Close the Apple (AAPL) Trade
On 1-June-2019, we suggested investors buy a risk reversal as a way of taking a bullish position in Apple Inc. We, of course, were bullish at the time and thought the…
The Week Ahead | 6/24/2019
Happy Monday. Good Luck out there this week. Global Spotlight A Dove in Hawk’s Clothing? Let’s take stock of Iran’s retaliatory campaign so far. Within a span of six weeks, Iran…
Comparing the Size of State Economies with Entire Countries
The United States is the world’s largest economy, but sometimes it’s easy to forget just how massive a $19 trillion economy actually is. This article is for registered members -…
Federal Express (FDX) Earnings & Volatility
Federal Express (FDX) represents a stock that is a bit of a conundrum. One the one hand, it is right in the middle and the beneficiary of the change in…
Fed Powell’s Statement and Adjustment to FITB Position
Yesterday, the Federal Reserve held its usual 2-day meeting to discuss the economy, both global and domestic, employment, inflation, etc. as it decides what it might want to do with respect…
The Most Hyped Technology of Every Year From 2000-2018
Where is the action in the technology world these days? In the chart below, we see that the big time in the technology world is Deal-Learning Neural Networks (DLNN). We…
Add a Crypto
We are building out our idealized crypto portfolio. The strategy we are following is quite simple. The portfolio will have two elements. (1) A core portfolio will be made up…
Options Expiration
Standard Monthly Options expire at the end of the week. Since we have 9 open positions to address, we thought we should discuss them so our readers can decide what they…
The Hidden Problem Looming Over the Cannabis Edibles Market
The boom in legal cannabis has been absolutely historic. According to ArcView Research, it’s already a multi-billion dollar industry – and by 2022, the legal market could be worth $32…
NIKE, Inc. (NKE) Earnings Trade
NIKE, Inc. (NKE) will be reporting earnings in a week and a half on 27-June-2019. NKE is one of the most successful apparel brands the world has ever seen. Very…
Apocalypse Now for ServiceNow Inc. (NOW)?
ServiceNow (NOW) is a big fast-growing tech company that most individual investors do not know much about. They are in the cloud space which is hot and growing but very competitive.…
A Breakdown of Wealth, from Middle Class to the Top 1%
Just as household wealth varies greatly across the population, the composition of that wealth changes as well. Simply put, the person next to you at the grocery store will likely…