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…
Nike (NKE)
Nike stock has been a big winner in the post-SARS-Covid-19 lockdown world we have been lining in. People have wanted to get or stay in shape. Doing so is difficult…
Microstrategy (MSTR): Lather Rince & Repeat
It is time to take another look at Microstrategy. We have been sitting on the edge of our seats, waiting for Bitcoin to find a bottom. When that event occurs,…
SQM Update, Company Issues a Rights Offering
SQM options seem to have gone into hibernation. This phenomenon appears to have occurred due to a financial restructuring the company's management announced a few days ago. This article is…
Time to do Some De-Risking
The equity markets have developed a bit of a fog over the last few days. The big non-surprise was the hedgefund Archegos, which is a modest size fund that leveraged…
The Week Ahead | 03/29/2021
The U.S. government, under both the Trump and Biden Administrations, has provided unprecedented fiscal stimulus to help Americans weather the economic disruption from the coronavirus pandemic. however, the recent $1.9…
BABA: China Retail, Down But Not Out
Alibaba was a topic of discussion on Friday's (26-March-2021) episode of Options Action. The Chinese share market has taken it on the chin big time the last week due to…
Ark Investments: ARKK
The investor with a hot hand during the SARS-Cov-19 rip is Cathie Wood, the founder, and CIO of ARK Investments. We have to say kudos to her. She has ripped…