To Baidu or Not to Baidu before Earnings? That is the Question
Baidu is one of our favorite Chinese companies but has not been one of our favorite Chinese stocks. The company is a perfect example of a great company that may…
The Week Ahead | 7/22/2019
The US economy continues to decelerate. The Fed is behind the curve on the easing adjustments. The Rest of the world is setting up to recover. This means is…
Facebook’s “Libra,” New Boss, Same as the Old Boss
Starting in 2020, Facebook wants to offer its customers a global high-tech currency and infrastructure. The US IT giant says that this will provide many people around the world with…
Karen Gets Sneaky with Footlocker (FL)
Foot Locker is a company we have been following for quite some time. But for whatever reason, we have not decided to discuss a trade in the name. The stock…
Crude Oil: Out of the Spotlight, Where to next?
Crude oil has been decidedly out of the spotlight for quite some time now and for good reason. Crude oil production is growing rapidly in the United States and that is…
Is it time to “Prepare for a Bear”?
We have been mostly bullish for most of this year. Our discipline is one in which we question what is happening with equity prices, but we respect the trend. "The…
Options Expiration (7.19.19)
Standard Monthly Options will be expiring at the end of the week, so we thought we should highlight the trades that are due to expire. This article is for registered…
The Week Ahead | 07/15/2019
Happy Monday. Good Luck out there this week. Global Spotlight From Foreign Policy Fracas to Freeze? As U.S. President Donald Trump tries to avoid major foreign policy debacles from upsetting his…
Twitter Earnings (TWTR)
Twitter (TWTR) will be reporting earnings on or around 26-July-2019. Many investors watch TWTR as the company's social media product is quite popular. What makes investing in the company a bit…
Roll LyondellBasell Industries (LYB) Trade
Back on June 3, 2019, we discussed the investment opportunity presented by LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), the big petrochemicals company. LYB has a market cap of about $30 billion and an…
Return To South Africa
The South African stock market is one of the emerging markets we have been trading over the past few years through the ETF "EZA". Most of the time, we have…
Close LYFT Trade
Lyft, Inc. entered the public market at the end of March 2019 with great fanfare. There was a great deal of enthusiasm by investors for both LYFT and UBER shares.…