Office Hours: What’s the Deal with Bitcoin?
On Friday’s episode of Open Interest & Office Hours, Mike & Mark discuss Bitcoin with Technology Entrepreneur, Scott Goldfarb. We discuss what Bitcoin is and why it is heard to…
Costco Wholesale Fell Post Earnings. It’s Still No Bargain.
Investment Research Report: Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) Company Overview Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) operates a global chain of membership-only warehouse clubs, offering a wide range of branded and private-label…
Sharp Fiscal Cuts Reduce Inflation, But Increase Recession Risk
Government waste, fraud, and abuse, combined with the sheer size of government, contribute to higher costs and inflation in several interconnected ways. Wasteful spending diverts resources from productive uses, whether through…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…