Tuesday, November 26, 2024
One of the more intriguing current trends in U.S. investing is the growing number of strategic ETFs that have become available to investors. Index investors have typically used ETFs like SPY to capture the action of the broader market. However strategic ETFs represent or emulate an entire trading strategy, rather than just tracking an index […]
Tech remains the most interesting sector when it comes to unusual options activity. Just recently, options traders were very active in Datadog (DDOG) options. DDOG is a software analytics company that just announced a big deal with Microsoft. The stock jumped higher on the news, over 17% on the week of the announcement. So far, […]
No matter which side you favor in the upcoming U.S. Presidential election, once the results are finalized, we will live with the outcome for the next four years, at a minimum. For investors, one change to consider is Joe Biden’s plan to increase the corporate income tax rate significantly. A Biden win should provide a […]
Today we’re looking at and addressing whether the 200-day moving average is important! I think a lot of people focus on this average because: 1: The media talks about it a lot 2: It is an oversimplification of things going on in the market Nevertheless, the 200-day moving average does in fact hold some intrinsic […]
One look at Tesla’s (TSLA) stock in 2020 tells you that Wall Street loves electric vehicles (EVs). However, Tesla is not the entire EV market. There are other companies in the space that are just as exciting. A great way to invest in these other opportunities is through the use of a couple of special […]
Shares of Inovio Pharmaceuticals (INO) were crushed earlier this week. All on news the U.S. FDA placed its Phase 2/3 clinical trials of INO on partial clinical hold. Now, hopes the company can begin its Phase 2/3 study this month are completely off the table. However, the good news is the FDA’s decision was “not […]
Making directional trades in this market isn’t easy. On the one hand, you have high flying stocks that are trading well above reasonable valuations. Trading those types of stocks can be dangerous since they can reverse on a dime. On the other hand, value stocks are dead. Stocks trading below reasonable valuations just seem to […]
Lithium stocks, like Lithium Americas (LAC) came under pressure in recent days. All on news Tesla said it wants to be a lithium miner. “There is a massive amount of [Lithium] pretty much everywhere,” Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk said, as quoted by Barron’s. His company is planning a new process to extract lithium from clay ores […]
Electric vehicle stocks have recently been pulling back, but none more so than Nikola (NKLA). The electric/hydrogen-fueled truck maker had been the darling of the stock market in recent months. However, short selling attacks have sent the stock into a tailspin. The CEO has stepped down and the company appears to be in turmoil. Options […]
When tech stocks kept climbing this summer, it made investors wonder whether the sectors that remained undervalued after the pandemic-triggered crash would ever have their day. But now, as September draws to a close, we’re beginning to see initial indications of a stock market sector rotation: returns show the rotation out of tech, and into […]
