Equities: Brutal Drop, Wicked Bounce, What’s Next?
To our way of thinking, the equity market is changing its character and we are doing our best to keep up with it. On October 9, 2018, we did not like…
Its Fed Day Today
The Board of Governors at the Federal Reserve is wrapping up their November meeting where they discuss the state of the economy and their next move with interest rates. We…
Should You Play the Dead CAT Bounce?
On Friday, the Options Action panel took a look at Caterpillar, Inc. (CAT) the big industrial machine manufacturing company. For the last few years, CAT has looked overpriced to us,…
The Week Ahead | 11/05/2018
This week we have a normal economic calendar. Earnings are still strong with some warnings. and the Midterm election is Tuesday. Most polls are showing a split decision where the…
De-Risk Your Portfolio Before the Election
The elections are coming up this Tuesday and this has us quite nervous. Animosity is running high and so are the stakes. The equity markets have been very volatile this…
Crypto Update
It was not long ago that people were talking about the volatility in the price of crypto. That day seems to have come and gone. It seems that even CNBC…
Is it Time to Sell Volatility?
The month of October will go down as a surprise and shock to many investors. We at theOptionsEdge.Com are always a bit skeptical on extended bull moves and whenever it…
The Week Ahead | 10/29/2018
The market had another horrible week. How Bad? Let’s count the ways. The Russell 2000 is down 12.5% in October; the Nasdaq Composite is down 10.9%; the S&P 500 is…
Should You Take a Bite of the AAPL?
On Thursday, November 1, Apple Inc. (AAPL) will be reporting Q3 earnings for 2018. This company and its stock is one of many Wall Street darlings, but this one seems to…
Equity Prices Smashed, What’s Next?
Everything has gone macro. As the larger equity market sells off, the company-specific news is being ignored by investors. So today, we will discuss what is next for the Dow…
Value Investors are Mad as Hell
And they are not going to take it anymore. Or maybe not. If you look back over the past 100 years or so, value investing has delivered higher returns to investors…
China | Shaping Up to be an Interesting Story
The news flow with respect to China's equity and bond market has turned decidedly negative. This is quite natural as the major market equity indexes describing the return performance of Chinese…