Instrument NameAres Capital CorpInstrument Symbol(ARCC-Q)

Instrument ExchangeNASDAQ

Thursday trading had 188 unusually active call options with ask prices of $1.00 or less. You can buy three of them for less than $100 combined. Consider this the options version of dumpster diving.

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A couple of investment and finance companies had unusually active options on Thursday. Consider these two capital ideas for the long haul.

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Income investors can buy in May and go away with these stocks.