On 8/18/08, I sold 4 YHOO Sep08 22.50 Covered Calls for a net deposit of $141.00 in an IRA and my taxable account.  My basis for these YHOO shares is 24.76 and 23.33 respectively.  YHOO closed down today (along with just about everything else) to 19.17. YHOO, what can I say about it?  I continue to [...]

When Google (GOOG) and Yahoo (YHOO) signed their ad deal in June, which allows Yahoo to run Google ads on its U.S. and Canadian search results, the companies said they would wait three-and-a-half months, so that the Feds could give them antitrust clearance. That deadline is now about a month away and yesterday on Bloomberg (launches the video player), Google CEO Eric Schmidt seemed to suggest that ...

Filed under: Before the bell, Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Deals, Yahoo! (YHOO), Apple Inc (AAPL), Wal-Mart (WMT), Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI), Market matters, Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), Merrill Lynch (MER), Research in Motion (RIMM), Washington Mutual (WM), Economic data, Oil, Lehman Br Holdings (LEH) U.S. stock futures were mixed Friday morning as investors await [...]

Rebecca Engmann Darst co-authored this article. El Paso (EP) – A fit of call buying in the October 17-strike calls of El Paso, the owner of North America's largest interstate natural gas pipeline system, sent overall volume to some 32 times the normal level and drove its implied volatility up nearly 50% today. Shares in the company have shown muted upside, up .71% to $15.53. The market appears ...

So long as Yahoo! was a publicly traded, independent company operating in search, display and video advertising, investors would always trade it at a discount relative to Google (after stripping away the value of its Asian holdings). One thing that kept the company's multiples and stock afloat was the embedded acquisition premium.  At a market cap [...]

... pattern. The chart target is at $461.90. A good entry would be at $420 or below. A drop below $406.38 would however invalidate the set-up.Chart courtesy of stockcharts ( click to enlarge )YHOO caught my attention today. The signal to buy was given today when the previous day high at $17.78 was taken out. Although the stock is showing weakness with MACD slightly below 0 and 50 day-moving average ...