XLNX: Xilinx
Xilinx is a company that is unfamiliar to most people outside the tech industry. It is a significant company in the chip space, and they make products that run many…
Options Expiration
Standard monthly options will expire this Friday. We have four open trade suggestions, with at least one leg of the trade structure coming due at the end of the week.…
The Week Ahead | 04/12/2021
Recent economic data are showing signs that the U.S. is recovering more quickly from the pandemic than expected. Nowhere is that more notable than in last week’s PMI numbers.…
USO: What’s Up with Crude Oil?
The talk in the media these days is the reopening of the economy. People throughout the world are demanding the politicians back down and let them return to normal life.…
Bank of New York (BK): Ring the Cash Register
On March 24, we suggested options traders consider a bullish position in Bank f New York Mellon (BK). That trade has worked nicely, and we think it is time to…
Viacom (VIAC): Back in the Middle Again
Viacom is one of those companies that saw its stock get caught up in the Bill Hwang family office blow up. There were several courses, but we are going to…
More BIDU
Baidu has been the news lately. Interestingly, the coverage has nothing to do with the performance of the company. BAIDI is one of the stocks of companies stocks that was…
The Week Ahead | 04/05/2021
Last week, the Biden administration unveiled the details of its massive, 2-phase infrastructure package. The first phase will include $2.25 trillion in infrastructure spending, primarily focusing on traditional infrastructure, R&D,…
Visualizing U.S. Stock Ownership Over Time (1965-2019)
The U.S. stock market is the largest globally, with total U.S. stock ownership amounting to almost $40 trillion in 2019. But who owns all these equities? This article is for…
Turkey (TUR)
The good people of Turkey are having a rough time of it. A dictator ruse their government. Like all good dictators, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has centralized power into his own…