The GEO Group (GEO)
To our eyes, most REITs seem to be perpetually over-valued. Investors seem to take the high-dividend payout equity as a bond substitute. This argument ignores the fact that REITs tend…
Does Off-Exchange Trading Get Tracked?
The technology that goes into trading is intriguing and changing rapidly. The days of people trading with people are over, and now it is machine to machine.
The Week Ahead | 06/21/2021
Inflation signals have been heating up with consumer price inflation blowing past expectations and wages rising as labor demand rapidly outpaces supply. Another important metric of rising inflation pressures, the…
XLF: Financials Looking for a Hand
The price of equities took it on the chin this past week. The financial stocks seem to be taking the worst of it. This article is for registered members -…
Freeport McMoRan (FCX)
Freeport McMoRan is a company Mark knows quite well. In his days as a project financial, he worked on deals to finance the company's copper, gold silver, and molybdenum mine…
The Fed Has Its Say
Reactions to Fed statements are often emotionally driven. Wednesday's response seems to be an example of this phenomenon. This article is for registered members - please login or click here…
Its Fed Day
The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee will finish up with one of the eight meetings it has each year. Pendants are talking about what the Ded might or might not…
ViacomCBS (VIAC)
Viacom is what most investors would call a value stock in the media space. But, instead, these folks saw it as a no-growth company that was having some trouble around…
The Week Ahead | 06/14/2021
Last week’s JOLTS report surprised to the upside, with the number of job openings coming in ~1M higher than analysts’ expectations at a series-high of 9.28M. As illustrated in the…
The First Options Trade
Derivatives perform an important economic function, and I discuss their earliest documented use in Ancient Greece.
Options Expiration (18-June-2021)
Standard monthly options will expire this Friday, June 18. We have fifteen open trade suggestions, with at least one leg of the trade structure coming due at the end of…
What is a “Naked Short”?
Short-selling is in the news these days. Short selling is a technique employed by professionals investors to profit from falling asset prices. Given the wild price action of AMC and…