Sunday, January 19, 2025
Higher interest rates have put a damper on the funding of venture capital investments from the private equity world. When interest rates were near zero percent, private equity firms could borrow money with no cost, which could be employed as venture capital investments. This led to some headline-grabbing returns. The higher rates brought on by […]
For almost a year, the U.S. stock market—as tracked by the S&P 500—has cycled through a narrow trading range, frustrating both bullish investors and bearish investors. The frustration may continue if you have been waiting for a signal that the market has found either a bottom or its next bull market. The current “no-trend” trend […]
Oil prices likely aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. Not with all the geopolitical pieces at play. There’s 1 oil stock in particular that recently broke out of a 8 year consolidation. It’s pulled back to the support lines twice and recently pulled back this past week. I can see this stock exploding over the next […]
The Kraneshares CSI China Internet ETF (KWEB) is a popular ETF for options trading with 120,000 contracts traded per day on average. KWEB can be volatile but it has rebounded significantly from November of last year. Last week, a trader purchased over 20,000 of what appear to be bullish call spreads in KWEB March options. […]
A reverse stock split usually occurs when a company in some sort of financial trouble is in danger of being delisted from the stock exchange. Because of the negative connotation, I was surprised to see, on January 20, business development company Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL) announce a 1-for-3 reverse stock split. A subscriber wrote in […]
2022 was a tough year for internet search giant, Alphabet (GOOGL). Could the share price recover in 2023? At least for the next 3 months, one trader or fund thinks the stock has over 10% upside potential. The trader placed a large block of covered calls, which allows for about $12 of upside in the […]
Last year, if you held your stocks… You’re likely sitting on double-digit losses over a 12-month timeframe. Drawdowns in your portfolio can be crippling to your future wealth and income. If you lose 50% of your portfolio… it requires a 100% return to get back to even. As you can imagine, losing 50% is much […]
Utility stocks are historically seen as dull but dependable. After all, they have assured demand despite limits on profitability due to heavy regulation. Investors also see these stocks as regular dividend payers—bond proxies, in effect—with investors confident of solid income streams, leading to low but highly reliable total shareholder returns with relatively little capital risk. […]
For the last 5 years… with low interest rates… the only way to make money was investing in stocks. As you know, stocks have been volatile for the last few years. …big drop from Covid… …stocks rocket back… …equities peak end of 2021… …bear market in 2022 (and ongoing). But, right now, you can earn […]
There wasn’t a lot of meme stock action in 2022, but 2023 has been a different story so far. Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) has seen plenty of meme options action, and so has Carvana (CVNA), which appears to be the latest choice for meme stock traders. On a huge up day for the stock […]
