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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…
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Is Alphabet in the Soup?

Challenges Facing Alphabet's Business in 2025 Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google, remains a dominant force in technology, with a market capitalization of nearly $2 trillion and a business model anchored by its search engine, advertising, and growing cloud…
May 3, 2025
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The S&P has made no progress over the past six months, and Warren Buffett is stepping down.

The S&P 500 total return, including dividends, is essentially unchanged since November 4th, 2024, the day before the presidential election. Given the attention given to market volatility in those six…

May 1, 2025
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Growth at a Reasonable Price? Amazon.

Let's keep this quick. Amazon reports after the close, the stock is essentially where it was four years ago. It's growing faster than Walmart but is trading at about five…

April 30, 2025
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Biotech: XBI

If there is one sector that has been left behind in the bull market in stocks, it is Biotech. It has been dead money since 2015. One can only wonder,…

April 29, 2025
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Starbucks Earnings May Make Investors Jittery

Starbucks’ new CEO said the company is making progress on its turnaround plan. However, Brian Niccol, now almost 8 months into his new role, acknowledged, “I’d be remiss if I…

April 29, 2025
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Microstrategy Update: MSTR

Microstrategy, a company that was originally known for making business intelligence software used os of that intelligence to redirect its business to become a Bitcoin treasury business. This article is…

April 28, 2025
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Bath & Body Works: BBWI

Today we will talk about one of my wife's favorite companies. Bath and Body Works. This is a company that was spun off the Victoria Secretes Franchise when management decided…

April 27, 2025
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Starbucks Earnings

“When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact.” -Warren Buffett This…

April 25, 2025
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Office Hours

In this week's episode of Office Hours, Mike & I talk about Trump & the Fed, valuation, tariffs, Meta and Netflix. This article is for registered members - please login…

April 25, 2025
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Did Gold Just Hit a Peak?: GLD

Gold has caught the traditional investment world by surprise. If you go back to the last 15-20 years, we see that gold has outperformed the S&P500. Who knew? Certainly not…

April 23, 2025
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Novo Nordisk: NVO

On March 31, 2025, we suggested traders take a bullish position in NVO by selling a cash-covered put option on the stock. This article is for paid members - please…

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