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.…
Valero Energy (VLO) Refining Profits in the Energy Space
Valero Energy Corporation (VLO) is an independent petroleum refining and ethanol producing company doing business in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. It operates through two segments,…
What the Fed Said: Raise Fed Funds Rate by 25 bps, More Raises to Come & Shrink the Balance Sheet
The following is the Fed’s press release. We highlight the statements we think are most important. Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in May indicates that the…
News Versus Noise
Every day we are bombarded with an inexhaustible list of information about politics, the economy, science, advice, health, food, and many other subjects. This information comes to us from “official…
Does LyondellBasell Industries (LYB) have the Right Formula?
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (LYB) manufactures of chemicals and polymers, refiner of crude oil, producer of gasoline blending components, and develops and licensor of technologies for production of polymers worldwide. It…
Portfolio Update (05-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.…
31 Facts About the Early History of the US Dollar
Knowing a little about the history of money is always enlightening. It helps us think about how we got here and what might be next.
A Mises Moment: Balance Sheet Normalization, Or Not
Our readers know that we have concerns about the wisdom of Quantitative Easing and the FED’s (and the ECB’s) Zero Interest Rate Policy. The Austrian School of Economics argues that…
Is It Time to Hedge Once Again?
The equity markets are at an interesting juncture. After ripping higher since the election, equities, in general, have begun to move sideways. When that process started differs by market cap.…
What We Need is More Cow Bell!
It is no secret that many college graduates are up to their eyeballs in debt. Many graduates have the equivalent of a home mortgage but not the house. Most people borrow…
President’s Tax Plan Fails to Excite
At about 3:00 yesterday afternoon, the President presented an outline for his income tax plan. Here is a copy of the document which is just one page long. Of note, there…
3 Trade Ideas Rolled At Options Expiration
We took profits and closed a number of trades at options expiration. At the same time, there are still a number of promising situations where our investment thesis still holds.…