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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…
July 7, 2018
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Consumer Staples | Much Ado About Nothing, But There’s Still A Trade

On Friday 6-July-2018, Brian Stutland a friend of theOptionsEdge.Com made an appearance on Options Action filling in for Dan Nathan. He is a regular guest on CNBC and is an…

July 6, 2018
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Its Trade War Friday

Much is being said about the so-called trade war between the US and China. Doom and gloomers are telling us that this will have a huge impact on international trade and…

July 5, 2018
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Financial Stocks as a Bellwhether

There are a number of characteristics that show themselves during bull markets, bear markets, and market turns. A bull market lifts all boats. This is another way of saying that…

July 4, 2018
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Mises Moment | The Founding Fathers: Smugglers, Tax Evaders, and Traitors

The 4th of July means different things to many people. For some of us it is a celebration of our independence from the Crown, British Empire, call it what you will. For…

July 3, 2018
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Trade Suggestions Updates

Tomorrow is Independence Day, the day we celebrate the most important event in the history of the United States. On this day, in 1,776 the colonies adopted the Declaration of Independence. I…

July 2, 2018
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Tesla | Short Morning Update

Elon Musk reported over the weekend that the company hit its production goal of 5,000 Model 3 cars in a week. Not surprisingly, they did it the last week of…

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The Week Ahead 07/02/2018

Global Spotlight Third Time’s a Charm for AMLO. Mexican presidential front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, popularly known as AMLO, may have failed twice before to reach the presidency, but a steadily…

June 30, 2018
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Tesla (TSLA) | Higher? Lower? These are Mike’s Thought’s, His Trade, & More

On Friday, June 29, Melissa Lee, the host of CNBC's Options  Action notes that Tesla went public 8 years ago and much has happened since then. Phil LeBeau introduced the…

June 28, 2018
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Navigating the Health Care System

Due to a medical emergency, we do not have a traditional article to post here at theOptionsEdge.Com today. Nonetheless, we would like to share Mark's story of how he negotiates…

June 27, 2018
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Update | Interest Rates and the TLT Trade

Interest rates have been in correction mode ever since the 10-year US Treasury Bond hit 3.1% in the middle of May 2017. This capped a very impulsive higher move in…

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