Clarification of our Comments on Yesterdays Bond/Interest Rates
Yesterday, we talked about interest rates and long-term bonds. Eric, one of our subscribers noted that we change our stance from a post we published on August 7. We failed…
Long-Term Interest Rates, Where to Next? (TLT)
The bond markets continue to be a bit of an enigma at the moment. The interest rates on short-term securities have been on a relentless rise since the beginning of 2015.…
Facebook (FB) Which Way Next?
On Friday, Dan Nathan pointed out on Options Action that there was a huge option buyer in Facebook. This activity peaked our interest in light of the fact that the…
Adjust the Trade in GameStop (GME)
Our trade suggestion in GameStop, Inc. (GME) has given us a bit of heartburn. When we decided to suggest selling a cash covered put on 5-December-2017, the stock was hated…
Update: Time to Take Profits & Reposition Exposure in XLE
XLE is the SPDR Select Energy Sector ETF that attempts to track the performance of Energy (oil & gas) stocks. In April of this year, after rebounding from the wipeout…
Mises Moment | Central Banks Enrich a Select Few at the Expense of Many
Developing an understanding of how free markets work in the absence of government manipulation (regulation, tax, permitting, etc.) and economic central planning by any group of people (central banks) is…
Amazon.Com Inc: The Stock That Can Do No Wrong
Amazon.Com (AMZN) is the most loved stock in the US equity market today. We think that is quite a statement as investors also have a love affair with NVIDIA, Apple…
Get Chemically Enhanced with LyondellBasell (LYB)
Today we turn our attention to a company we have traded successfully in the past, LyndellBasell (LYB). Over the past few years, the company has met our valuation criteria, so we…
iQIYI, Inc (IQ) Trade Update
On 6-June-2018, we introduced our subscribers to iQIYI (pronounced “eye-chee-yee”). Recall that iQIYI is a Chinese version of NetFlix. It is important to note that IQ has a different in…
High Fliers
The cannabis stocks are high as a kite! The question is, will they continue to fly or will they crash and burn. The big reason for the latest move in the…
The Semi’s Divided, But a Trade in Intel Awaits
Investors in semiconductor stocks have been having a great deal of trouble deciding what comes next for the share prices of companies that compete in this important sector of the…
Updates: BABA, PCAR +
Alibaba (BABA) reported earnings this morning. We were looking for an earnings beat, but the company matched. They did beat on revenues, however. This article is for registered members -…