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Devon Energy | DVN

The oil and gas sector is doing well, but some companies are left behind. One such company is Devon Energy. This article is for paid members - please login or subscribe for access. Username Password Remember Me     Forgot…
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UnitedHealth Group | UNH

UnitedHealth Group reported Q1 2026 earnings today, and the market liked what they heard. This article is for paid members - please login or subscribe for access.
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Oracle Corp | ORCL

Oracle Corp has had its share of ups and downs. Recently, it has mostly been down. The reason for this is rather simple. This article is for paid members - please login or subscribe for access.
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MercadoLibre | MELI

Today, we return to MercadoLibre. We suggested selling an April $1,800/$1,700 put spread on February 23, 2026, for $41.75. That put spread expired worthless on Friday. This article is for paid members - please login or subscribe for access.
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Mosaic Update | MOS

In today's note, we wanted to revisit Mosaic, the big fertilizer company. This article is for paid members - please login or subscribe for access.
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Hims & Hers | HIMS

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Equinix Inc: EQIX

Data centers are all the rage. They have been traditionally used to host websites and deliver cloud services to corporations. That all changed with crypto and AI. This article is…

March 6, 2025
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Anxiety is rising, and that’s not great for equities.

The VIX measures the market’s expectation of volatility over the next 30 days as implied by a weighted strip of SPX Index options. When investors are nervous, options premiums, and…

March 5, 2025
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Emerging Market Stocks: EEM

One of the great underperformers of the past 16+ years is emerging market stocks. In fact, we cannot think of an asset class that has done worse. Herein lies an…

March 4, 2025
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Ark Innovation Fund: ARKK

With the price of equities in a downtrend, we once again look to our favorite stock to short to hedge any portfolio. This article is for paid members - please…

March 3, 2025
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Affirm Holdings, Inc.: AFRM

One thing Americans are good at is figuring out how to buy stuff on credit. The latest iteration of this is the "buy now pay laters" payment solution. This article…

March 2, 2025
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Strategic Crypto Reserve

Through Friday, bitcoin had fallen 28% from its intraday highs on January 20th. This swoon mirrored the post-election rally between early November and mid-December when the crypto trade soared on…

March 2, 2025
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Is the Bear Coming out of Hibernation?: QQQ

Here at the options edge, we suggest a mix of bullish and bearish trades on individual stocks and sometimes ETFs. The reason is that individual stocks become undervalued and overvalued.…

February 27, 2025
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Strap on a Pair (of Put Spreads)

Pairs trading is a market-neutral strategy that involves buying one asset while shorting a related asset to profit from temporary pricing divergences. Typically, traders select two highly correlated assets—such as…

February 26, 2025
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Close a Few Trades

Sometimes, things go as planned, and profits come faster than expected. Like in the old "A" Team TV show, "It's nice when a plan comes together." This article is for…

February 25, 2025
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Door Dash: DASH

Investors are getting a bit leery of the hyper-growth & mega-cap stocks. We see this as the NADSAQ 100 seems to be gripping its bullish leadership role to a backseat…

February 24, 2025
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Open Mike

In this week's episode of Open Mike, @Michael_Khouw discusses Walmart, Excess Saving, Credit Car Balances, Consumer Spending, Costco, Alphabet (Google), S&P500, Palantir, the VIX, NVIDIA, and MGM. This article is…

February 23, 2025
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Big Tree Fall Hard

not see the forest for the trees idiom US : to not understand or appreciate a larger situation, problem, etc., because one is considering only a few parts of it…

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