Regular readers know that we rarely start a trade idea with a technical input, but a securities’ chart often helps inform our thoughts on sentiment, and can be very useful for choosing strikes for options …
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No matter what your political affiliation is, there is a whole heck of a lot of wtf today from citizens, investors, politicians, pollsters and the press. I think it is safe to say that few (even …
Continue readingCurrent polls point to Hillary Clinton being sworn in as our next President of the United States on January 20th. As far as what that means for policy, Clinton is a typical left of center …
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It’s been my view for some time that on top of the very large list of risks to a fragile U.S. economic recovery (and increasingly vulnerable global financial markets) is the election of Donald Trump to be …
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I have a confession and then an apology to make to RiskReversal readers or those who watch my market commentary on CNBC. First the confession. Not for a moment in the last couple months have …
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Event: tomorrow before the open 3M (MMM) reports Q1 results, the options market is implying about a $5.25 move in either direction, or about 3%. The average move one day post earnings over the last …
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In case you missed it last night, Tesla’s (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk unveiled their highly anticipated mass market electric vehicle. The Tesla Model 3 will start at $35,000 (before government subsidies) and will be available …
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UPDATE 3/21/16: When I wrote this up on Friday I forgot to consider the fact that MCD shares go ex-dividend on May 27th, 2016, and if one was considering this sort of stock alternative strategy …
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The stock market volatility in January and February was largely the result of investor fear that the deflationary pressures of crashing oil and industrial commodity prices would move the global economy closer to a recession. …
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This morning, rather than focusing on the handful of stocks driving most of the performance in the U.S. equity market and have no top in sight, Amazon, Facebook, Google & Netflix, I will instead focus …
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