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…
KNX: Knight Transportation
Knight Transportation is an "old economy company." They transport imported products from ports to distribution centers and retail outlets where people make their thoughtful purchases. This article is for paid…
MicroStrategy (MSTR) Update
You have to admire the conviction of Michael Saylor, CEO of MicroStrategy. The company, or should we say, the CEO decided to sell more debt to buy more Bitcoin. This…
AAPL: Apple Still the Most Interesting Stock in the World
On Monday, Apple presented its World Wide Developers Conference. The WWFC is a significant event, as 100s of companies that contribute to the Apple ecosystem were in attendance looking for…