Thursday, December 19, 2024
Interest rates have been the focus on 2023 so far (to the surprise of no one). One way to trade interest rates is by using ProShares Ultrashort 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TBT). TBT moves with the direction of rates (yields) and opposite the direction of bond prices. With rates the highest they’ve been in […]
Last week the U.S. stock market experienced its biggest one-day decline in several years. A rapid yield increase on the 10-year Treasury note triggered the stock market route. The market runup in January was due to investor expectations that the Federal Reserve would soon start to ease interest rates.February reversed that enthusiasm, and the stock […]
Last week, I showed you how I make one of the most difficult choices an income investor will ever face: when to sell a stock to lock in a profit. Today, I’ll cover the only decision that’s even harder. I’m of course talking about when to give up on a stock, let go, and sell […]
Electric vehicle companies have come back to earth over the last year or so, with several high fliers taking it on the chin. Lucid (LCID) is an electric car company that may have a bright future but has seen its stock dive in recent months. However, lately, options traders appear to be selling puts in […]
Tesla’s stock has nearly doubled from December lows… Up 69% YTD. When the markets do well, Tesla seems to lead the charge as money flows into risk assets. Where Tesla goes from here could spell the direction of the stock market going forward. I’m looking at the stock right now and I’m seeing some clouds […]
Last time, we covered one of the questions I get asked the most: when to sell a dividend stock. As you saw, I base that decision on the fundamentals of each stock. Sometimes, that can be difficult – especially when a stock has gone up, and you have to decide between the possibility of more […]
New Dividend Hunter subscribers often ask about my criteria for selling a stock. Most are looking for some percentage loss or gain on a stock as a trigger to sell. I stay away from any rules not based on the underlying fundamentals of each recommended investment. Here’s what I do instead… Over the years, I […]
Natural gas has been on the decline for several weeks and it has taken natural gas producers down with it. One producer, Antero Resources (AR), may be set for a rebound, according to the options market. A trader purchased 6,000 of what appear to be bullish call spreads in AR that expire in March. It […]
There’s a lot more chatter online about trading… Chatter I heard back in early 2021 when markets were going crazy with junk companies like Gamestop going parabolic. It’s easy to get sucked into this narrative again looking for “quick wins.” But I have a lesson to share with you today if you do plan to […]
The 2022 bear market hit high-yield stocks (except for energy stocks) hard, and my subscribers sent me many questions about the status of their investments. One stock, in particular, moved relentlessly down, making investors wonder if the company’s big dividend was safe. Last week, the patience paid off, and investors who averaged down are back […]
