WFC: Wells Far Going Higher? or Just a Head Fake
Wells Fargo is one of the big banks that dominate the US financial services markets. They participate in the consumer, business, and investment banking arenas. The company has traditionally been…
Returning to Rates (TLT)
The debate around interest rates rages on. The price of long-term bonds has been rising relentlessly for the past 10 years. The bulls argue that long-term interest rates will continue…
Beyond Meat, Inc. (BYND)
People have been asking us about Beyond Meat (BYND) for the past couple of months. For those who subscribed to theOptionsEdge.Com, we suggested a bullish trade in the past as…
Options Expiration
Standard monthly options will expire at the end of the week. We have 7 open positions that we would like to address. This month we had a few trades that…
iShares US Home Construction ETF (ITB)… Is Real Estate Ready to Give Yo the Ghost?
ITB is an ETF that tracks the performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Select Home Construction Index, so it tells the story of how companies involved with home construction and…
Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO)
Cisco Systems will be reporting earnings next week on November 13, so this naturally pushed the name to the top of the radar screen of the Options Action team. Mike…
Market Commentary | SPY Update
Today we saw a repeat of the market action we have been seeing for months now. When the government announces progress on the trade front, the market rallies big. When…
The Ghosts of Failed Banks Have Returned
Recently, something unusual happened: instead of the more normal reverse repurchase agreements, the Fed escalated its repurchase agreements (REPO).
HP Inc. (HPQ) In the News
HP Inc. (HPQ), the producer of personal computing, imaging and printing products, is in the news. Yesterday, there was a rumor that Xerox (XRX) was going to take a run…
Human Insight, Computer Power: What is Quantamental Investing?
The world is awash in data like never before. From a person’s morning Uber ride and a favorite coffee spot to the emails sent from their office—all these activities create…