USO

US Oil Fund

stocks4

Markets Live Recap: Stocks Begin the Week Strong as Economic Outlook Brightens

by

Stocks rose 1.6% today as investors felt optimistic about governments around the world reopening their economies amid the coronavirus outbreak.

In addition to some U.S. states, Italy, Germany, and France said they're also looking to ease the quarantine policies that have been in place for the last two months.

If economies can reopen and consumers feel confident, stocks could continue to rally.

But if the COVID-19 curve starts to steepen as a result, that would likely send stocks lower.

And we could break through the recent lows made last month.

Here's what our experts – Chris Johnson, Tom Gentile, D.R. Barton, Jr., and Shah Gilani – think investors should be doing with their portfolios this week.

Read more...

stocks

Markets Live Recap: Unemployment in Focus Today

by

This morning, United States weekly jobless claims came in at 4.4 million.

Just over 26 million Americans have now applied for unemployment… In the last 5 weeks.

That means the U.S. economy has wiped out all the job gains since the Great Recession.

Unemployment sits at 23% and it doesn't look like we're close to re-opening the economy any time soon.

Despite that, investors shrugged off the news, bidding up the S&P 500 about 1.7% to start the day.

But stocks turned over mid-day and closed about flat.

Here's what our experts - Chris Johnson, Tom Gentile, D.R. Barton, Jr., and Shah Gilani - saw in the financial markets today, April 23...

stocks

Markets Live Recap: Our Experts Cover Jobless Claims, Fed Stimulus, and Reveal Their Best Trades

by

As the market continues teetering back and forth, our experts – Chris Johnson, Tom Gentile, D.R. Barton, Jr., and Shah Gilani – are live streaming what they're seeing in real time to give you actionable steps you can take to protect your portfolio and make money now.

They're doing it every day the markets are open.

And the best part is, you can act on their recommendations before most market participants catch on.

Here's what they covered in their live streams segments today, April 9...

stocks

Markets Live Recap: Here's What Our Experts Are Seeing in Stocks, Bonds, Currencies, and Commodities

by

During our markets live segments today, April 8, our experts covered it all: stocks, bonds, currencies, and commodities.

So, if you own any of those things… You're going to want to pay close attention.

If you're able to watch live, you can execute the same trades before the majority of the market catches on.

You see, the coronavirus crisis has many second and third layer "knock-on effects," which are affecting all industries – not just restaurants, airlines, cruises, and the other typical industries everyone knows has issues now.

It's also changing the way the world looks at fiat currencies, gold, oil and bonds.

Based on that, here's how our experts – Chris Johnson, Tom Gentile, D.R. Barton, Jr., and Shah Gilani – see as the best way to position for profit today.

Read more...

trading strategies

What You Should Be Watching in the Markets This Week

by

Here we are in yet another week of the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on nearly every aspect of our lives…

The markets are clearly no exception as volatility continues to shake up not only the stock market, but also the bond, oil, and currency markets – the four areas that I look at to gauge where we are and where we're headed.

Now as you may know, I start out every Monday by looking at the S&P 500 ETF. While it came down on Friday, we were able to see a big bump up on Monday.

One reason behind this is some of the positive news that came from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo about the situation stabilizing a bit in that state, which could lead to more investors getting back into the markets.

Of course, as has been true since this trouble started, you can't trust these rallies. Once that buying happens, the "smart money" will sell that enthusiasm because the reality of the situation is likely worse than the numbers indicate.

Moreover, Q1 earnings are going to be reported this week and will likely have an impact on the markets going forward.

So let's take a more detailed look at what's moving these markets and what you can do about it… Full Story

So let's take a more detailed look at what's moving these markets and what you can do about it... Full Story

stocks

Why Oil Is Plunging (and 2 Ways to Profit)

by

Oil prices were already down 50% year to date on Friday. They plunged another 25% yesterday.

Fears of the coronavirus spreading means that more people are staying home.

And as fewer people travel, there's less demand for oil – which causes the price to fall.

One way the leading oil-producing countries fight falling demand is by slowing production.

If they're able to decrease the supply of oil as much as the demand for it, the price should stabilize.

That's exactly why OPEC and Russia met last week. They planned to make the biggest oil production cut since 2008.

Unfortunately, the two sides couldn't come to an agreement.

Read more here...

Trading Strategies

How to Lower Your Risk While Taking Advantage of This Historic Trading Volatility

by

Looking at the wild markets this week, one thing – maybe the only thing – for sure right now is that market volatility is here to stay.

Long-term investors will want to simply stay the course. Stay disciplined and stick to your established strategy.

Of course, daily 1,000-point swings have handed us many new short-term profit opportunities. Exploiting this volatility, as many smart traders do, can be very profitable.

Smart trading does not mean trying to find a stock that will pop and time your buying perfectly, as some investors have tried to do recently. Piling in to the "hot" biotech stock that's jumping on vaccine rumors can be extremely expensive and high-risk – and it rarely pays off.

That's why I love options. In a market like this one, they allow you to get in and get out in a short time frame, with much lower risk, much lower cost, and much lower stress, as well.

Of course, huge moves like this can bring increased risk to your trades – but there's a simple way to lower that risk while taking advantage of this historic volatility… Full Story

Of course, huge moves like this can bring increased risk to your trades - but there's a simple way to lower that risk while taking advantage of this historic volatility...

oil

Don't Miss This "Triple Play" Opportunity to Profit from Oil's Rebound

by

There's a lot of speculation over what the novel coronavirus panic will do to stocks.

That's why we've covered the best actions to take now, and we'll continue uncovering profit opportunities in these areas.

But more importantly, a huge cash cow has been revealed somewhere else.

You see, while the price of oil is down 24% in just the last month, demand isn't going away.

In fact, it'll increase this year.

I'm going to show you exactly how to do that today, with the three best ways you can play oil's rebound...

Oil

How the Saudi Oil Attacks Will Impact Crude Prices

by

Investors on Monday digested news of the massive drone attacks on Saudi Arabian oil infrastructure at Abqaiq and Khurais. Stocks took it pretty well, it has to be said; the Dow slid around 0.27% as an "oil shock" that would've sent indexes tumbling hundreds of points 10 or 20 years ago rippled through the broader markets.

Oil, on the other hand, is seeing virtually unprecedented volatility. Prices for crude have jumped by as much as $10 a barrel following the disruption of around half of Saudi Arabia's daily output. Prices then lurched lower yesterday when Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman suggested oil supply will be back online by the end of September.

As we'll see in a second, the ground reality is probably more complicated than that, and traders are still deeply conflicted about the big picture.

And in the chaos and conflict roiling the oil markets right now lies a once-in-a-generation opportunity for investors...