AUSTIN, Texas, August 7, 2003 (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 three months ending August 1st, the equities research firm addressed the upward price potential of 256 publicly traded stock options. On average, the entire group was up 117 percent in eleven days. The postings included one hundred seventy-one calls and eighty-five 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 Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) August $65 calls, up 181% in seven days; EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC) August $10 calls, up 100% in two days; and XTO Energy (NYSE:XTO) August $20 puts, up 74% in eight days."
In addition to daily option picks, the service offers a continuously updated Active Traders page, daily stock picks, market alerts by E-mail, real-time quotes, pre-market/post-market prices and a Rumor Mill. "Each week, our subscribers send us rumors they had heard regarding the potential for good news from a variety of different firms. Our staff investigates the most likely of these and posts the best quality stories on our website," said Nia. "Over the three months ending last Friday, we published twenty-nine such rumors. The group rose an average twenty-four percent in twenty-one days. Among the solid gainers was Onyx Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ONXX), up 55% in forty-one days days." Free two-week on-line trial subscriptions to the STOCKWINNERS.com service are available at http://www.stockwinners.com/info/first_time.html. The company may be reached at 800/946-7143.
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