The Option Investor Newsletter's Outstanding Stock Research Calls the America Online, Inc. Stock Split Before It Happens!

Business Wire, Dec 18, 1998

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 18, 1998--

COMPANY PRESS RELEASE - (NYSE:AOL) AMERICA ONLINE INC.,(NASDAQ:YHOO) YHOO!, (NASDAQ:NOK.A) - NOKIA

In its Sept. 27 issue, the Option Investor Newsletter issued a "STRONG BUY" on AOL as a split candidate when it was trading at $128. The stock price on Monday, Nov. 23 closed at $156. The split was announced on Tuesday, Nov. 24 and closed at $158.625, a 23.9% return.

At the Option Investor Newsletter we don't recommend buying the stock. We Recommend buying "call options" instead. By utilizing stock options, investors are able to maximize their returns and limit their risk.

Stock options offer the small investor the same opportunity to profit from big stock moves like this one without the investment required to purchase large amounts of stock.

Some of the actual call recommendations we made on AOL:

Date        Strike        Price       Pick High     Return Percentage
8/6       Oct-$85.00      10.25        $35.25             244%
8/6       Oct-$90.00       7.88        $30.88             292%
9/13      Oct-$95.00      10.00        $26.00             160%
9/13      Oct-$100.00      5.87        $21.88             273%
9/20      Oct-$105.00      5.13        $13.12             231%
10/24     Dec-$115.00    $12.00        $32.00             195%
11/8      Dec-$140.00    $11.63        $59.00             360%
11/8      Jan-$150.00    $10.75        $52.00             362%

This table demonstrates the tremendous profitability of trading options instead of stock. Far less money is required and leverage is greater. The Newsletter stresses education for novice traders utilizing straight "calls" and "puts". More experienced traders can profit from our advanced strategies using straddles and spreads.

The newsletter specializes in recommending picks on companies when they are just starting their move. Recommending option plays on companies before stock splits are announced has also been a big winner for readers.

Other companies they are currently recommending as split candidates:

NASDAQ:YHOO   - Yahoo
NYSE:EMC      - EMC Corp
NYSE:IBM      - Intl Business Machines.
NYSE:WMT      - Wal-Mart
NASDAQ:SUNW   - SunMicro Systems
NASDAQ:CSCO   - Cisco Systems
NYSE:MYG      - Maytag
NASDAQ:NOK.A  - Nokia
NYSE:LU       - Lucent
NYSE:SLR      - Solectron Corp

The newsletter is delivered by email three times per week, with daily updates and recommendations on the website (http://www.optioninvestor.com). Our goal is to help subscribers position themselves in fast moving stocks with the best opportunity of high returns.

Jim Brown, the managing editor of the newsletter, said their philosophy is to educate the small investor on how to leverage a small investment in stock options into double digit gains every two to four weeks, regardless of the market direction. We specialize in option trading recommendations on potential split candidates, companies with announced splits, takeover candidates, dead cat bounces and momentum stocks.

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