Forget the Fed, Listen to the Market… Short-Term Rates are Rising
Yesterday, the Federal Reserve released the minutes of the minutes of their last meeting that took place on September 19 & 20. The financial media makes a big deal out…
Market Emotion: Anxiously Euphoric
Anxiously euphoric, two words that do not belong together and two human emotions that should not exist side by side. But here we are, suffering from both at the same time.…
The Pain in Spain Might Send Your Money Down the Drain
The country of Spain is in chaos and it does not look like the political turmoil will end anytime soon. Catalan has voted for its succession and independence for the mother…
The Week Ahead 10/09/2017
What to Watch for this Week Last week the non-farm payrolls declined for the first time since September 2010. Several factors impacted the payroll reports, one, most notably, were the…
More on the Pension Crisis
We have taken a deep interest in the pension problems of both companies and governments. We are far more concerned about the pension plans of governments as they so huge…
Portfolio Update (7-October-2017)
We present our ideas here at TheOptionsEdge.Com and we identify this portfolio as the TOE Trades. In 2016 and 2017 we wrote for Action Alerts Options over at TheStreet.Com. We…
Equity Markets: Is A Change in Leadership Underway?
Equity market prices are chugging higher. This is no news to our readers. What many may not appreciate is that the character of this market rally is changing a little…
Overstock.Com: Is the Rallying for the Right or Wrong Reason?
Overstock (OSTK) is an online retailer that manufactures and brick & mortar retailer use to unload unwanted or “overstocked” product. To fulfill this mission, the company operates through two segments, Direct…
Can UAL Takeoff?
The airline industry is not what it once was. It has matured and transformed from a highly competitive and fragmented industry to one that is still competitive but more disciplined…
An Alternative Way to Play a Smackdown
There are a number of ways of playing a crash in share prices. The traditional methods investors use would be to buy out of the money puts by the truckload…
The Week Ahead 10/2/2017
What to Watch for this Week Today starts the fourth quarter of 2017. As usual, the first week of the month and the quarter is a big week for economic…
Interest Rate & Bond Update: iShares 20+ Years T-BondETF (TLT)
One could argue that the bond market is the most distorted market on plant terra today. Central banks around the world have been buying government and/or mortgage and/or corporate bonds…