Dividend Investing

The 2 Best Stocks for Even Higher Interest Rates

The 2 Best Stocks for Even Higher Interest Rates

After the inflation numbers came out last Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) futures dropped by 700 points in minutes—from above 200 points to the positive to more than 500 points down. The inflation rate of 8.3% was higher than the expected 8.1%. As one TV expert noted: “The future is messy.” Truer words […]

This one asset tells us where stocks go next

This one asset tells us where stocks go next

Many don’t follow this one asset… But there’s decades of proof to show that where this one asset goes… things like stocks, bonds, and others tend to follow.  You can pull up a chart of this asset yourself right on your phone or computer.  The asset is contained in just 3 ticker symbols.  But, in […]

How to Invest for Rising Interest Rates

How to Invest for Rising Interest Rates

A few weeks ago, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell threw the stock markets under the bus with his comments about making stopping inflation the Fed’s top priority. If the central bank follows through, the result will have interest rates moving higher and staying higher for longer than stock market investors were expecting. That sent stocks […]

What’s the Purpose Of A 1-Day QQQ Trade?

What’s the Purpose Of A 1-Day QQQ Trade?

It’s not often that you see a large options block trade open up with only a day until expiration. Yet, that is what occurred last week in Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ), the extremely popular Nasdaq 100 ETF. The trade appears to be a one-day covered call that generated over $5 million in premiums collected from […]

Trade of the Week: GSAT

Trade of the Week: GSAT

On a slow day for options trading, Globalstar (GSAT) traded over 200,000 contracts, or 31x its normal volume. The satellite communications company experienced volatile trade as investors awaited news of a deal with Apple (AAPL).  GSAT will be providing satellite communication capabilities with some new AAPL products. At least one of the largest GSAT block […]

Grow Your Income 3x Faster Than Inflation

Grow Your Income 3x Faster Than Inflation

I enjoy reading and listening to the advice and opinions presented in financial news outlets. The discussions mainly focus on hot stocks for short-term gains. The ideas are interesting but rarely apply to investors who want to build long-term wealth. Last week, however, a Wall Street Journal article acknowledged the power of investing for dividends. […]

Will the S&P 500 hit new lows this month?

Will the S&P 500 hit new lows this month?

Coming off the strong market rally starting in June through early August… Many ‘traders’ hoped this was the end of the bear market.  After all, many stocks like Nvidia, are down 55% YTD.  “Isn’t that enough red for a bear market?”, they’d ask.  Well, I’m going to unpack my thoughts on where the S&P 500 […]

The #1 Stock for the World’s Energy Crisis

The #1 Stock for the World’s Energy Crisis

There has been a series of flawed assumptions followed by lousy planning from the governments of the world as they have continued their push to reduce carbon emissions by replacing current energy sources with renewables, primarily wind and solar. This discussion will not take the path you may be imagining. The enormous and wrong assumption […]

Is NVDA Headed Even Lower?

Is NVDA Headed Even Lower?

Popular chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA) saw its share price drop nearly 8% in a day last week. News came out that the company wouldn’t be able to export some chips to China.  A trader used the opportunity to buy over $4 million worth of April 2023 puts. Although this was a very large put purchase, it’s […]

Trade of the Week: SNAP

Trade of the Week: SNAP

Snap (SNAP) is a popular social media company that has struggled in recent months. The company recently announced it would be cutting 20% of its workforce, which sent the share price up about 9% at the time. A strategist used the opportunity to place what looks like a long-term covered call. It was a 5,000-lot […]