All right guys, This morning we saw the Consumer Price Index (CPI) hit the tape and it came in on the tepid side which was quite encouraging for investors as they started to lift the tide of the market and lower expectations on continued Fed rate hikes. With that said, we're not out of the […]

It's finally here. That one out of four times a year that the market gets to see real numbers that actually put a valuation on the stocks that they have been buying or selling for the last three months. Not the "Market's Value," but rather the "Real Value." That's right, it's earnings season. And this […]

Live Nation Entertainment Inc. (LYV) We've all heard the stories about people getting out there to travel this summer.   We've also heard stories about how demand for ticketed events has increased from demand.  I'm here to tell you that it's all true. A little more than a week ago I did my latest "Walk Down […]

To say that it feels like the market feels like it has been here before would be an understatement. Stocks are rolling into early July with a full head of steam as the market is coming off a strong first half of the year. For the first six months, the S&P 500 gained 15.9% while […]

Good evening,  CJ here. You know every time we have a nice long weekend like we just finished, the first day back always feels like a break from being on break – it's almost more refreshing to get back to work than it is to leave. But as I was scanning the market over the […]

Several weeks ago I sent you a trading strategy using LEAP options trades that essentially negates all headline risk. This strategy also gives you the ability to write covered calls once the option is "in the money" The long and short if it is a LONG dated option on NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA) – I'm talking […]

As hard as it is to say, I'm still bullish on the consumer. It feels so wrong, which is what makes it so right from my unique approach to tracking the market (more on that in a bit).  For more than a year, analysts and the media have cast doubts all over the consumer's ability […]

"Don't Count the Consumer Out Just Yet" There are certain tenets of the economy and the market that you learn and respect.  One of those is that the consumer controls the economy, and therefore the market. That belief is based on the fact that consumer spending accounts for more than 70% of the economy.  Healthy […]

I'm sure most of you know and understand the dot-com bubble. If not, The dot-com bubble was a rapid rise in U.S. technology stock equity valuations fueled by investments in Internet-based companies during the bull market in the late 1990s.  The bubble grew because of fad-based investors, they heard something about the internet and saw […]

The commercial real estate market is falling into crisis, and it's not alone. This isn't a new development, either. There's been a problem brewing in here since the pandemic started. The problem is not in the residential real estate market for now.  My research shows this market is healthy and will continue to grow.   But […]