Friday, November 15, 2024
Just look at Nio (NIO), an electric vehicle stock, which just reported strong deliveries. In fact, for May 2022, the company delivered 7,024 vehicles, of which 5,317 were premium smart electric SUVs, including 746 ES8s, 2,936 ES6s and 1,635 EC6s. Nio also sold 1,707 ET7s, its flagship premium smart electric sedan. Nio’s cumulative deliveries as […]
Self-storage real estate investment trusts (REITs) own, operate, and manage mini-warehouse storage facilities at which people pay to store items they do not need immediately, but do not want to discard. Recently, investors have not stored these shares for safekeeping in their portfolio. Instead, they have sent the stocks of self-storage operators straight to the […]
After some bearish behavior in early May… We’ve seen a snapback rally to close out the month… but how high could this rally go? I’ve seen this type of pattern happen many times in my career. In this short 3-minute video, I’ll breakdown what I see, plus how much higher potentially this rally could go. […]
As I told you in early March and again in April, the war in Ukraine has put a lot of focus on the global energy markets, especially the market for liquified natural gas (LNG). Traders from the usual leading buyers of LNG globally—the Asian countries of China, Japan and South Korea—have been forced to compete […]
In a market like this, share prices are down across the board, and high-quality monthly income stocks become great bargains for investors focused on the long term. While there are many choices for income investors to grab a great deal on dividend-paying stocks, I like to use these market correction opportunities to pick up shares […]
I’m continuing to pound the table on the idea of selling options to generate income with volatility at its current level. The Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) continues to hover around 30, which is creating very interesting opportunities in options. Most everyone owns stocks. Therefore, the risk we all share is that the equity market could […]
Options are commonly used as hedging instruments, especially options on indexes and ETFs. The iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (EFA) is a popular asset allocation ETF which invests in stocks in developed countries ex US. As such, it makes for a good product to hedge with (using options), since it tracks the global equities market fairly […]
Last week was a tough one for social media company Snap (SNAP), which missed badly on guidance. The company warned of challenging macroeconomic conditions ahead and the stock dropped over 40% the next day. The following day, the stock gained 10%, and a large investor bought 10,000 January SNAP calls. This seemingly very bullish trade […]
It doesn’t take much time on Google before you find headlines like these: The Last Thing the Polarized US Needs Is a Spike in Food Prices and a Collapse In 401(k)s… It’ll Probably Get Both (source) Financial expert urges caution as $7T stock market slump sends 401(k)s tanking and some joke their retirement accounts are […]
Just when you thought it was safe to go outside, monkeypox pops up. “Doctors warned that numbers will rise significantly as the virus spreads through Europe and as far as the U.S., Canada, and Australia. Spain now has the highest number of infections, outside places in Africa where the virus is endemic, with more than […]
