Monday, November 25, 2024
Interest rates have been the focus on 2023 so far (to the surprise of no one). One way to trade interest rates is by using ProShares Ultrashort 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TBT). TBT moves with the direction of rates (yields) and opposite the direction of bond prices. With rates the highest they’ve been in […]
Last week the U.S. stock market experienced its biggest one-day decline in several years. A rapid yield increase on the 10-year Treasury note triggered the stock market route. The market runup in January was due to investor expectations that the Federal Reserve would soon start to ease interest rates.February reversed that enthusiasm, and the stock […]
2022 was truly a breakout year for generative artificial intelligence (AI), which can produce fluent textual responses to questions, draft stories, and generate images on demand. But generative AI really came to the fore for investors after Microsoft (MSFT) made the decision in January of this year by to invest $10 billion in OpenAI, the […]
One of the most active ETFs in terms of options trading is the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG). The most popular high yield bond ETF, HYG trades over 400,000 options contracts per day on average. A trader recently placed 7,000 of what appear to be HYG covered calls. The position could […]
The past couple of weeks, we’ve talked about how looking at the right 13F filings can reveal some of the greatest investments to make right now. It’s like having Wall Street’s best analysts working for you, for free… If you know what to look for, of course. But before we move on to other segments […]
Last week, I showed you how I make one of the most difficult choices an income investor will ever face: when to sell a stock to lock in a profit. Today, I’ll cover the only decision that’s even harder. I’m of course talking about when to give up on a stock, let go, and sell […]
I continue to maintain that the 2023 stock market will look a lot like the 2022 stock market. Big tech continues to reel from overspending during the pandemic, and are being forced to fire large numbers of employees to cut costs. Meanwhile, America’s more traditional mid-cap companies in dull sectors like manufacturing—which have had to […]
Electric vehicle companies have come back to earth over the last year or so, with several high fliers taking it on the chin. Lucid (LCID) is an electric car company that may have a bright future but has seen its stock dive in recent months. However, lately, options traders appear to be selling puts in […]
Tesla’s stock has nearly doubled from December lows… Up 69% YTD. When the markets do well, Tesla seems to lead the charge as money flows into risk assets. Where Tesla goes from here could spell the direction of the stock market going forward. I’m looking at the stock right now and I’m seeing some clouds […]
Yesterday I mentioned that there are many ways to make money from watching companies’ Form 13F filings, and most people had no idea how to accomplish that mission. So today I’m going to share a money manager who’s 13F filings are full of proverbial “gold mines” for investors looking to beat the market… For those […]
