Big Picture Update
Here we are, back in the soup once again. Yesterday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 380 points (1.5%), the S&P500 fell 30.45 points (1.1%), the NASDAQ fell 24 points…
Going to Pot
Thanks once again to everyone who attended our presentation at the Traders Expo in NY yesterday. We were very proud to see a record crowd and impressed by the level…
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Berkshire Hathaway’s Note to Shareholders
The shareholder letter for Berkshire is a must-read for anyone interested in investments. There are always nuggets of gold to grab ahold of and keeping Warrens' principals of buying good…
Close Out Bearish TLT Trade
We recently posted an update to our bond market analysis on 21-February-2018. We were then and are now, long-term bearish on bonds. To that end, we held a short call-spread risk-reversal…
The Week Ahead 2/26/2018
What to Watch for this Week This week we have a heavy economic calendar. Lots of Data will be coming out, except employment. Congress will be working on their Infrastructure…
The Options Edge will Present at the Trader’s Expo in New York
Mark will be giving a talk at the Traders Expo in New York. He will discuss Optimal Trade Structuring at 4:15 pm on Tuesday, February 27. and Idea Generation at…
Don’t Forget About Dividends
There at theOptionsEdge.Com, we focus on active management of our investments. We take bullish positions in companies that we think are undervalued (i.e. trade below intrinsic value) due to some short-term…
Is Smart Beta really Smart?
Smart Beta is all the rage in the fund management world these days. Smart Beta is another way of saying "factor" investing. Define a factor you like, rank stocks by…
Is there a trade in Precious Metal?
On 16-January-2018 we published an update on the precious metals, gold, silver, platinum, and palladium. At that time, the price behavior of these commodities was quite muted. Just as there…
Bond Market Update
The bond market has been taking it on the chin these days and for good reason. (1) The economy is growing faster which tends to increase real (nominal yields less…
Check out this Hedge against the next Bear move
We find ourselves talking about the performance of the popular equity indexes far more than we typically do. We do this because in fast markets like we are in now,…