Friday, November 15, 2024
Last week, the Biden Administration announced a massive, long-term (up to six months) plan to release a million barrels of crude oil per day out of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. On that news, the WTI oil price “tumbled” from $108 to $104 per barrel While I don’t think the move will bring energy prices back […]
In recent years, the epicenter of demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) has been Asia. The world’s three largest buyers of liquified natural gas are located there: China, Japan, and South Korea. China’s imports of LNG alone are expected to increase by 8.0 to 8.5 million tons year-on-year in 2022, accounting for about 45% of […]
Shares of Beyond Meat (BYND) tested a 52-week low north of $35 in mid-March, but the stock has rebounded along with the overall market in recent weeks as it tries to recover a key level of resistance. However, the stock still has large short bets placed against it by hedge funds. Roughly 40% of BYND’s […]
Nio (NIO) is often considered the Tesla of China. The electric car maker does have $5 billion in sales, which differentiates it from many other new electric vehicle makers whose sales are light. One very interesting block trade from last week was a massive covered call trade on NIO. The trader purchased 750,000 shares of […]
Last week, the financial news media went crazy when the Treasury yield curve inverted. If you listened to the news, you likely thought that the economy was sitting on the verge of a recession. But let’s talk about what the current yield curve really has to tell us. The Treasury yield curve plots current Treasury […]
Options action returned in a big way last week to the meme stocks, made famous in 2021 through Reddit user groups. The primary platform for trading those meme stocks (and their options) was (and still is) Robinhood (HOOD). The popular mobile brokerage platform has struggled quite a bit since its heyday. However, heavy options activity […]
Today, I want to introduce you to Andrew Packer, my newest co-editor here at Investors Alley. Andrew comes with an impressive resume in the markets, and he’s developed a very impressive approach to squeezing income out of the markets. In today’s article he’s going to share some of that approach with you. So, keep reading […]
There are three good reasons the lithium story is probably about to go into overdrive. For one, the bull market is only accelerating. By 2030, tens of millions of electric vehicles could be on the roads, especially with global governments pushing for them. Even major automakers are abandoning internal combustion engines for EVs. Two, there’s […]
With all the world turmoil, high inflation, war in Ukraine, China rattling their saber, gold has gone up in price. Trading Economics tracks gold prices for the last 12 months. Less than a year ago, gold was just under $1,700/oz. It recently hit $2,050/oz. and was knocked down $60/oz. the following day. Remember the old saying, there […]
When choosing a company to invest in, I always like to look for what Warren Buffett called a “moat” protecting it—a competitive advantage that allows the company to maintain pricing power and better than average profit margins. When I’m considering an investment in the technology sector too, particularly in the semiconductor space, I am especially […]
