Thursday, November 14, 2024
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 […]
From the lows… The Nasdaq alone has rallied about 24% in just 2 months. Does that mean we’re out of the woods? I recorded a 3-minute FREE video (I do this every week) revealing what I see happening in the market. And, even better, I compare this rally to the 2000’s tech bubble and the […]
Ever since the onset of the pandemic, one consistent characteristic of the global economy has come to the fore again and again: shortages of physical goods. The latest shortage to rear its head is a worldwide shortage of fiber-optic cable, driving up prices and lengthened product delivery times and endangering telecommunications companies’ ambitious plans to […]
Back in March, investors in the Cedar Realty Trust (CDR) preferred shares went into an uproar (and selling mode) when the company agreed to be sold to Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust (WHLR). The deal closes next week, so it’s a good time to revisit the investment potential of the CDR preferred shares. Because I […]
Unusual options activity placed Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE) into the spotlight last week. It turns out a massive options trade of 150,000 contracts traded in a spread, with about $16 million of capital required. This one trade accounted for nearly half the options traded on the day. It appears the position may be […]
The iShares JP Morgan USD Emerging Market Bond ETF (EMB) is an asset allocation fund for those wanting exposure to emerging market government bonds. The ETF pays a reasonable dividend but it doesn’t generally move all that much. A well-capitalized trader is likely trying to boost returns on the low-volatility product by utilizing a covered […]
