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Clorox Co | CLX

The Clorox Company has round-tripped. The stock was rising at a measured pace for a long time. Then C19 hit, and the company could not make enough chlorine bleach to go around. This article is for paid members - please…
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Walt Disney Company | DIS

The Walt Disney Company is an iconic brand that screams American. There is nothing more fun than attending one of its theme parks. Mark grew up in Southern California and went to Disneyland several times a year. Coming in a…
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CBOE Global Markets, Inc | CBOE

The CBOE stock price has taken it on the chin over the past few weeks. With revenues and earnings still growing, is it time to "buy the dip"? This article is for paid members - please login or subscribe for…
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Delta Airlines | DAL

On March 3 of this year, we suggested selling a cash-covered put on Delta Air Lines stock. That option expires at the end of the week, and unless something wicked happens, we expect it to expire worthless. This article is…
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Circle Internet Group | CRCL

There are very few projects we like in cryptoland. Most projects do not try to solve a problem; they are just excuses to issue tokens and grant a large chunk of them to founders for free (known as a "premine"),…
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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…

February 21, 2025
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Open Mike

In today's episode of Open, Mike, Mike & Mark discuss US Treasury Debt, DOGE, and their investment implications, what's next for stocks and more. This article is for registered members…

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