Yesterday after the close, Tesla reported their production and earnings number to the public. We think their production performance was a slight beat relative to expectations. Tesla has consistently over promised…
Apple reported earnings last night and they surprised most everyone on the upside. Expectations came down for all the phone makers in the past month as phone component suppliers reported…
Trading financial assets and commodities are rarely easy. When one fills out their tax forms each year, the government classifies investment gains as "unearned" income. Evidently, nobody in the government…
Wells Fargo (WFC) has been in the news for all the wrong reasons the fast few months. Bazar incentive plans encouraged bank branch employees to create fictitious accounts to meet…
Tesla will be reporting earnings on next week on Wednesday, May 2, 2018, and was the topic of discussion on Options Action today. Investors typically focus on earnings and guidance…
The US Dollar is a bit of an enigma. There is so much happening in the equity and bond markets the last few years, that nobody pays any attention to…
Crypto-currencies are back in the news these days. We are certain that some people were getting frustrated and emotionally distraught about the recent and brutal selloff that occurred across the…
Yesterday, the equity markets fell hard. The S&P500 was down $35.73 points (1.34%). the NASDAQ was down $121.25 points (1.7%), and the DJIA was down $424.56 points (1.74%). The surprise…
We talk about the energy markets quite a bit here at The Options Edge. To our way of thinking, food, energy, and housing are probably the most fundamental goods driving this or…
What to Watch for this Week We have a normal economic calendar, featuring housing data, Consumer confidence and sentiment, and the first look at Q1 GDP. Corporate earnings reports will…
On Friday, 20-April-2018, Mike discussed the possibility that Boeing (BA) was in the process of rolling over after a very strong bullish move in the stock that started in Q1-2016.…
In a free market system, prices are determined by supply and demand. Such a system is self-correcting. If the demand for an item is increasing over time the price of…