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  • SAIA August 17th Options Begin Trading

    Investors in Saia Inc saw new options begin trading today, for the August 17th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the SAIA options chain for the new August 17th contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest.

  • Commit To Purchase Immersion Corp. At $10, Earn 12.2% Annualized

    Investors considering a purchase of Immersion Corp stock, but cautious about paying the going market price of $14.45/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their disposal. One interesting put contract in particular, is the November put at the $10 strike, which has a bid at the time of this writing of 50 cents.

  • Commit To Buy Innodata At $2.50, Earn 14.6% Annualized

    Investors considering a purchase of Innodata Inc stock, but cautious about paying the going market price of $3.17/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their disposal. One interesting put contract in particular, is the November put at the $2.50 strike, which has a bid at the time of this writing of 15 cents.

  • Commit To Buy VAALCO Energy At $5, Earn 15.4% Annualized

    Investors considering a purchase of VAALCO Energy, Inc. stock, but cautious about paying the going market price of $6.07/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their disposal.

  • Commit To Purchase Hhgregg At $14, Earn 14.1% Annualized

    Investors eyeing a purchase of hhgregg Inc shares, but cautious about paying the going market price of $17.01/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their disposal. One interesting put contract in particular, is the January 2014 put at the $14 strike, which has a bid at the time of this writing of $1.15.

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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Major U.S. stock markets were barely budging as the markets braced for the conclusion of a two-day Federal Reserve meeting that's expected to follow with announcements that will provide more information into the timing of a tapering in quantitative easing and rate hike.

Sprint was the biggest decliner in the S&P 500, its shares giving up 3.69% to $7.05. Dish Network , the satellite TV operator, said Tuesday it wouldn't submit a revised bid for Sprint, clearing the way for Sprint to be acquired by Japan's Softbank. Sprint had given Dish until Tuesday to submit a sweetened bid for the No. 3 wireless carrier in the U.S.

Software maker Adobe Systems was the winner, gaining nearly 5% to $45.52. Adobe said revenue from subscriptions jumped 60% in March through May from a year earlier, to $254.5 million. Adjusted earnings in the quarter were 36 cents a share, beating estimates by three cents.

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