The Week Ahead | 05/10/2021
The U.S. labor market added 266,000 jobs in April, a moderate improvement in employment but a sharp miss from consensus expectations. April was the one-year anniversary of the trough of…
ARKK: Is the Ark about to Sink?
There is a time and place for every investment strategy and investment style. There are times when bonds outperform stocks and vise versa. There are times when foreign stocks outperform…
DBA: Food Commodities Price Update
Steve, one of our subscribers, asked a self-evident question this past week. "The DBA trade has been working well. With it (the trade) being so deep in the money, I…
Avoid the Deere (DE)
By all accounts, Deere is in the sweet spot. Food commodity prices are rising rapidly as Fed Chair Powel and retired Fed Chair Yellen cannot find inflation if you handed…
Kohl’s (KSS): Back to Prepandemic Levels
When the pandemic, anyone with a brick and mortar footprint took it on the chin. To keep hope alive, the management of these companies had to accelerate their plans to…
General Mills (GIS): Breakfast Time
As the growth stocks go higher and higher, the value stocks gain ground faster. It has gone on for so long that value stock will keep up under most conceivable…
The Week Ahead | 05/03/2021
The U.S. economy, as measured by real GDP, accelerated in 1Q21, recording an annualized increase of 6.4%. Almost a year removed from the 2Q20 contraction of -31.4%, it is clear…
Ethereum & Bitcoin
The two most significant crypt currencies are Bitcoin and Ethereum. They are the most important as Bitcoin was the first and has become the largest and most secure network. Ethereum…
SPY: Hedge or Speculating on the Short Side, Your Choice
On Friday's episode of Options Action, Mike talked about using a "Zero-Cost Put Spread Collar" as a hedging structure combined with the underlying instrument. This article is for registered members…
TLT: Long-Term Bonds
One of the great mysteries in modern financial time is the price of long-term US Treasury Bonds. Why would anyone what to hold a Long-Term US Treasury Bond? This article…
TSLA: Tesla Reports Earning, Now What
Tesla Reported earings this week, and the numbers were decent but now spectacular. The consensus estimate of EPS was $0.79/share, and the company delivered a surprise of $0.14 a share,…
Microstrategy (MSTR): Time to Do it Again
A few weeks ago, we discussed one of our favorite trade suggestions. We told investors who were short $500 strike April put on MicroStrategy to let them expire worthlessly. What…