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PNM Resources Tops Bullish Volatility Skews; Colony Financial Tops Bearish Skews

Option traders are pushing up call option prices in the Diversified Utilities industry and are pushing up put option prices in the REIT - Diversified industry today.

Any time the volatility skews above 1.00, it is an indication that calls are more expensive than puts. Typically, when calls are more expensive than puts, it means the demand for calls is greater than the demand for puts because investors believe the stock is going to rise in the future, and they want to take advantage of that movement by buying calls.

The opposite is also true. Any time a volatility skews below 1.00, it is an indication that puts are more expensive than calls.

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Income trio: Neil George's 'fabulous finds'

"A few stocks have really grabbed my attention; they have core assets that generate lots of cash, and serve their investors a good cut of the profits with regular streams of big dividends," says income specialist Neil George.

In his Stocks That Pay You, the advisor reviews three income issues that he calls, "fabulous finds."

He explains, "I'll start with a company, Compass Diversified Holdings (CODI), that as its name implies -- holds stuff. Specifically, it holds ownership in small set of operating companies in varied but basically solid businesses.

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