When Not to Sell Call Options

When Not to Sell Call Options

I’m often asked, “what are stock options?” by some of my newer readers. Stock options are derivatives based on the value of the stock and offer the trader the opportunity to buy or sell the stock at a stated price within a specific time. The most common option trades, especially for beginners, are covered calls. […]

Jumping In With Vizio Holdings Just Above IPO Offering

Jumping In With Vizio Holdings Just Above IPO Offering

Shares of VIZIO Holdings (VZIO) are trading near its March initial public offering (IPO) of $21, down from a late April peak of $28.80. The company priced just over 12 million shares at $21-$23 in its debut after the deal size was reduced from 15 million shares. In VZIO’s first day of trading, shares opened […]

Is There Still Time To Be Bullish On Bonds?

Is There Still Time To Be Bullish On Bonds?

As low as interest rates have been lately, it doesn’t seem to have diminished investors’ appetite for government bonds.  A yield under 1.50% for 10-year Treasury notes is not a detriment, apparently, when the rest of the developed world is also in an ultra-low rate cycle. Bond investors may have assumed the looming threat of […]

Are Hotel REITs Attractive Again?

Are Hotel REITs Attractive Again?

Many investors are playing the recovery trade, looking for those stocks and companies that are not yet out of the pandemic woods, but should see a substantial improvement in their business results as the economy continues to open. Hospitality and travel-related companies are popular stocks for this investment strategy. However, with the hospitality-related REITs, shares […]

Trade of the Week: RBLX

Trade of the Week: RBLX

While the meme stocks have been getting most of the headlines lately, Roblox (RBLX) continues to have very active options.  One day last week, around 140,000 options traded, with 70% of the activity on the call side.  That tends to be a bullish signal.  Several of the larger trades looked to be bullish as well, […]

One-Stock Retirement vs. Diversification

One-Stock Retirement vs. Diversification

One-stock retirement. Those three words can stop you in your tracks, right? Is it a scam? A gimmick? Is it just click-bait? Well, not exactly.  Over the years, several financial advisors floated this idea and once in a while it gets some traction.  The concept suggests that investing modestly in just one stock could be […]

Where I See a Potential 10% Upside Going Into the Summer

Where I See a Potential 10% Upside Going Into the Summer

Growth stocks have seen some momentum in the past couple weeks… but I believe that will be capped in the short-term.  I’m actually looking at another opportunity no one is really talking about.  An opportunity for a potential 10% upside.  As many large cap stocks (think Apple) cool off, another trade could see a breakout […]

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BIIB Stock Price Spikes On New Alzheimer’s Therapy Approval

Biogen’s (BIIB) stock price pushed higher this week the U.S. FDA approved its therapy for Alzheimer’s disease.  According to CNBC, “The FDA’s decision was highly anticipated as U.S. regulatory approval would make aducanumab the first drug approved to slow cognitive decline in people living with the disease and the first new medicine for Alzheimer’s in […]