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Outperform Bonds By 50% With This Safer Trade on GM

The search for yield has been a long-term theme among investors, for more than a decade. Interest rates have been microscopic ever since the Great Recession, and many fixed income products have lost their allure. At first, asset classes like muni bonds and high yield corporate debt became the go-to products for those looking for […]

Trade of the Week: FCEL

Trade of the Week: FCEL

There’s been a massive amount of unusual options activity in electric vehicles and related companies this past week. FuelCell Energy (FCEL) makes hydrogen fuel cells for power plants, although the technology is often talked about for use in electric vehicles, and has seen its share price climb 109% this past week. FCEL options traded 11x […]

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Is Palantir the Next Big Thing in the Tech Sector?

Although the U.S. elections are garnering most of the media attention, the bigger deal for investors is the potential success of a coronavirus vaccine. The Pfizer (PFE) and BioNTech (BNTX) vaccine, with its 90% success rate in trials, could be a significant game changer for a world desperately seeking to find its way out of […]

Trade of the Week: NIO

Trade of the Week: NIO

It may sound like a broken record, but there has once again been a massive amount of options action in Nio (NIO). The Chinese electric vehicle company is up an eye-popping 1,100% so far this year, as it continues to impress investors with robust growth numbers. Perhaps even more impressive, 2 million options contracts traded […]

Can ZM and PTON Maintain Market Dominance?

Can ZM and PTON Maintain Market Dominance?

Today we’re going to talk about two of the biggest stocks of 2020 which were beneficiaries of the quarantine that followed this years pandemic. These are Palenton (PTON) and Zoom (ZM). There is a case I’d like to make about why they could mean revert quite a bit lower over time.

Are Chinese Stocks a Buy Under a Biden Presidency?

Are Chinese Stocks a Buy Under a Biden Presidency?

There’s a whole lot to unpack from last week. After five days of waiting for definitive numbers, media outlets have called the presidential election for Joe Biden. Senate control may take until January to decide due to two runoffs in Georgia. In other words, the market has plenty to digest. Before we talk about trading […]

Trade of the Week: NIO

Trade of the Week: NIO

While most eyes were on the US election, Chinese electric vehicle maker Nio (NIO) is off to the races. NIO’s stock price has climbed over 37% this past week and is up a whopping 838% for the year. The company recently announced strong October sales and better than expected growth. At least one analyst expects […]