The Week Ahead | 05/23/2022
Happy Monday. Good Luck out there this week. Global Spotlight Biden’s Asia-Pacific trip continues. U.S. President Joe Biden will arrive May 24 in Japan, where he is expected to provide details…
Open Interest Web Extra: Buffet Bets Big
Walmart reported earnings yesterday of $1.30 a share. This performance is a miss of $0.18 a share. On a brighter note, the S&P500 rallied about 2% in what is likely…
The Week Ahead | 05/16/2022
Happy Monday. Good Luck out there this week. Global Spotlight Finland and Sweden announce their decisions on NATO. After weeks of statements in favor of NATO accession, the governments of Finland…
The Week Ahead | 5/9/2022
Happy Monday. Good Luck out there this week. Global Spotlight Election day in the Philippines. The Southeast Asian island country will select a new president, vice president, 12 senators, 300 lower…
Delusion Reigns at the Eccles Building
Never in the history of the world has the financial well-being of so many been tied to the economic competence of so few. Yet what emerged from the latest Federal…
The Week Ahead | 05/02/2022
Global Spotlight European governments discuss the energy crisis. France will host a meeting of EU energy ministers on May 2 to discuss how to deal with Russia’s decision to halt natural…
Web Extra: Stocks Rally After Hours and Answering Viewer Questions
Today, Mikes does a quick touch on after-hours earnings in $PYPL $QCOM and $FB along with a conversation about call-spread risk reversals.
Web Extra: Is it too late to hedge?
Mike discusses various strategies using Index or Index ETF options to hedge a portfolio.
Web Extra: Is Energy Oversold?
Energy has been hard hit hard lately, and today was particularly painful. But Chris Verrone of Strategas was on CNBC’s Fast Money today, suggesting that the sector may be slightly…
Web Extra: Vertical Spreads: Credit? or Debit? How Technicals Can Inform Your Decision
@CarterBWorth made a prescient bullish call on $NFLX before it broke out in Q3 of 2021. In April 2022, after a disastrous Netflix earnings call, I’ll discuss what he thinks…