Taking the Temperature of the Consumer
People everywhere buy and consume millions of products every day. There are staple items like food, energy and personal care items that we use every day. There are also discretionary…
What’s in Storage at Iron Mountain (IRM)
We do not talk about REITs much here at The Options Edge, simply because volatility is not usually very high on these instruments. But there seems to be an opportunity…
Starbucks (SBUX) Update
Starbucks is in the middle of a couple of strong cross currents. On the one hand, the company is still growing. They opened a net 539 new stores last quarter.…
Is it Time for Gilead (GILD)?
In class this morning, a student asked me if there was a bullish investment one could make to profit from the health-scare in China. After all, she pointed out that…
The Week Ahead | 2/3/2020
Happy Monday. Good Luck out there this week. Global Spotlight Viral Fallout. The deadly coronavirus keeps spreading in China and across the globe, and as it does so it risks causing major…
Unlocking the Return Potential in Factor Investing
What is the best way to predict success? In baseball, the game’s strategy was forever changed when Oakland Athletics traded in the standard scout’s intuition for a data-driven approach. It was…
Tesla (TSLA) Repairing a Trade
Tesla did what few people expected. It rocketed to all-time highs on earnings. We think it was reasonable for the shares to trade higher on the news, as the number…
Oil as the Contrarian Trade
Crude oil is sitting at a critical juncture now. Going into 2014, the world was in that "Peak Oil" mindset. People were under this fear that all the oil that…
Tesla Earnings Update
Tesla seems to be the stock that simply will not go down. The company reported earnings Wednesday night and the stock rallied as much as $70 after hours on what…
Interest Rate Update (TLT)
Back on January 8, we made the case that there was a decent chance that the interest rate picture had changed. The signal that bonds were about to sell-off was…
Market Update (SPX, SPY)
An interesting thing happened on the path to a Bubblicious bull market. Some people we read were saying that the equity markets were in a bubble. Others argued it was…
The Week Ahead | 1/27/2019
Happy Monday. Good Luck out there this week. Global Spotlight Wuhan Coronavirus and the Lunar New Year. With Wuhan and 11 other Chinese cities on lockdown to manage the spread of…