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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…
November 14, 2018
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Natural Gas is On Fire!

Natural gas has been in the doldrums for what seems like forever. Oil and gas, exploration and production companies have been "fracking" like mad going after the very high-quality light…

November 13, 2018
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The Selloff Begins

Inquiring minds reached out yesterday asking if it was too late to participate in the selloff of equity prices. After all, a 600 point (2.3%) selloff in the DJIA, a 55…

November 12, 2018
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The Week Ahead | 11/12/2018

United States President Woodrow Wilson first proclaimed an Armistice Day for November 11, 1919 by saying, “To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with lots of…

November 10, 2018
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Equities: Brutal Drop, Wicked Bounce, What’s Next?

To our way of thinking, the equity market is changing its character and we are doing our best to keep up with it. On October 9, 2018, we did not like…

November 8, 2018
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Its Fed Day Today

The Board of Governors at the Federal Reserve is wrapping up their November meeting where they discuss the state of the economy and their next move with interest rates. We…

November 5, 2018
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Should You Play the Dead CAT Bounce?

On Friday, the Options Action panel took a look at Caterpillar, Inc. (CAT) the big industrial machine manufacturing company. For the last few years, CAT has looked overpriced to us,…

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The Week Ahead | 11/05/2018

This week we have a normal economic calendar.  Earnings are still strong with some warnings. and the Midterm election is Tuesday.  Most polls are showing a split decision where the…

November 3, 2018
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De-Risk Your Portfolio Before the Election

The elections are coming up this Tuesday and this has us quite nervous. Animosity is running high and so are the stakes. The equity markets have been very volatile this…

October 31, 2018
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Crypto Update

It was not long ago that people were talking about the volatility in the price of crypto. That day seems to have come and gone. It seems that even CNBC…

October 30, 2018
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Is it Time to Sell Volatility?

The month of October will go down as a surprise and shock to many investors. We at theOptionsEdge.Com are always a bit skeptical on extended bull moves and whenever it…

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