What to do this Options Expiration Week
Standard Monthly Options expire at the end of this week. Since we have 8 open positions to address, we thought we should discuss them now so you have time to decide…
Portfolio Update (17-October-2017)
We present our ideas here at TheOptionsEdge.Com and we identify this portfolio as the TOE Trades. In 2016 and 2017 we wrote for Action Alerts Options over at TheStreet.Com. We…
Oil & Gas Update: Is The Bear About to Roar Once Again?
At first glance, the oil and gas sector in the US is an enigma. The exploration and production companies as a whole lose money. At the same time, these companies…
Forget the Fed, Listen to the Market… Short-Term Rates are Rising
Yesterday, the Federal Reserve released the minutes of the minutes of their last meeting that took place on September 19 & 20. The financial media makes a big deal out…
Market Emotion: Anxiously Euphoric
Anxiously euphoric, two words that do not belong together and two human emotions that should not exist side by side. But here we are, suffering from both at the same time.…
The Pain in Spain Might Send Your Money Down the Drain
The country of Spain is in chaos and it does not look like the political turmoil will end anytime soon. Catalan has voted for its succession and independence for the mother…
More on the Pension Crisis
We have taken a deep interest in the pension problems of both companies and governments. We are far more concerned about the pension plans of governments as they so huge…
Portfolio Update (7-October-2017)
We present our ideas here at TheOptionsEdge.Com and we identify this portfolio as the TOE Trades. In 2016 and 2017 we wrote for Action Alerts Options over at TheStreet.Com. We…
Equity Markets: Is A Change in Leadership Underway?
Equity market prices are chugging higher. This is no news to our readers. What many may not appreciate is that the character of this market rally is changing a little…
Overstock.Com: Is the Rallying for the Right or Wrong Reason?
Overstock (OSTK) is an online retailer that manufactures and brick & mortar retailer use to unload unwanted or “overstocked” product. To fulfill this mission, the company operates through two segments, Direct…