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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…
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“To Hedge or Not to Hedge” That is the Question

In early May, we recommended investors sell an appropriate amount of in the money call spreads (16-June-2017, 144/138) on IWM to hedge some of the downside risks in their portfolios…

June 20, 2017
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South Africa: A Country of Great Promise & Risk for Investors, Here is the Trade in EZA, the RSA ETF

Republic of South Africa (RSA), as the name implies, is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded on the south by 1740 miles of coastline facing the South Atlantic…

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The Week Ahead – 06/19/2017

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Portfolio Update (19-June-2017)

We present our ideas here at TheOptionsEdge.Com and we identify this portfolio as the TOE Trade ideas. In 2016 and 2017 we wrote for Action Alerts Options over at TheStreet.Com.…

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Symantec (SYMC) Buy the Dip or Has a Bull Trap Been Set?

Symantec Corporation (SYMC), provides cyber security solutions worldwide. It operates through two segments; (1) Consumer Digital Safety and (2) Enterprise Security. The Consumer Digital Safety segment provides Norton-branded products that…

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Valero Energy (VLO) Refining Profits in the Energy Space

Valero Energy Corporation (VLO) is an independent petroleum refining and ethanol producing company doing business in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. It operates through two segments,…

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What the Fed Said: Raise Fed Funds Rate by 25 bps, More Raises to Come & Shrink the Balance Sheet

The following is the Fed’s press release. We highlight the statements we think are most important. Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in May indicates that the…

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What To Do This Options Expiration Week

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

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It’s Fed Week: What’s Next?

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The Week Ahead 06/12/2017

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