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CF Industries: CF

Industrial farming, as it is, depends heavily on fertilizer. The primary pure-play competitors in the fertilizer space who reside in the US are CF Industries (CF), Mosaic (MOS), Intrepid Industries (IPI), and Nutrient (NUT). This article is for paid members…
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Chevron: CVX

Unlike the average investor, we like the oil & gas sector of the economy. As much as we would like to see a transition to more efficient energy sources, that is just not happening. All we have to do is…
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What Ails UnitedHealth? (updated)

The Fortune 500 is an annual list compiled by Fortune magazine. It ranks the top 500 U.S. companies by total revenue and is typically released around this time each year. The list includes both publicly traded and privately held companies.…
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Selling Volatility: SVXY

Selling volatility is a yield strategy. Volatility traders buy vol when it is cheap and sell it when it is expensive. Options market makers buy and sell options against stock as they provide liquidity to the market. That removes 80%…
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Panning for yield.

Most investors, particularly when they first start investing, are primarily concerned with capital appreciation. Parents saving for a child’s college education will only withdraw from those savings once their son or daughter begins attending. Saving for a down payment on…
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Discover Financial Services: DFS

Credit card products are the most profitable products in the financial services industry. I am also the most volatile. When the economy is chugging along, defaults are low and profits are high. When the economy goes into recession, defaults and…
January 4, 2019
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Is It Time to Repair Your AAPL?

Apple Inc is one of the most widely held stocks in the marketplace.  This should not come as a surprise as it has a market capitalization of $700 billion, which…

January 4, 2019
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The Fed Created the Volatility

We believe that the Fed is the primary culprit when talking about the business cycle and instability. Mark is not a  big fan of the Fed and believes they do…

January 3, 2019
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Now We Know Why Equity Prices are Falling… There is a Worm in the Apple

As we listen to financial commentators, analysts, portfolio managers, etc. we have heard a number of reasons why the stock market is falling in spectacular fashion. The most popular reasons for…

January 2, 2019
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Here we go again

While we keep writing about our expectation for a continued selloff in the broad market averages, we are finding more and more really cheap stocks. But we are afraid to…

January 1, 2019
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Track Record | How We Did in 2018

We present our ideas to our followers here at TheOptionsEdge.Com. Our first goal is to preserve capital. That is to say, we do our best to avoid losses and generate…

January 1, 2019
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Happy New Year

2018 has come to a close and it was a year of ups, downs, joy, sadness, challenges, successes and disappointment, not to mention chaos. We are optimists here at the…

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The Week Ahead | 12/31/2018

Global Spotlight Goodwill Gestures Ahead of Trade Negotiations. With one-third of the 90-day negotiation window already complete, China kept reminding the United States that it is making concerted efforts to address…

December 30, 2018
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Disney (DIS): Still a “Mickey Mouse” Stock?

Last Friday, the panel on CNBC's Options Action took a look at Disney, the giant entertainment company everyone knows and loves. Carter Braxton Worth focused on the company's share price…

December 28, 2018
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When Will We Hit Rock Bottom?

We are beginning to think it will be in January with an outside chance the mayhem continues until Early February. Equity markets have turned to from relentless selling to horrific back and…

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Oil: The Market that Surprised us the Most

As any trading year comes to an end, we like to reflect on what we got right, we got wrong and what caught us by surprise. We thought for most…

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