Saturday, February 8, 2025
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 […]
Like millions of other investors, I anxiously awaited the 13F filing deadline on the 15th. I could not wait to dig into the databases and see what the best fund manager and investors were doing with their cash. OK, that’s not completely true. I did that because I do it every quarter – and have […]
Some stocks are good for investing and others are better for trading. Bitcoin has become a popular trading instrument and may end up being at least somewhat uncorrelated with other asset classes. Currently, ProShares Strategy Bitcoin ETF (BITO) is a popular way to trade bitcoin (that uses bitcoin futures). Coming in June, the 2x Bitcoin […]
Like millions of other investors, I anxiously awaited the 13F filing deadline on the 15th. I could not wait to dig into the databases and see what the best fund manager and investors were doing with their cash. OK, that’s not completely true. I did that because I do it every quarter – and have […]
Last week, when ONEOK Inc. (OKE) announced it would acquire Magellan Midstream Partners LP (MMP) in a $18.8 billion deal, the market disliked the news and the stock dropped by 10%. The market is wrong about this tie-up. I can prove it with one word… ONEOK is an energy infrastructure company focused on natural gas […]
