Is the VIX Quietly Telling Us Something or Is It a Head Fake?
The volatility markets tell us something about the cost of speculating on the size of an asset's price move or the lack their of. If an investor thinks a big…
Melt-ups Always Looks Easy After the Fact
When the market for risk assets (stocks, corporate bonds, real estate and commodities) was falling in 2008 and early 2009, it felt as if the financial world and economy was…
Value & Regional Banks | Fifth Third Bank
As the equity markets scream higher, many investors are getting nervous as some very expensive names trading at triple-digit PE Multiples are doing the heavy lifting in taking the broad…
Be It a Top or Correction the Sell Off Will Be Vicious
Many market observers have been screaming "look out for the bear," equity prices have risen too far too fast, "this strongly bullish move is not to be believed," yadda, yadda,…
Covered Call Report
Covered call writing is the most common options trading strategies used by individuals and professionals alike. Some people believe it is a low-risk strategy that generates income. We like to…
Trade Suggestion Update | What to Do on Options Expiration Week
Standard Monthly Options expire at the end of this week. Since we have 4 open positions to address, we thought we should discuss them now so you have time to decide…
Update: Precious Metals
Gold has frustrated both the bulls and bears during the post-financial crisis era. Monetary theory suggests that massive money printing would cause massive inflation in the price of goods &…
Sector Performance Update
The talk of late has been focused on rising stock prices. The S&P 500 is already up 3.51% so far this year. If you consider that over the very long hall,…
When Will We See the Next Correction? | How Will We Recognize It In Real Time?
We have been asked from time to time about the age of this ongoing bull market and what would have to change to become neutral or even bearish equity prices?…
Interest Rate Update | Time to Manage Your Interest Rate Risk
Interest rates are the price of money, or one might say the price to rent money. The US Treasury Yield curve represents the rate of interest across the maturity spectrum…