Tuesday, November 26, 2024
There’s a major divergence happening in the market. In the past month, we’ve seen tech rally… But we’ve also seen the utilities sector continue to push higher. That hardly ever happens as these sectors usually move against each other. Utilities are seen as more ‘safe’ investments is why. I’m not saying go long utilities or […]
There is a pending retirement crisis for U.S. workers, and the only solution is to take your future into your own hands. So today, let’s talk about a strategy to ensure your retirement years will be as you hope and dream. I receive a daily email from a business and tech news service called The […]
The last thing you need is more doom and gloom when it comes to the stock market. So if your trading account has taken a beating this year… I have some good news for you. I know it may sound hard to believe… After all, The Wall Street Journal and many other sites predict a […]
Ever since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it has been a busy time for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, the Pentagon arm that oversees foreign military sales. During the first seven months of 2022, the agency facilitated 44 such deals, up from 25, 43 and 40 cases in the same period of the […]
For this week’s intriguing options block trade, we’re looking at a massive trade put on in Warner Brothers Discovery (WBD). The trader or fund manager appears to have sold a huge call position that is potentially being used to finance (part of) an even bigger put position. This type of strategy is called a collar, […]
The most popular way for investors to trade small caps is through the iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM). IWM averages nearly 30 million shares traded per day, and over 750,000 options. Last week, a large fund or trader placed a block of nearly 50,000 puts in IWM that expire in October. These far-out-of-the-money puts could […]
We’d all like to just be able to buy a stock, hold it forever, and have all our problems go away. I’d like that too. In fact, that’s my goal with my Dividend Hunter service. There, I look for high-yield investments that can generate income for years, preferably forever. Unfortunately, the markets and the economy […]
Enough is enough. I get it—European bankers are crooks, thieves, and charlatans. The European Central bank has made a mess of everything. The bankers take too many naps and spend too long on vacation. What difference does it make anyway? The Europeans who don’t sweat to death this summer will freeze to death when Putin […]
What you’re about to read is uncomfortable, shocking, and you might even wonder why I’m sharing it at all. After all, it’s a bit embarrassing. But it was a key step on my path to rethinking investing completely… And creating the lifelong dividend income strategy you’ve been seeing these past few days. It’s Tim Plaehn […]
By now, everyone has heard how the shortage of semiconductors has constrained production from automakers. Well, move over semiconductors, now the lack of lithium supply threatens to hold back the entire electric vehicle (EV) revolution. And just months ago lithium carbonate prices high all-time highs. Some prices for the key metals used in batteries for […]
