December 2, 2022 ... This week’s raft of economic data told us one thing loud and clear: Any market rally is an opportunity to go short.This Friday’s job report is a perfect example.The strong November jobs report now keeps the Federal Reserve on track to raise interest …

December 1, 2022 ... Traditionally, a Santa Claus rally refers to gains in the stock market happening in December, specifically over the last five days of the month into the first few days of the new year. Since 1950, the average gain over that … Continue …

November 30, 2022 ... For decades globalization has dominated the conversation around production of goods.As a rule, the largest corporations in the world outsource production to China, India, and many other countries with cheap labor.But a bipartisan political backlash to …

November 30, 2022 ... Predicting the point at which an index switches directions is an inexact science - unless you've got math on your side. And in this instance, thanks to our friend Leonardo de Pisa - creator of the Fibonacci sequence - we're potentially zeroing in on …

November 29, 2022 ... There’s a lot of attention being paid to the protests in China around the most recent wave of Covid lockdowns – and for good reason. If China shuts down its factories again, it will have an impact on manufacturing, and …

November 28, 2022 ... It feels like forever since WTI crude hit 120 in June as it is sitting around $75 a barrel today as oil continues its plunged towards lowest levels of 2021.But this weakness could be getting close to lows says Money Morning trader Garrett Baldwin, who …

November 28, 2022 ... Dear Profit Takeover reader, I wanted to do a breakdown today to help explain when to choose spreads vs butterflies vs straight calls and puts... When a trader buys multiple calls and/or puts at different strike prices simultaneously, that is called a …

November 28, 2022 ... The crypto market may not close the way its traditional counterparts do, but this is still a time to take it easy and think about everything we have to be thankful for. And me? I’m thankful I got the chance...

November 28, 2022 ...   There is one surefire way to find volatility in the market as a technician of trading. If you have been with me for any length of time, you know that I am a technical trader. And, if you have been in the markets for any length of time you've …

November 28, 2022 ... I trust everyone is having a good day as Americans settle in to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday with friends and family. Over several months, I’ve been writing about how to invest in a high-inflation environment. I’ve covered …

November 21, 2022 ... Here in the U.S., the nation remains under 25 days' diesel supply.With cold weather and snow pressing across the Northeast, American citizens are forced to cut back on heating oil.They’re turning off their thermostats – wrapping themselves in blankets …

November 18, 2022 ... Since China embarked on major economic reforms in 1978, its GDP growth has averaged a stunning 9.14% per annum. But not all’s well these days. After decades of unprecedented debt leveraging, and as the global economy slows, China sees its …

November 17, 2022 ... Despite a tough year for semiconductors, the VanEck Semiconductors ETF (NASDAQ: SMH) has rallied 30% over the last month.But that rally could be over given recent announcements and earnings in the industry from Nvidia (Nasdaq: NVDA), Micron (Nasdaq) …

November 17, 2022 ... Lately, I have enjoyed getting back to options basics to help new traders gain trading confidence. Once you understand how calls and puts work, and what they are, it's important to know how you are going to manage your trades and how to exit for …

November 16, 2022 ... If you’ve been in the markets for a while, this will seem reminiscent of 2001, when Alan Greenspan’s Federal Reserve cut interest rates from 6.5% to 2% over the course of one year.At the time, the stock market collapsed.This is what Powell needs to …

November 15, 2022 ... Semiconductors are essential to basically every industry on the planet and while demand may see some hiccups, the US is putting money towards the industry hand over fist with the CHIPS for America Act.Not only is the US government spending, the largest …

November 15, 2022 ... There’s no mystery behind the energy sector’s strength right now: Diesel supply is at decade lows, with East Coast supplies dwindling to “code red” levels for the first time in years.Gasoline prices, on average, are up 10% nationwide from a year ago, …

November 14, 2022 ... While last week's lower than expected inflation print was good to see, we're still not out of the woods when it comes to inflation and Fed interest rate hikes. Today, with stocks taking a breather from last week's rally, we want to make …

November 14, 2022 ... Everybody loves a good rally, and this week gave us one, with the Dow blasting up almost 1200 points by the time markets closed on Thursday. The CPI print came in lower than expected, at 7.7%, so naturally we saw a rush of call option buying from …

November 11, 2022 ... I’d first met Boone in part because I had mocked Peak Oil as yet another nonsense Malthusian fantasy.At a 2014 Stansberry Research Conference event in Dallas, T.Boone conceded that he’d been dead wrong about Peak Oil.

November 11, 2022 ... I’ve got five simple rules for crypto investing – my “5 Ts.” But, if I had to whip up a sixth rule, it’d be “DJPC,” as in “don’t join a personality cult.” There’s absolutely zero room …

November 10, 2022 ... The moment the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was released by the Commerce Department at 7.7% the market cheered.All indexes opened up big and kept going higher.The NASDAQ Composite finished up over 7%, its best “CPI Day” run ever, and one of its largest …

November 10, 2022 ... There’s no question that oil is volatile. It’s up one day and down another, it rises when demand increases and when OPEC + (which means the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries plus Russia) cuts production, and it falls when …

November 8, 2022 ... Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest was a poster child for success in 2020.Between the March 2020 “COVID Crash” lows and February 2021, its top exchange-traded fund, ARK Innovation ETF (NYSEARCA: ARKK) gained more than 313%.This made ARKK one of the …

November 4, 2022 ... Earlier this week the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting held few surprises.Instead, we got another 75 basis points hike on interest rates and no forward guidance on when they’ll taper their hiking regime.

November 3, 2022 ... Roku started strong out of the gate reporting total net revenue growth of 12% year over year to $761 million.While that is great that they continue to grow revenue, the key metric gross profit has seen zero incremental growth in four quarters and …

November 2, 2022 ... Inflation – and its implications – have been the story of the market in 2022… and with good reason.Even after the Federal Reserve aggressively increased the fed funds rate from 0.08% in February to 2.56% in September, inflation is still running hot.

November 1, 2022 ... President Biden took another jab at Big Oil yesterday, taking aim at a record $30 billion in combined industry earnings this quarter.He threatened higher taxes on oil companies should they fail to work to lower consumer gas prices.Americans continue to …

October 31, 2022 ... The central bank will likely increase the Fed Funds rate by 75 basis points.Unless we see large amounts of insider buying, this will set off a December selloff that will rival what we saw in December 2008 and December 2018..

October 28, 2022 ... They stagger aimlessly along, overwhelming portfolios, dragging down defenseless stock indexes, and devouring hard-won profits.I’m talking about “zombie” companies, and, unlike movie monsters, they’re a very real threat.