Saturday, February 8, 2025
The world’s major oil companies have all reported record annual profits. And, despite what Wall Street is telling you, these are still stocks you want to have in your portfolio for both growth and dividends. One oil major in particular reported some great earnings on February 2, making it a buy. Let’s take a look… […]
Embattled gym equipment company Peloton (PTON) has reversed course in 2023. The stock is up a whopping 114% for the year. A recent block of PTON options suggest there could be another 30% of upside in the next month or so. An out-of-the-money calendar spread traded last week that is maximized if PTON ends up […]
The Federal Reserve is the swing factor in the current market. The tug-of-war between what the Fed officials have said and what the market thinks the Fed really plans to do is ongoing and makes for a problematic investing and trading environment. Even our favorite special situations landscape is pretty quiet. Insiders are sitting still, […]
Sunnier days are returning to the global travel industry, especially air travel. Passenger traffic recovered dramatically in 2022, after collapsing in the first years of the coronavirus pandemic. While global air travel is still down about 20% from 2019, here in the U.S. it is pretty much back to pre-pandemic levels. Nearly 76 million people […]
When markets are choppy (like today)… You have to use more advanced tools beyond simple moving averages and oscillators to identify where the market may go next. I’m looking at implied volatility for a major ticker at the moment. The last 2 years, this ticker hit low volatility, we saw big pullbacks. I’ll share with […]
Higher interest rates have put a damper on the funding of venture capital investments from the private equity world. When interest rates were near zero percent, private equity firms could borrow money with no cost, which could be employed as venture capital investments. This led to some headline-grabbing returns. The higher rates brought on by […]
There are times when avoiding losses is far more important than looking for gains. As the debate continues between what the Federal Reserve says it will do and what the market thinks the Federal Reserve will do, there is one inescapable conclusion we must consider: no matter how you look at the world, and regardless […]
Snap (SNAP), parent company of popular social media app Snapchat, posted fairly brutal earnings last week. Concerns over future revenues sent the share price down 10% the following day. However, the options market showed that at least one trader had a differing opinion. A large block of 20,000 calls were purchased, which don’t expire until […]
For almost a year, the U.S. stock market—as tracked by the S&P 500—has cycled through a narrow trading range, frustrating both bullish investors and bearish investors. The frustration may continue if you have been waiting for a signal that the market has found either a bottom or its next bull market. The current “no-trend” trend […]
The energy sector is one that keeps rewarding its investors. For example, let’s look at the so-called “Big Three” oil services companies: Halliburton (HAL), Baker Hughes (BKR) and SLB (SLB)—formerly Schlumberger. In 2022, these firms registered their most profitable 12 months since the heyday of the U.S. shale boom, reporting an aggregate net income of […]
