Breaking Out the Financials
The old common rule of thumb was that falling interest rates are good for bank and rising equity prices are good for the insurance companies. At first blush, this makes some…
Salesforce.Com (CRM) Sometimes We Don’t See Value Where Others Do
The investment markets are made up of millions of buyers and sellers. To our way of thinking, asset prices are set by the buyers. Afterall all, the price of an…
Did Skechers (SKX) Signal Consumers are Ready to Run?
Skechers U.S.A., Inc. (SKX) designs and markets lifestyle footwear for men, women, and children, and performance footwear for adults. The Company operates in 3 segments: (1) domestic wholesale sales, (2)…
Is Unrest in Europe a Reason for the US Share Price Rally?
The separatist movement in Catalonia is going hot and heavy. The citizens of that region of Spain have voted to become their own nation. The reasons for this are both…
Update: United Continental Holdings (UAL)
United Continental Holdings (UAL) reported their Q3-2017 financial performance yesterday and Wall Street Analysts did not like what they heard. Day traders, momentum traders, and scalpers did not like what they…
Share BuyBacks: A Case Study McDonalds (MCD)
Profitable companies generate free cash flow and there are 2 basic ways they can spend it. Companies can either invest in the business so that it can grow or defend…
Horror in Holly-Weird
With a title like that, one might think this would be an article about Harvey Weinstein, the bizarre culture of Hollywood and the emotional breakdowns of Britney Spears, Charlie Sheen,…
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…