SPY: Roll the Volatility Trade
Professional volatility traders spend most of their effort trading volatility. They try to buy it cheap and sell it dear. If you examine who makes the most consistent profits, it…
WBA: Walgreen Boots Alliance
Walgreen Boots (WBA) is a stock we have talked about several times here at theOptionsEdge.Com. It is a company we have liked but has frustrated us. From our perspective, it…
Commercial Mortgage Delinquencies Near Record Levels
The lockdown has been a disaster for commercial real estate. Stores and restaurants have close and one can only expect more of the same. Apartment rentals are not doing much…
Alibaba (BABA)
Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA) is a giant e-commerce company located in China. Like all big things China, it but operates worldwide. The company has an enterprise value of $681…
MDLZ Update
Mondelez (MDLZ) is a stock we like and one we have discussed here at TOE. In particular, we have discussed a bullish calendar spread as the structure of choice around…
ALL: Allstate
The "Good Hands" Company has a new advertising campaign, "Safe Driver Save 40%." We think the accomplished actor and voice actor Dennis Dexter Haysbert with his baritone voice, is the perfect…
INTC: What is Next for Intel?
While tech stock galore are trading high, Intel finds itself bucking the trend, and not in a good way. Undoubtedly, this must feel uncomfortable for a company that has been…
MS (Morgan Stanley) Update
Morgan Stanley (MS) has been on our radar screen, and we have discussed a bullish calendar spread as the structure of choice around earnings calls. The short-dated option on the…
EWJ: ETF of Japanese Broad Equity Market
On Friday's episode of Options Action, Carter Braxton Worth took a look at Japanese stocks. When looking at the price action of EWJ, an ETF that tracks the broad Japanese…
Understanding the Disconnect Between Consumers and the Stock Market
Consumer sentiment indices are relatively accurate indicators for the outlook of an economy. They rise during periods of growth as consumers become more financially confident and fall during recessions as…