We saw some unusually heavy option volume in Snap (SNAP) last week, with nearly 2x the average amount trading on a big up day in the stock. SNAP is the owner of Snapchat, a very popular social media platform. Some negative news on Facebook sent that social media stock down, and SNAP may have been […]
Social Security COLA for 2022 Projected to Be Highest Since 1983
The Senior Citizens League reports, “Social Security COLA (Cost of living adjustment) For Next Year Could Be 6.2%.” Mary Johnson, a Social Security policy analyst tells us: “With one third of the data needed to calculate the COLA already in, it increasingly appears that the COLA for 2022 will be the highest paid since 1983 when […]
*Urgent* Is Evergrande the next Lehman Brothers?
This is Serge Berger with an urgent message about the Evergrande situation currently going on in China. This company is at risk of default on their real estate portfolio… and many question if there are “contagion risks” to the US market. Meaning, will we be seeing some correction in the short-term as this incident ripples […]
Dogs of the Dow Could be One of the Best Investment Strategies Right Now
In case you haven’t heard the term used before, Dogs of the DowDogs of the Dow simply involves buying the top 10 highest-yielding stocks on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) that were down the most in the year prior. Investors buy the Dogs of the Dow on the first of a new year and […]
Create a Portfolio of the Best Fixed Income Investments
Building a diversified portfolio? Fixed income is one area you don’t want to overlook. Learn where to seek the best fixed income investments.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Shares Oversold: Time to Buy?
A common warning you’ll hear on Wall Street when a stock is in a major downtrend with no end in sight is not to “catch a falling knife.” This popular investing idiom is often used to describe a risky investment strategy, even if it applies to a bellwether stock. The danger in trying to catch […]
How to Earn More from Holding Cisco
If you traded during the dotcom boom of the late ’90s, you probably have fond memories of Cisco Systems (CSCO). The Silicon Valley networking giant was one of the most popular stocks of that era—for several years, the price of the stock did nothing but go up. [insert Cisco image we have in the media […]
Trade of the Week: SBUX
Starbucks (SBUX) showed up on the unusual options volume page last week for the first time in quite a while. The coffee giant saw its shares drop 3.7% in one day, with 2.7x the number of options traded compared to the average. However, 61% of the options traded were calls, which tends to be a […]
When Does Inevitable Inflation Become Imminent Inflation?
Jared Dillian’s “The 10th Man” article, “Coming Apart” grabbed my attention: “ZeroHedge is fond of saying: ‘On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.’ Let me add Dillian’s corollary to that: On a long enough timeline, everyone gets to be right. Who has consistently been wrong? The Austrian gold bugs always predict […]
Using Technical Indicators for Predicting Stock Price Trends
As we noted in the September 3rd article on fundamental investment tools: “When you buy a stock, it’s a good idea to understand exactly what you’re paying for.” We can do that by paying attention to the fundamental tools we’ve already brought to your attention, including price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio, the price-to-earnings growth (PEG) ratio, and […]