The Week Ahead | 08/20/2018
Most S&P 500 sectors finished last week in positive territory, with less-risky, countercyclical groups — including consumer staples (+3.2%), utilities (+2.5%), and telecom services (+3.7%) — leading the charge. The…
Alibaba (BABA)
Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA) is a giant e-commerce company located in China but operating worldwide. It has an enterprise value $480 billion with all kinds of growth opportunities in front of…
Equity Investors Do the Splits
In a normal bull market, most stocks (65+%) rise in price. Of the dozen or so sectors that represent the equity markets, 10 increase in price. Bull markets are what we…
FCX & Copper Talk
About a month ago, we discussed the price action of copper and what it might mean for the health of the global economy. From our perspective, it looked like copper…
Update | Options Expiration
Standard Monthly Options expire at the end of the week. Since we have 10 open positions to address, we thought we should discuss them so our readers can decide what they…
The Week Ahead | 08/13/2018
Global Spotlight Trump vs. Turkey. U.S. President Donald Trump may have met his match when it comes to stubborn populists on the world stage. As evidenced by the Turkish lira’s Black…
Semiconductor Stocks: Is it time to change your SOXX?
The semiconductor stocks have had a hard time of it since the turn of the year. They seem to rally a bit, then they get smacked. Just when you think…
Disney Update
Last Friday Mike & Carter discussed a bullish trading proposition for Disney to play earnings. Mike discussed a call calendar on the show and we discussed a short put spread…
Will Tesla Go Private?
We did a quick survey of our Twitter followers concerning their thoughts on the viability of Elon Musk taking Tesla private. We wanted to know if people thought the transaction had legs.…
Crypto Crashing
The price of Crypto continues to move from the upper left to the lower right, the very definition of a bearish move. One might want to say that cryptos are…
Tesla: Just When You thought It Couldn’t Get Any Crazier
We have always been intrigued, amazed, and surprised by Tesla Inc. and its iconic leader Elon Musk. There was a time when there was a unique leader that created reality through his…
Bonds: The Forgotten Trade
Everyone seems to be down on the bond market these days. It seems that the universal truth about the future level of interest rates is higher. The consensus view of…