Friday, February 7, 2025
Sometimes large block options trades can leave you scratching your head. For example, why would Nikola (NKLA), a publicity- challenged electric truck company, have a 50,000-lot 3-way spread trade in its options? After all, the stock is only trading around $1 per share. It looks like this could be a cheap put spread collar for […]
The 2022 bear market took the real estate investment trust (REIT) sector down, along with the broader stock market. Most of the stock market bottomed in October 2022, but has recovered a significant portion of the bear market losses. REITs have not participated in the recent market gains, with share prices remaining near their 18-month […]
The stock market offers pockets of opportunity in sectors that combine a decent dividend yield with a good quality business. In other words, growth and income. One such sector is the pharmaceuticals sector, which overall has lagged the S&P 500 in the past five years, although not by much. There are, no doubt, some world-class […]
Due to the collapse of multiple banks in March, we’ve seen regional banks stay depressed in pricing. There’s been little pop back to the upside. And, as more people wake up to the fact that keeping your money in low-interest checking accounts isn’t smart… We could keep seeing more deposits flee the small banks. However […]
Fortunes are going to be made in the oil and gas business over the next decade. The uncomfortable truth that we cannot convert to 100% renewable energy on the timetable currently being touted is beginning to sink in for those who are blessed with a modicum of common sense. Politicians and activists will take longer. […]
For dividend growth investors, above-average dividend growth plus an above-average dividend yield equals a stock to buy and hold forever. Simple math will turn this type of stock into a long-term wealth builder. That may sound too good to be true. But it doesn’t have to be. Take today’s stock… The dividend growth from NextEra […]
Warren Buffett has done it again, racking up another profitable investment in the span of a few years. This time, he went across the Pacific Ocean to the stock bargain basement known as Japan. His surprise bet on five Japanese companies has nearly tripled in size—to $17 billion—in under three years. The surge partially reflects […]
Short-term options trades have become increasingly popular in recent months. These types of trades can be used for both speculation and hedging. For instance, a strategist apparently decided that the day of the FOMC meeting was a good time to buy a bearish put spread on iShares US Real Estate ETF (IYR). This two-week block […]
Last week, the Federal Reserve decided to pause its rate hiking efforts to slow down inflation.Fed Chair Jerome Powell made it clear that the central bank is not done fighting inflation yet, and that this is just a brief pause to allow the committee to observe how the rate hikes impact the economy.From where I […]
The recent deals by Tesla Inc. (TSLA) to allow Ford Motor Co. (F) and General Motors Co. (GM) electric vehicle owners to use the Tesla Supercharger network will be huge for Tesla. I hypothesize that Tesla will spin out the Supercharger network as a new company… That may eventually pay dividends! Here’s why… It was […]
