Stock Prices Defy Gravity: Updated
The major stock market averages are either holding up or making all-time highs, depending on the index. We find this astounding, given the turmoil we see in the world. This…
Fed Wednesday Coming UP
The Federal Reserve Monetary Policy Committee is meeting this week. After that meeting on Wednesday, they will comment on the state of the economy and banking industry. They will also…
It’s Inflation Day
Price inflation is the macroeconomic variable that is on everyone's mind. The grand hope is that inflation is "transitory," which is set to fall back to the Feds target of…
Year End Review & What’s Next
2022 is a year most investors want to forget. But for us here at theOptionsEdge.Com, we are happy with our performance. We had a bearish view of the US equity…
Time to Grow the Hedges: SPX & SPY
A few weeks ago, we thought the price action of the equity markets was extended to the downside. That being the case, we thought that was a good time to…
Technical Tuesday
The price of stocks is in bear mode, and the selloff has been treacherous. The winners are the bears, and the bulls remain hopeful. But hope is not a strategy.…
Monthly Market Update
August is another down month for financial assets. Price action is volatile, creating confusion in the minds of strategists and financial media.
The Bear has done some serious damage.
The financial media focuses on the broad market indexes like the S&P 500, which are comprised of big established companies that make money, pay dividends and buy back their stock…
Equity Prices are Down, What’s Next (SPY, QQQ, IWM, AAPL)
The equity markets had another down week. However, the big surprise was the trashing of the Consumer Staple Stocks. We need to use consumer Staples every day, so matter what,…