Wednesday, May 8, 2024
There are many ways to look at a stock chart, but I want to keep it simple here. This is a basic overview of some key charting concepts. It is not a dissertation on advanced indicators and charting strategies. The goal is to give you just enough tools to allow you to quickly analyze a […]
While the headlines last week were rightfully focused on the humanitarian cost of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, under the surface, a lot was happening in the financial markets. Options action can give investors many clues as to what the market is most concerned with. On the day after the invasion began, there was a […]
The market has been in a downturn lately and this include bitcoin. ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITO), which tracks bitcoin futures, is down about 18% year-to-date. BITO trades a fair amount of options on the average day – about 70,000 – so it was surprising to see a 22,400 block of April puts trade last […]
Dear Investor, I write this after spending a long day driving from the Reno, Nevada, area to Las Vegas, where I currently am as a speaker for the MoneyShow investors’ conference. It’s a 440-mile drive, so I had plenty of time to listen to CNBC on Sirius/XM radio. Eight hours of listening to the financial […]
By now, you’re aware that Russia has attacked Ukraine. As Reuters reported: “In announcing a major military operation, Russian President Vladimir Putin deflected global condemnation and cascading new sanctions—and chillingly referred to his country’s nuclear arsenal as he threatened any foreign country attempting to interfere with ‘consequences you have never seen.’” Unfortunately, the situation could […]
It was a cold January Indiana morning. I headed to the shopping center. They were delivering a TV and I needed a part before they arrived. I pulled into the empty parking lot about 15 minutes before the store opened. I thought good, it’s pretty cold, I’ll get a nice parking space close to the […]
There’s one tactic I use to immediately tell me whether I should look at a “bullish” or “bearish” position on a stock. I put this on a chart… I look at it… Within 0.5 seconds, I know whether the stock is moving in a positive direction or a negative direction. You would’ve abandoned tech stocks […]
Dear Investor, Investors are rightfully worried about inflation, which is now running at more than 7%. It will be challenging to decide which companies and stocks will be hurt by higher prices and which will benefit. One surefire strategy will be to invest in commodity producers that have directly linked their dividends to profits. These […]
Investors may want to keep an eye on oil-related ETFs and stocks. Currently, oil prices are nearing $100 a barrel, as Russia pushes deeper into Ukraine. There’s even fear oil could rally to $120, perhaps even to $150, if there’s a full-scale invasion. Russia is one of the world’s largest producers of oil. So, should […]
There has been a lot of happy talk coming from Wall Street lately about how semiconductor shortages will be over soon. Don’t believe a word of it. Semiconductor Shortage Persists According to the U.S. electronic component distributor Sourcengine, lead times for chip orders in early February grew from five to 15 weeks longer from where […]
