The Scariest Stock Chart
Investors everywhere are starting to conclude that stocks are in a bear market. How could you not? The S&P500 is down almost 26% from the peak, including dividends. At the…
The Week Ahead | 9/26/2022
The past week saw major movements in the markets, as the 10-year Treasury yield jumped 25 basis points. This had a significant impact on stocks, as the SP 500 fell…
The Fed Is Finally Seeing the Magnitude of the Mess It Created
When asked about price inflation in his Sunday interview with 60 Minutes, President Biden claimed that inflation “was up just an inch…hardly at all.” Biden continued the dishonest tactic of…
Technical Tuesday
The Federal Reserve starts its two-day meeting to discuss what they will do what we all know they will do: raise the target Fed Funds rate by 75 basis points.
The Week Ahead | 9/19/2022
FOMC Preview Here at the Options Edge, we are predicting that the FOMC will deliver a third 75bp rate hike at its September meeting, resulting in a funds rate of…
Options Expiration 16-Sept-2022
Standard monthly options will expire on Friday. We have ten trade suggestions that are set to expire. Seven of those trades were winners, and three were losers. Net-net, those suggestions…
CPI: A Little Too Hot
The Labor Department reported the CPI this morning. Our view going into this, which we shared here and on Twitter @mguthner @the_OptionsEdge, was that (1) investors are optimistic about the…
The Week Ahead | 9/12/2022
Next week’s major focus will be on US inflation data, which will be at the top of the agenda. On Tuesday, we’ll receive the August CPI figure, and experts forecast…
The Week Ahead | 09/06/2022
Next week, markets will have their eyes glued to central banks. In particular, investors are eagerly anticipating the ECB meeting next Thursday as well as Fed Chair Powell’s speech that…
Monthly Market Update
August is another down month for financial assets. Price action is volatile, creating confusion in the minds of strategists and financial media.