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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…
August 9, 2018
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Will Tesla Go Private?

We did a quick survey of our Twitter followers concerning their thoughts on the viability of Elon Musk taking Tesla private.  We wanted to know if people thought the transaction had legs.…

August 9, 2018
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Crypto Crashing

The price of Crypto continues to move from the upper left to the lower right, the very definition of a bearish move. One might want to say that cryptos are…

August 8, 2018
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Tesla: Just When You thought It Couldn’t Get Any Crazier

We have always been intrigued, amazed, and surprised by Tesla Inc. and its iconic leader Elon Musk. There was a time when there was a unique leader that created reality through his…

August 7, 2018
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Bonds: The Forgotten Trade

Everyone seems to be down on the bond market these days. It seems that the universal truth about the future level of interest rates is higher. The consensus view of…

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The Week Ahead | 08/06/2018

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August 4, 2018
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Will Disney (DIS) Take You for a Ride?

On Friday, 3-August-2018, Carter Braxton Worth, Chart Master & Panel Member of CNBC's Options Action took viewers on a closer look at the share price action of the Walt Disney Company…

August 2, 2018
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Return to South Africa

We are highly conflicted about the continent of Africa in general and the country of South Africa in particular. This part of planet Terra is enormously rich in natural resources.…

August 1, 2018
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Update: United Continental Holdings, Inc. (UAL)

At first blush, it seems like the airline sector is in a bit of a golden age at the moment. The sector has consolidated to the point where most of…

July 31, 2018
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Announcement: Mark is now a Professor of Financial Practice at Rutgers University

For those who know something about Mark’s career, he has been a big proponent of education at all levels. He has been a volunteer at the CFA Institute helping out…

July 31, 2018
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If You bite the Apple (AAPL), Will You Lose a Fang?

Apple, Inc. (AAPL) is set to report 2nd quarter results after the close of trading today. Given the recent beat-down in Facebook, Netflix, Twitter, Alphabet, and Amazon investors have every…

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