Saturday, April 20, 2024
Inflation is what everyone in the market is talking about these days. The financial markets are concerned that the Fed will have to hike rates much sooner than expected. Higher rates will significantly impact fixed income products like Treasuries and corporate bonds. Perhaps that’s why an institutional trader purchased 160,000 put spreads in iShares iBoxx […]
Dear Reader, Last week, the CPI inflation was released, showing the highest year-over-year inflation in 30 years. After living and investing in a low-inflation economy for a couple of decades, investors now need to pick some inflation-fighting stocks and funds. In the 1980s, the Federal Reserve killed inflation by quickly and massively increasing interest rates. […]
Last week was a big option week for iShares Silver Trust (SLV). The popular physical silver ETF got a boost as inflation concerns bubbled to the surface following a larger than expected jump in CPI. Over 460,000 options traded in one day last week, with calls making up nearly 90% of the volume. Calls tend […]
After ATVI’s share priced gapped from $77.50 to $67, the gaming stock is oversold on the relative strength index (RSI), moving average convergence divergence (MACD), and Williams’ %R momentum indicator. In fact, the last few times these indicators were this oversold, shares of ATVI pushed higher shortly after. At the same time, it’s tough to […]
“Options are the same as stocks, just cheaper!” Ever heard a pitch start like that? Well, it’s wrong. Crazy wrong. Options trade much differently than stocks, and thus why it’s easier to lose money with options. (and this is coming from a 20+ year options trader). One key difference is options use of “implied volatility.” […]
Cryptocurrencies have been red hot, as we noted on November 5. So it came as no surprise when Bitcoin hit a new all-time high of $66,566 a day later. The surge is all thanks to retail and institutional interest, as well as JP Morgan, which says Bitcoin could be headed to $146,000. “The re-emergence of […]
Many technology stocks share a similar fate: they are at the mercy of unrealistically high expectations from Wall Street. If they don’t meet these “pie-in-the-sky” expectations, their stock is savaged. We saw a perfect example of this recently with Twilio (TWLO). This company provides tools to firms, such as Uber, that want to integrate their […]
In the middle of last month, I spent two days on the road to pick up a new travel trailer I purchased from an out-of-state dealer. While driving during stock market hours, I use SiriusXM radio to listen to CNBC and Fox Business, keeping up with the day’s financial news. While I enjoy the information, […]
There are a number of ways to trade the emerging growth in the cannabis industry, but the sector certainly has its risks and rewards when considering an investment. The price swings in any particular stock can be massive based on the news cycle and which states (and countries) might, or might not, be moving in […]
Nvidia (NVDA), the graphics card giant, was up 12% one day last week. The company announced it would be creating a platform for metaverse technology, and the stock took off. The metaverse is the latest buzzword in the investment space and refers to collaboration in the virtual world. An interesting, out-of-the-box trade idea is to […]
