Sep 9th, 2009 | By Wayne Burritt | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Penny stocks

Wall Street’s most powerful number is also one of its most understood. But in the next ten minutes, I’m going to show you everything you need to know to efficiently analyze this important metric – and potentially profit as a result. You've probably heard a lot of people talk about the ...read more

Tags: fundamental analysis, P/E
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Stocks Are Set to Rocket in September

Sep 1st, 2009 | By Wayne Burritt | Category: Featured, Technical Analysis

There’s no question that the past year-and-a-half has been disastrous for investors. Since last March, the S&P 500 has lost nearly a quarter of its values, and many are still too scared to put their money back in the market in the market. But according to some of the best ...read more

Tags: recession, recovery, Technical Analysis
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Searching for Decisive Market Moves

Jun 5th, 2009 | By Wayne Burritt | Category: Featured, Options

Just as I've said, the broader U.S. equities market continues to power higher. Let's begin with this weekly chart of the S&P 500 (a good proxy for the broader U.S. stock market): As you can see, stocks are on a roll. In fact, from a low of 667 in March to ...read more

Tags: Options
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Why You Should Remain Cautiously Optimistic As the Markets Surge Higher

May 6th, 2009 | By Wayne Burritt | Category: Featured, Technical Analysis

Let's take a look at the positive action driving the markets… Just as I predicted, the broader U.S. stock market continues to surge higher. Take a look at this daily chart of the S&P 500: The S&P 500 is a good proxy for the broader U.S. stock market. And as you can ...read more

Tags: Options
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How to Play Real Estate’s Recent Moves

Apr 1st, 2009 | By Wayne Burritt | Category: Featured, Options

There’s no doubt the U.S. equity markets are in the midst of a decent upside run. After bouncing off 673 on March 9, the S&P 500 has surged a stunning 23% as of last Friday. That's some seriously bullish action. The market has also bounced on higher average volume, which is ...read more

Tags: Options, real estate
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Existing Home Sales Show Glimmer of Hope

Jan 28th, 2009 | By Wayne Burritt | Category: Featured, Housing

While I wouldn’t be popping the champagne on a recovery in the dismal U.S. real estate market yet, the latest news does point to some improving trends. And as I’ve said here time and time again, a lousy real estate market got us into this mess and an improving one ...read more

Tags: home sales, Housing, real estate, stock market
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Profiting from the Wealth Effect

Jan 7th, 2009 | By Wayne Burritt | Category: Featured, Housing, Investing Strategies

Perhaps the biggest reason the stock market is a leading indicator of where the economy is headed is what's called the "wealth effect." It goes something like this… When our portfolios are headed higher, we usually go out and spend like the dickens. After all, with nice fat investments we feel ...read more

Tags: credit crisis, real estate, stocks
Posted in Featured, Housing, Investing Strategies | 2 comments

Cheap Stocks and Mind-Blowing Bargains

Dec 3rd, 2008 | By Wayne Burritt | Category: Investing Strategies, Options, Penny stocks

There’s no doubt about it: Markets around the globe have been hammered over the past few months. The one-two punch of tight credit and slowing growth has punished just about every investor out there. And I’m not just talking stock investors, either: Just about every asset class out there — from ...read more

Tags: bargains stocks, cheap stocks, P/E ratio, stock options
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How to Hedge Your Penny Stock Plays

Nov 4th, 2008 | By Wayne Burritt | Category: Investing Strategies, Options

Let’s get right to it: The recent markets have been wreaking havoc on just about every trader and investor out there. And if you’re holding stocks, the news is downright grim. Take a look at this graph... As you can see from this graphic, from a high of 14,198 last October ...read more

Tags: Chicago Board Options Exchange, Options, VIX index, Wayne Burritt
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Investing in Sector ETFs Using Options

Sep 15th, 2008 | By Wayne Burritt | Category: Investing Strategies, Options

I hope when you read the last article I wrote to you on economic basics you walked away with one simple concept: Most of us are already pretty darn good at economics! In fact, when we talked about the general outlook for the economy, overall growth, the rise and fall of ...read more

Tags: economic fundamentals, exchange-traded fund, S&P's 9 sectors, Select Sector SPDR
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