Monday, November 25, 2024
And like that, June is here and the first half of the year is almost over. That means it’s time for my most profitable activity of every quarter – taking a look at the 13F filings of private equity funds. These little-used SEC filings show what these massively successful investing firms have been buying, what […]
There’s a dirty game Wall Street plays. It’s been going on for ages so this isn’t something new. But it’s something many investors may not know about. As you’ve seen, many companies recently are handily beating earnings estimates even while consumer sentiment is hitting lows. What’s going on here? Well, in my Thursday video, I’ll […]
The pandemic certainly turned the semiconductor industry on its head. Despite record production of semiconductors, there were shortages everywhere. That led to months-long waiting lists for many consumer products. So, to meet consumer demand, semiconductor makers ramped up supply. But then inflation arrived and decided to stay awhile. Central banks responded by raising rates, and […]
The financial results for the Home Shopping and QVC television retail network’s owner have been, frankly, terrible for the last two years. But the company is almost one year into its “Project Athens” turnaround plan, and if the plan is successful, one particular security could pay off very nicely… Qurate Retail (QRTEA) owns and operates […]
An intriguing 3-legged options trade occurred in ride-sharing giant, Uber (UBER) last week. This strategy, known as a put spread collar, traded 24,000 times and has an August expiration. The purpose of this trade is generally to protect the downside for those that own the stock. With a put spread collar, the downside loss is […]
There is a business sector in which the number of publicly traded companies has shrunk by two-thirds over the past decade. This sector provides absolutely essential services to keep the economy running. Its consolidation offers investors the potential for long-term, attractive total returns… From the 1990s through the mid-2010s, energy midstream rewarded investors with excellent […]
“Buy Low, Sell High.” That is the way all this works, right? Buy stocks when they are low, and no one wants them. Then, when everyone wants to buy stocks, it is a great time to sell and book your gains. One of the great truths of Wall Street is that fortunes are born in […]
We’re seeing a massive bifurcation in the market. What do I mean? Stocks aren’t all going up right now. In fact, only a select few big names are dragging the market higher. Meanwhile, many other sectors are underperforming at a pretty consistent rate the past 4-5 months. In today’s free Thursday video, I’ll show you […]
For months, the share prices of most stocks have been in the doldrums or worse. Large-cap tech stocks have been the exception, posting nice gains so far this year. Let’s check how a couple of covered call ETFs have performed compared to the most popular tech stock ETF. It’s my favorite way of investing in […]
U.S. natural gas pipeline giant ONEOK (OKE) is set to buy Magellan Midstream Partners (MMP), which owns a pipeline network that primarily transports crude oil and refined products for $18.8 billion. This is going to be huge for investors… Magellan shareholders will receive $25 cash and two-thirds of an ONEOK share for each unit of […]
