SPY: Roll the Volatility and Crash Trades
As equity market prices continue to move away from reality, we have suggested that investors consider either lightening their risk load by selling some long positions or doing some hedging.…
HP Inc. (HPQ)
HP Inc. (HPQ), the producer of personal computing, imaging and printing products, is in the news once again. For those who do not recall, Xerox made a $22 per share…
DASH to the Finish Line
It seems that the financial press has given up on cryptocurrencies. Why do we say this? Cryptocurrencies are have been on quite a run, and we do not hear a…
Taking the Temperature of the Consumer
People everywhere buy and consume millions of products every day. There are staple items like food, energy and personal care items that we use every day. There are also discretionary…
What’s in Storage at Iron Mountain (IRM)
We do not talk about REITs much here at The Options Edge, simply because volatility is not usually very high on these instruments. But there seems to be an opportunity…
Starbucks (SBUX) Update
Starbucks is in the middle of a couple of strong cross currents. On the one hand, the company is still growing. They opened a net 539 new stores last quarter.…
Is it Time for Gilead (GILD)?
In class this morning, a student asked me if there was a bullish investment one could make to profit from the health-scare in China. After all, she pointed out that…
Unlocking the Return Potential in Factor Investing
What is the best way to predict success? In baseball, the game’s strategy was forever changed when Oakland Athletics traded in the standard scout’s intuition for a data-driven approach. It was…
Tesla (TSLA) Repairing a Trade
Tesla did what few people expected. It rocketed to all-time highs on earnings. We think it was reasonable for the shares to trade higher on the news, as the number…
Oil as the Contrarian Trade
Crude oil is sitting at a critical juncture now. Going into 2014, the world was in that "Peak Oil" mindset. People were under this fear that all the oil that…