The Week Ahead 12/04/2017
What to Watch for this Week The Senate finally passed a tax bill by a slim margin with a vote of 51 – 49. Not surprisingly, the coalition built for…
Tax Reform, “The Gift That Keeps on Giving” | Is a Change in Equity Market Leadership Next?
We have mentioned a few times on this website and in our contribution to social media that tax reform is "the gift that keeps on giving." Every time it looks…
What Just Happened ? | Did Something Change Yesterday?
Yesterday, we witnessed a number of seemingly random events. This got us to thinking, was there any common cause for what happened or are these simply a cluster of random…
Just How Big Can This Bubble Get?
Yesterday, equities ripped higher on the hope/expectation that tax reform, the gift that keeps on giving to equity investors, was one step closer to getting passed. We know we are in…
Retail | A Tail of Two Stories | Looking at Averages Does Not Help
If you listen to the popular press, wall street analysts and financial pundits, you might think that retail sales are dead in the water. Taken to their logical conclusion, you…
The Week Ahead – 11/27/2017
What to Watch for this Week Welcome back from the Thanksgiving Holiday where we saw the S&P 500 rally to 2602 last Friday. Early reports show that Black Friday was…
December Historically Outperforms Every Other Month of the Year | Will History Repeat?
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Will Gold Finally Have Its Day in the Sun?
The precious metals are the Roger Dangerfield of investments these days, they "get no respect." One of the reasons why is that ever since the US Government went off the gold…
Market Dipped, then it Rips
A few days ago, it looked like equity prices were finally going to roll over and sell off for a while. Price action was weak suggesting that buying power was waning.…
Every Picture Tells a Story, & So Do These Charts
If you are wondering why it is getting harder and harder to make a buck by holding a diversified portfolio of stocks, you are not alone. During the meat of…
The Week Ahead – Thanksgiving Week Special
Happy Thanksgiving everyone. from the guys at The Option Edge. Here is a little history about how Thanksgiving came to be. Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is a public holiday celebrated on the fourth…
Can Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) Help Investors Beat the Market?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an area of computer science that attempts to make computers think, act, react like humans and perhaps with greater judgment, unaffected by internal biases and emotions.…