Electrified by Southern Company (SO)
Southern Company (SO) is an integrated electric utility company. It participates in the generation, transmission, and distributions of electricity delivered to both homes and businesses. It has a diversified by…
Update: GILEAD Sciences (GILD)
Gilead Sciences (GILD) is a pharmaceutical drug company that produces highly effective drugs to treat infectious diseases. We think GILD is a great company, that makes great products whose stock trades…
Discovery Communications & Scripps Networks Interactive in Merger Talks
The Wall Street Journal reported that Discovery Communications and Scripps Networks Interactive are in merger talks once again. These two companies were in merger talks back in 2014, but a…
Is There a Message in Netflix’s Price Action? Is there a Trade to be Made? Are the FAANGs and VIX Telling Us We Are Entering the Manic Phase in Equity Prices?
Readers of The Options Edge know that our preferred scenario for the overall equity market was a drop in prices of as much as 10% as defined by the popular…
What To Do This Options Expiration Week
Standard Monthly Options expire at the end of this week. Since we have a 5 open positions to address, we thought we should discuss them now so you have time to…
Update: Brick & Mortar Retail, Mall REITs & Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT)
Here at TOE, we combine fundamentals, technical and sentiment to help us find high potential trading opportunities. The MALL REITs fit into that picture and we have a position in…
Breaking Bonds
The bond market is an enigma of sorts. Back in 1980, the total public debt of the US Federal Government was just under $1 trillion. Fast forward to today, and The…
Covered Call Report
Covered call writing is the most common options trading strategies used by individual and professionals alike. Some people believe it is a low-risk strategy that generates income. We like to…
South Africa (EZA) Update
Back on June 20, 2017, we published a bearish article on the South African economy and the stock market. We took this stance because the Zuma government is restructuring the…
Will Cheniere Energy (LNG) Suffer the “Big Chill”
Cheniere Energy, Inc., (ticker, LNG) is a specialty energy company, engages in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) segment of the oil & gas business. The company is organized into two…