Normally, each week, I have a good trade or the like. Right now, I see a massive long-term investment trend setting up right now. I believe there’s easily a 40%+ upside in the coming years on this sector and the stocks within it. In my weekly free video, I’ll show you the charts and how […]
A Highly Unusual Trade in Valvoline
Valvoline (VVV) is a well known oil and gas refining and marketing company. However, despite the popularity of its products, very few options trade on the stock. The average daily volume in VVV options is just 758. As such, it was quite a surprise to see 40,000 contracts trade in VVV June options last week. […]
A Great Thanksgiving Tech Stock, Courtesy of Wall Street’s Best
Most of us spend Thanksgiving eating good food, catching up to family, maybe watching a football game. I’m not averse to those things. But as it’s November, I’ll spend a fair bit of time talking about earnings to whoever will listen, too. See, every February, May, August, and November, Wall Street has to open up […]
Join Buffett in Buying This Semiconductor Star
Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM) has been my favorite semiconductor company for a very long time. It is the world’s largest contract manufacturer of advanced processor chips. And now, Warren Buffett has joined the Taiwan Semi fan club. On November 14, a filing with U.S. securities regulators showed that Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B and BRK.A) had purchased […]
What My Parents Have Taught Me About Retiring Well – and Right
For the holiday, I traveled to be with my elderly parents. They are at an age when medical issues start to catch up and make life challenging. Helping them for the last few years has taught me some lessons that we all should heed, whether we are still working or in retirement. My parents are […]
Trade of the Week: High Yield Bonds
Bond prices have rallied lately with the expectations that interest rates won’t go quite as high as originally expected. (Bond prices move opposite of yields.) This includes government bonds, corporate bonds, and high yield bonds as well. A very large bullish call spread in iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) suggests there […]
Big Banks Just Gave You a 10%+ Yield Opportunity
A recent article on mortgage-backed securities (MBS) had me going, “huh?” The story covers MBSs being very popular when mortgage rates were less than 3%, but now with rates over 7%, large, institutional buyers are staying away. That’s one reason why mortgage rates are so high, despite MBSs in theory being more profitable today. That’s […]
Bank Earnings: Stick with Buffett
The latest bank earnings season highlighted the difference between the banks that rely on deal-making (Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley) versus those that are deposit banks that rely more on U.S. consumers and businesses (Bank of America, JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, Citibank). Deposit banks are in a generally better position to earn greater margins on the […]
The sector that will lead the next bull market
There’s a sector of the market that’s seeing strong rallying in 2022. It’s holding up above pre-2020 numbers (unlike many tech stocks). When a new bull market emerges, this sector typically kicks it off. In this free weekly video — I release them every Thursday — I have 2 things to share with you: First, […]
How High Can Stocks Rally?
A lower than expected CPI number sent stock soaring last week. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) jumped 5.5% on the day of the release. Moreover, what looks like a massive covered call trade on SPY also occurred on the day, which may imply the index could climb as high as $420 in the next […]