Thursday, November 7, 2024
When it comes to money, humans primarily react to the emotions of fear and greed. The effect of greed is to push investors to buy when prices are high, and fear triggers selling when investment prices are low. For most stock market investors, the goal is to buy low and sell high, yet the emotions […]
Not much in the world of investment is guaranteed. But, as they say, two things in life are guaranteed — death and taxes. When it comes to investing, it’s essential to understand the tax consequences of various investing decisions. Whether it’s capital gains income vs. ordinary income, long-term capital gains vs. short-term capital gains, or […]
Markets and asset classes are very much intertrwined. But when you look at just the stock market you get only a fraction of the information you need to know. There’s a very simple but also very powerful indicator that I like to use to confirm the messages I see in the stock market. The way […]
Electric vehicle charging stocks, like Blink Charging Co. (BLNK) were higher this week. All after President Biden made charging stations a top priority in his $2 trillion infrastructure plans. “AlixPartners estimates $300 billion will be needed to build out a global charging network to accommodate the expected growth of EVs by 2030, including $50 billion […]
Preferred shares combine characteristics of both common stocks and bonds. We’ll take a look at this investment option and its benefits.
Schlumberger (SLB) is the largest oilfield services industry in the world, with a presence in every energy market through its four main business segments: Reservoir Characterization, Drilling, Production, and Cameron. The company prioritizes providing top-notch services to its customers by being a global driver in technological innovation and is better positioned than most of its […]
Clean energy—whether in the form of solar, wind, electric vehicles, hydrogen fuel cells, or something else—has been discussed as an investment opportunity by financial talking heads for what seems like ages. Some of the industries mentioned above have gone through significant periods of growth. At other times, companies in these spaces have seen considerable volatility […]
After exploding from about $22 to $64.60, the NIO stock price is coming under pressure. When this article was submitted, NIO was trading at $36.13 and falling. All after NIO temporarily halted production activity thanks to a global shortage of semiconductors. “The overall supply constraint of semiconductors has impacted the Company’s production volume in March […]
On an active day this past week we saw double the normal amount of options activity in VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF (SMH). SMH is a popular gauge of the semiconductor market and also generally is actively traded by options traders. It appears someone rolled a massive in-the-money covered call in SMH, from May to August. […]
Just over a year ago, the U.S. stock market bottomed out following a pandemic-triggered economic shutdown. From the trough, the major stock indexes marched steadily higher. In the 12 months following the bottom, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) gained 77%. The Invesco QQQ ETF (QQQ), which tracks the Nasdaq 100 stock index, is up […]
