By Ilene
Market Shadows Update
I'm going to stop updating the virtual portfolios. However, I will continue to post interesting articles about the stock market and various investment ideas as they appear. To follow the best of what I read daily about the stock market, please visit me here in the Favorites Section.
ACTIONS: I added a little EZCH, based on research in a subscription-based report that I can't republish. I think this is a high-potential, limited down-side investment for 2015.
A covered call strategy would be to buy 100 shares and sell an April 20 call for $1.45. With the stock currently at $19.27, the call provides protection for a drop down to $17.82. Maximum profit: if the stock is trading above $20 on expiration day, the premium of $1.45 plus EZCH's appreciation up to $20, i.e. $2.18.
This is not investment advice. Please see the disclaimer at the bottom of the page.
Just Stop Eating When You’re Full, and Other Impossibilities
If you struggle with your weight, you'll probably understand that title.
My friend Mary Hammond has written an interesting new "diet book" in which she claims that people who eat unsafe amounts of high-mercury fish may, over time, damage the hunger and satiation sensing nerves of their stomachs, leading to excessive hunger and inevitable weight gain. Mary examines historical research on disordered appetite from a time when mercury was a common oral medication. She also covers the emerging understanding of the role of environmental pollutants in obesity and shares her personal experience. If Mary is right, freeing yourself from out-of-control hunger and weight gain may be achievable by simply modifying your diet.
Just Stop Eating When You’re Full, and Other Impossibilities is available on free offer through Amazon Kindle from January 2nd through January 6th. Click here.
Perhaps my years of guilt for missing my omega 3s because I dislike seafood flavor was misplaced after all. 
