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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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Autos & the Economy

Macroeconomic analysis is not a primary driver of our investment process, but it does play a role. To our way of thinking, there are companies that do well and some…

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President’s Tax Plan Fails to Excite

At about 3:00 yesterday afternoon, the President presented an outline for his income tax plan. Here is a copy of the document which is just one page long. Of note, there…

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Wayfair (W), Waymore or Wayless?

Wayfair Inc. (W) is an interesting company that has taken on a business model that is similar to Amazon and eBay at the same time. They are an online retailer…

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Express Scripts (ESRX) Earning Update & Announcements

Express Scripts reported financial performance for Q1-2017 yesterday. This is a good news / bad news story and the bad news far outweighs the good news. On the plus side, the…

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Markets, Politics & the Short Squeeze

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3 Trade Ideas Rolled At Options Expiration

We took profits and closed a number of trades at options expiration. At the same time, there are still a number of promising situations where our investment thesis still holds.…

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Extra Value Meal Deals – is McDonald’s on the menu?

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Portfolio Update (21-April-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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Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY): Time to Buy or Ready for Bed?

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (BBBY) operates a chain of retail stores that sell a range of products for the home. The products they sell including bed linens, bath items,…

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The State of the Equity Markets

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