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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…
October 17, 2017
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What to do this Options Expiration Week

Standard Monthly Options expire at the end of this week. Since we have 8 open positions to address, we thought we should discuss them now so you have time to decide…

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Portfolio Update (17-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…

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The Week Ahead 10/16/2017

What to Watch for this Week This week we will see housing starts and other real estate reports for September 2017. The pace of single-family starts isn't quick enough to…

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Dallas Money Show

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Oil & Gas Update: Is The Bear About to Roar Once Again?

At first glance, the oil and gas sector in the US is an enigma. The exploration and production companies as a whole lose money. At the same time, these companies…

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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…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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