You’re Grounded: The COVID-19 Effect on Global Flight Capacity
It’s not an exaggeration to say that the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the world into a tailspin. As the number of new cases continues to surge in parts of the world,…
Crypto… Not a Safe Haven but We Still Like It
Many people who are crypto enthusiasts argue that bitcoin, litecoin, ethereum, etc. are safe-haven assets in much the same way people argue gold and silver are safe-haven assets. Nothing could…
Coronavirus Perspective
The press, politicians, business leaders and many, many people are in panic mode about the COVID-19. As governments institute curfews and order business to shut down, the economic impact will…
No Place to Hide
In most bear markets there is some kind of rotation. The old leaders to the upside become overinflated. Just when they become universally favored by the investing public, their price…
Options Expiration (20-Mar-2020)
Standard monthly options are set to expire this Friday. We have 11 open trade suggestions that have at least 1 leg of the trade structure coming due at the end…
Market Update
On Tuesday, March 3, the Fed cut the target Fed Funds rate by 0.5%, in what we thought was an unwise move. T-Bill rates were somewhat trading a below the…
The Week Ahead | 3/16/2020
Global Spotlight Seeking an End to Israel’s Political Deadlock. Israel may have at least one shot at seeing its political paralysis broken when Benny Gantz, of the Blue and White party, attempts to…
The Pandemic Economy: Which Stocks are Weathering the Storm?
When markets get wacky, even the best companies can’t avoid the maelstrom. Investors were already tiptoeing on broken glass, knowing that the longest U.S. stock market bull run in history was…
The History of Pandemics
Pan·dem·ic /panˈdemik/ (of a disease) prevalent over a whole country or the world. As humans have spread across the world, so have infectious diseases. Even in this modern era, outbreaks…
AAPL: Apple the Most Interesting Stock in the World
Apple Inc. continues to confound the investor community. The stock that represents the technology bull market has sold off, but it has not traded down like the typical tech stock…
SPY: Close the Long Volatility and Crash Trades & More
The recent selloff/crash/panic, or whatever you want to call it, is something we have been anticipating for some time. But let's be clear, the reason for the selloff was not…
TLT: Bonds Giving Up the Ghost?
The fixed income markets are broken and this makes trading long-dated bonds a very tricky affair. There is no doubt in our minds that the fastest way to the poor…