Financial Flatulence (XLF)
It was just a year ago that the Fed put interest rate hikes on autopilot. As that was taking place, investors went into a panic and sold stocks hard. The…
The Week Ahead | 08/19/2019
For a solid week now, all you’ve heard from the media is Inverted Yield Curve, Recession, and the Economy is Weakening… I watch the economy very closely, and what I…
Where’s the nutrition in GrubHub?
GrubHub, the food delivery service, has lost its shine. The company was a bright star in the universe of Unicorns. Unicorns are relatively new companies, with a value greater than…
Rarely in a Straight Line
With the market in temporary free fall, many weak bulls might feel the urge to rush to sell only to find they have sold at a low. Then, as the…
Will the Sun Shine Again on 1st Solar (FSLR)
First Solar (FSLR) reported earnings a few weeks ago and they came in as we expected... weak, but investors did not seem to care one way or the other. This…
Options Expiration (8.16.19)
Standard monthly options are set to expire this Friday. We have 6 trades that we have discussed over the past few months that have not been closed out and set…
The Week Ahead | 08/12/2019
Happy Monday. Good Luck out there this week. Global Spotlight Whatever Happened to a Quiet August in Europe? Italy’s government is hanging by a thread after the right-wing League party asked for a…
Time to Hedge
Over the past week, we have shared a number of methods for hedging that can also be used for taking outright downside exposure. This Friday Mike talked about how to…
How Do You Invest in a World Gone Mad!
Reading the headline, you might be thinking that we are going to talk about the price action of the stock market for the past few days. But we are not.…
Another Way to Play A Crash
Yesterday, we discussed various ways to play a crash. Specifically, we discussed the merits of buying at or out-of-the-money puts outright and selling a ratio put-spread. This article is for…
How to Play a Crash
Unless you were sleeping under a rock, you know that the equity markets fell sharply yesterday. The financial press told us the reason why. (1) The Chinese government went back…
The Week Ahead | 8/5/2019
Happy Monday. Good Luck out there this week. Global Spotlight So Much for a Trade Truce. Our Third-Quarter Forecast published in mid-June said, “While there is a small window for a truce between…