Aflac (AFL) The Duck that Quacks
Aflac Inc. (AFL) provides supplemental health and life insurance products. Most of us are familiar with the company’s advertisement campaign featuring a duck telling people about the protection Aflac’s disability…
Packaging a Trade in WestRock (WRK)
WestRock Company (WRK) manufactures and sells paper and packaging solutions in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. The company is organized into three divisions. (1) Corrugated Packaging segment produces…
Dynamics of Equity & Oil Prices
Understanding how the market is behaving is critical for stock and options traders alike. It is important to understand the price action of individual stocks, commodities, bonds and the asset class…
A Superior Way to Get Long Amazon
Today on CNBC Options Action, Mike, recommended buying an AMZN 925/1000 June Call spread as a stock replacement strategy. This article is for registered members - please login or click…
Oil, War & Bull Traps
I wrote an article last night for release this morning, only to find that the US Government fired off 50 to 60 Tomahawk cruise missiles against a Syrian air base…
To VIX or Not to VIX
Investors look to the VIX index for guidance concerning future volatility of return on the equity markets in general and the S&P 500 in particular. Many people want to “trade”…
Unfriend Facebook?
Facebook, Inc. operates a social networking website. The Company website allows people to communicate with their family, friends, and coworkers. Facebook develops technologies that facilitate the sharing of information, photographs,…
Will the Price of Best Buy Stock Reflect Its True Value (BBY)
Best Buy Co., Inc. (BBY) is a retailer of technology products, services, and solutions in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Many of us have shopped in their stores from…
Is a Short Squeeze in Bonds Upon Us?
We have been writing about interest rates, bonds, and the Fed a little more than normal lately. We have been doing this because we think short bonds are one of…
The FED Does Not Set Interest Rates & Is Not Data Dependent
If you listen to the investment strategists, fixed-income specialists, financial press, politicians, and employees of the Federal Reserve System, you would think that interest rates are under control of the…