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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…
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…

February 21, 2025
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Tesla: TSLA

Lather, rinse and repeat. On January 4, we suggested a bearish trade on TSLA stock. This article is for paid members - please login or subscribe for access.

February 20, 2025
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Secretary Hegseth Tells DoD to Plan for Cuts. Why Have Two Defense Primes Risen?

So far in 2025, the top contractors for the US Department of Defense (DoD), often referred to as the “defense primes,” have had quite a mixed bag. Here are the…

February 19, 2025
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Options Expiration

Standard monthly options will expire at the end of the week. We have six trades coming to an end; four are in the black, and two are in the red.…

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