Fifth Third Bank (FITB) | Making a Deal with MB Financial (MBFI)
Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) did what it rarely does, buying another bank. While many of the big banks grew by acquisition, mergers and acquisitions in the financial services space have…
SMH the Semiconductor Holders ETF | Chip Shot or Chip Wreck?
On Friday, Dan Nathan discussed the semiconductor stocks and has some concerns. SMH, the Semiconductor ETF is down about 8% from its all-time high. Some of the constituents are down in…
The Week Ahead 05/21/2018
Sunday News: As I am writing this, the futures opened up higher as “Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Sunday that the theUnited States and China agreed to drop their tariff…
Update | Options Expiration
Standard Monthly Options expire tomorrow. Since we have 6 open positions to address, we thought we should discuss them so our readers can decide what you might want to do. 2018…
Options Come to Crypto
Up until now, people have had one of two ways to get involved with the crypto market. You can own crypto that you gather by mining the coins or you…
Argentina’s “Sudden Stop”: Risk of Emerging Markets Collapse
In our previous post, we discussed the emerging markets currency markets among other things. We talked about the perils of emerging market currencies. The following is an article written by Daniel…
Emerging or Submerging Markets
The economic development of the emerging markets has been both astounding and disappointing all at the same time. In the span of 30 years, China has gone from a frontier…
Equity Market Puzzle | Nearing a Resolution or Still Buying Time
The equity markets are giving people fits these days. Just when you think the bulls are in control, price takes a smack down. Just when you think that smack down is…
The Week Ahead 05/14/2018
The U. S. Navy announced on May 11th that it intends to relaunch the 2nd Fleet. In 2011 the Obama administration grounded the fleet for cost-cutting measures, and at that…
How to Play Home Depot (HD) Earnings & Beyond
On Friday, May 11, 2018, Michael discussed an interesting way to implement an intermediate bullish position in Home Depot given the company will be announcing earnings on May, 15. Those that…
Close the NVIDIA (NVDA) Earnings Trade
Time to close the NVIDIA earnings trade. Last Friday, Mike suggested investors take a bullish position on the company's stock ahead of earnings. Interesting how this one played out. The equity…
Oil is Where the Action Is
The stocks of energy (oil & gas) companies are leading the market higher much to the surprise to us and many market observers. The US oil and gas industry is undergoing…