It's Super Bowl time.
This day of the year has almost reached holiday status where families and friends gather in front of big-screen TV to spend six hours watching a typically boring football game and stuffing themselves with nachos, wings and beer.
With all of the hoopla surrounding the event, this is a good time for investors to go for some Super Bowl profits.
Why? Looks like it's not just a pseudo-holiday -- it's a tradition:
- It boasts a worldwide audience of 1 billion people.
- The 10 most-watched television programs in history are all Super Bowls.
- In the United States, 40% of the households will watch the game.
- The cost of a 30-second advertising spot on Super Bowl coverage is $3 million.
- 1.5 million TV sets will be sold during the week leading up to Super Bowl.
- Super Bowl is the No. 1 at-home party event of the year, ahead of New Year's Eve.
- Super Bowl Sunday is the second-largest day of food consumption, second only to Thanksgiving.
Source: Tampa Bay Super Bowl Host Committee.
Now here are some great Super Bowl trades (click on the Super Bowl title for more details):
Super Bowl Trade I: Buy U.S. Steel (NYSE: X) -- Pittsburgh company forged by fire in 2008, looks for better 2009.
Super Bowl Trade II: Short MGM Mirage (NYSE: MGM) -- Plenty of rooms to fill, but no takers.
Super Bowl Trade III: Buy Grupo Televisa SA (NYSE: TV) -- Capturing the passion of the world's most-popular sport: futbol.
Super Bowl Trade IV: Buy Denny's Corp. (NASDAQ: DENN) -- The shares are priced like Grand Slam Breakfast.
Super Bowl Trade V: Short Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE) -- People taking to the road, not the skies.
Nick Atkeson and Andrew Houghton are contributors to OptionsZone.com.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
1-31-2009 @ 7:44PM
greg said...
spend six hours watching a typically boring football game and stuffing themselves with nachos, wings and beer? are you crazy? who cares about stocks anyway? nobody only loser who don't know how to work do
1-31-2009 @ 9:49PM
JOJO633590 said...
GREG,the market is closed on sundays,you loser
2-01-2009 @ 2:00PM
MyKisa said...
opiate of the dumasses
2-01-2009 @ 2:03PM
Dan said...
My first Super Bowl after I was born was Super Bowl X. In Kindergarten in my life the Steelers had won 4 Super Bowls. Kabbalah Ten Sefirot this year my birthday on the Hebrew Calendar is Feb. 10 2009 and Purim is on Mar. 10 2009 and Good Friday is Apr. 10 2009. I was working at Burger King in 1996 on the Sunday until 2:00 AM Super Bowl while the Cowboys beat the Steelers and I got to watch that recent Super Bowl with the Steelers vs. the Colts.