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CF Industries: CF

Industrila farming as it is, depends heavily on fertilizer. The primaray competoitons in thn e fertilizer space are CF Industries (CF), Mosiac (MOS), Intrepid Industries (IPI), Nutrient (NUT) amd FMC Corp (FMS). This article is for paid members - please…
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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…
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The Week Ahead 02/19/2018

What to Watch for this Week We came back from one of the worst weeks on Wall Street with one of the best weeks on Wall Street.  The S&P 500…

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Regulator Looks Into Alleged Manipulation of VIX, Wall Street’s ‘Fear Index’

Mark was quoted in the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday concerning the potential for manipulation of spot VIX at the moment VIX Options and Futures expire. The following is a…

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Is Crown Castle Still King (CCI)

The REIT (Real Estate Investment Trusts) and MLP (Master Limited Partnerships) have enjoyed a multi-year rally starting in 2009 when interest rates started their historic collapse. REITs and MLPs are…

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Is Volmageddon Over?

The equity markets are in the process of "recovering" or working on an "oversold" condition. If the equity prices are recovering, then we should see the major averages break out…

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Trade You an Apple…

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That was Close | Time for Correction & Consolidation

I would like to start with another housekeeping note today. We are still having problems with our web hosting service. They cannot seem to install the SSL Certificate properly installed.…

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The VortIX

The following is a guest post from Christopher M. Uhl, CMA, MOSM, Editor of 10MinuteStockTrader.Com. Today he shares his thoughts on the VIX and the various VIX ETPs, some of…

February 10, 2018
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Thank for Attending our Presentation | MoneyShow Presentation Slides

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Do not make rash decision during this market turmoil.

A couple of housekeeping items before we move on to today's note. Mark will be speaking at the MoneyShow in Orlando, Florida on Saturday. Hope to see all of you there. When…

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Time to Close Few a Trades

The market has been very volatile of late, no secrete there. But as investors become more concerned about equity values and higher inflation causing higher interest rates, we were expecting…

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