Trade Wars Don’t Matter! Who Knew?
Well, at least that is what the market is telling us. On Thursday 05-July-2018, the S&P500 rose 0.82%. On Friday, the day the new tariffs went into effect, the S&P500…
The Week Ahead 7/08/2018
Global Spotlight The Trade Danger Zone. In a largely expected yet foreboding move, the White House imposed 25 percent tariffs on $34 billion worth of Chinese industrial goods, to which China…
Consumer Staples | Much Ado About Nothing, But There’s Still A Trade
On Friday 6-July-2018, Brian Stutland a friend of theOptionsEdge.Com made an appearance on Options Action filling in for Dan Nathan. He is a regular guest on CNBC and is an…
Its Trade War Friday
Much is being said about the so-called trade war between the US and China. Doom and gloomers are telling us that this will have a huge impact on international trade and…
Financial Stocks as a Bellwhether
There are a number of characteristics that show themselves during bull markets, bear markets, and market turns. A bull market lifts all boats. This is another way of saying that…
Mises Moment | The Founding Fathers: Smugglers, Tax Evaders, and Traitors
The 4th of July means different things to many people. For some of us it is a celebration of our independence from the Crown, British Empire, call it what you will. For…
Trade Suggestions Updates
Tomorrow is Independence Day, the day we celebrate the most important event in the history of the United States. On this day, in 1,776 the colonies adopted the Declaration of Independence. I…
Tesla | Short Morning Update
Elon Musk reported over the weekend that the company hit its production goal of 5,000 Model 3 cars in a week. Not surprisingly, they did it the last week of…
The Week Ahead 07/02/2018
Global Spotlight Third Time’s a Charm for AMLO. Mexican presidential front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, popularly known as AMLO, may have failed twice before to reach the presidency, but a steadily…
Tesla (TSLA) | Higher? Lower? These are Mike’s Thought’s, His Trade, & More
On Friday, June 29, Melissa Lee, the host of CNBC's Options Action notes that Tesla went public 8 years ago and much has happened since then. Phil LeBeau introduced the…
Navigating the Health Care System
Due to a medical emergency, we do not have a traditional article to post here at theOptionsEdge.Com today. Nonetheless, we would like to share Mark's story of how he negotiates…
Update | Interest Rates and the TLT Trade
Interest rates have been in correction mode ever since the 10-year US Treasury Bond hit 3.1% in the middle of May 2017. This capped a very impulsive higher move in…