Wednesday, April 2, 2025
The Only S&P 500 Stock Making a New High Monday was one of the worst days in stock market history. The Dow plunged over 2,000 points. It seemed like nothing could stop the selling. The whole world has become afraid of the coronavirus. It’s so serious that Ireland canceled St. Patrick’s Day. There’s even talk […]
The American Dream is simple: A fruitful career, owning your own home, and eventually reaping the fruits of your labor with a financially secure retirement. Unfortunately, for most Americans, the ‘American Dream’ is turning into just that: A dream. And it’s all thanks to what I call the $30 Trillion Retirement Scam”, you may be […]
The market continues to be ultra-volatile due to serious concerns over the global economy in the wake of the coronavirus. High yield bonds (aka junk bonds) tend to sell off during times of high stress as investors move to the safety of government bonds instead. This past week, someone bought a one-week put spread in […]
The spread of Coronavirus across the globe as led to a decimation of stock prices in the travel and vacation related stocks. With stock prices down so far, it is tempting to possibly pick up shares of an airline, cruise ship, or hotel stock. I caution against jumping in now and have an alternative idea. […]
The financial markets are in high volatility mode as the fears of the coronavirus and the ensuing actions by the government are driving huge price swings. We’ve gone from some of our biggest down days in history (in terms of points, not percentages) to one our biggest up days ever, to back down again. To […]
Thanks to the Selloff, Solar Stocks Are a Bargain After a long period of downplaying the impact, fears of the coronavirus finally landed in Wall Street. Last week was one of the most dramatic in recent Wall Street history. The S&P 500 went from an all-time high to more than a 10% loss in the […]
Fate Therapeutics (FATE) just announced earnings March 3, 2020, with a beat on EPS and on revenue. The company’s GAAP EPS loss of 37 cents beat estimates by two cents. Revenue of $2.8 million beat estimates by $1.1 million, and was up 68.7% year over year. Related: Fate Therapeutics Reports Fourth Quarter 2019 Financial Results […]
The recent, short-term, stock market crash has led to a “flight to quality,” which means money running out of stocks and into safe investments such as U.S. Treasury notes. Demand for Treasuries lifts bond prices, which has the mathematical effect of pushing down yields. Over the last two weeks, the yield on the benchmark 10-year […]
The market sold off sharply this week into correction territory on fears of the global impact of COVID-19. Options volumes were through the roof as expected as traders and investors rushed to get in and out of positions, including hedges. Volatility soared, with the VIX (S&P 500 volatility index) trading at 2-year highs. A popular […]
Over the last trading session, shares of SolarEdge Technologies (SEDG) were slightly at $127.20 a share. Year over year, the stock is now up nearly 245%. That’s double the return of the Invesco Solar ETF (TAN). It also beats the S&P 500 return of 18%. SolarEdge Technologies, designs, develops, and sells direct current (DC) optimized inverter […]
