Gap Stores (GPS) Update
It is no secret that retail is one of the toughest places to invest right now. This kind of challenge also comes with opportunities. As the retail landscape changes to…
Jim Grant Explains the Gold Standard
Here at TOE, we seek to educate as we present our analysis of the economy, markets and trade ideas. At the same time, we go in search of those with…
Fed’s Yellen expects no new financial crisis in ‘our lifetimes’
The statement of public figures tells us a lot about conventional wisdom. In our views, government and regulatory bodies are "consensus" entities. That is to say, their statements have more…
Precious Metals Update
The precious metal complex is probably the most frustrating asset class in the marketplace today. Both the bulls and the bears would make the case that the price action of…
Oil, Oil Everywhere
Oil has been in the news once again the past few week. Or more accurately, the price of oil has been in the news. Representatives from OPEC countries, financial journalists,…
GDP Watch: US Economy Chugging Along Just Fine
Investors, journalist, investment strategists and market commentators talk about and analyze the economy as part of their investment decision-making process. They do so on the premise that if the economy…
“To Hedge or Not to Hedge” That is the Question
In early May, we recommended investors sell an appropriate amount of in the money call spreads (16-June-2017, 144/138) on IWM to hedge some of the downside risks in their portfolios…
South Africa: A Country of Great Promise & Risk for Investors, Here is the Trade in EZA, the RSA ETF
Republic of South Africa (RSA), as the name implies, is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded on the south by 1740 miles of coastline facing the South Atlantic…
Portfolio Update (19-June-2017)
We present our ideas here at TheOptionsEdge.Com and we identify this portfolio as the TOE Trade ideas. In 2016 and 2017 we wrote for Action Alerts Options over at TheStreet.Com.…
Symantec (SYMC) Buy the Dip or Has a Bull Trap Been Set?
Symantec Corporation (SYMC), provides cyber security solutions worldwide. It operates through two segments; (1) Consumer Digital Safety and (2) Enterprise Security. The Consumer Digital Safety segment provides Norton-branded products that…