You Ask, Rothbort Answers

Throughout the trading week on Stockpickr Answers, investing professionals answer questions posed by members of the Stockpickr community.

RealMoney's Scott Rothbort answered questions recently.

On RealMoney and TheStreet.com lately, Rothbort has addressed the addition of Cisco(CSCO Quote) and Travelers(TRV Quote) to the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Costco's(COST Quote) third-quarter earnings results, as well as offered 10 reasons to be bullish.

Here are some questions and comments from the Stockpickr community that Rothbort has been responding to. You might have to scroll through to find his answers.

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I have seven stocks with gains of more than 20% for the past couple of months: BP(BP Quote), Deere(DE Quote), 3M(MMM Quote), Nike(NKE Quote), State Street(STT Quote), Taiwan Semiconductor(TS Quote) and Yum! Brands(YUM Quote). Is there a way to protect my profits through options, or should I take my profits and wait for a fall back, or should I hold and ride them?
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What would be a good retailer with overseas growth? I thinking that with all the problems we have here with rising taxes, high-debt, and so on, growth will be overseas. Luxottica(LUX Quote)? Tiffany(TIF Quote)? Coach(COH Quote)?
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What's the play in Hong Kong market?
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When your stock makes you a profit, when do you sell, and how much of your stock do you sell?
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I missed the UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury ProShares(TBT Quote) again.
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