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Beware the Stock Market’s Growth Stock Sale January 12, 2022 Big Picture. Big Profits., Investing, Investment Opportunities
When it comes to toying with your emotions, there’s probably no place worse than the stock market. That’s because our instincts and built-in tendencies serve us poorly as investors. There’s even a growing field to study and explain these “behavioral biases.” Some are well-documented, like herding. That’s where investors just follow what everyone else is doing (which is a bad idea, of course).But there’s another instinct I’m seeing a lot more of lately. And like all the others we fall prey to, when followed blindly, it can do real damage to your portfolio. That is: the urge to buy something on sale.
Get Ready for 2022’s “Big Short” January 11, 2022 Big Picture. Big Profits., Economy, Investing
Originators handed out adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) like Halloween candy. Big banks packed them into MBS. They bribed agencies for AAA ratings. Then they sold them to unsuspecting investors. The shorts predicted that when ARMs began to reset in the second quarter of 2007, the MBS market would collapse like a Jenga tower .That’s exactly what it did. Their short bets earned them billions. The rest of the financial system collapsed. All through the movie, I kept asking myself one question … where’s the opportunity for today’s Big Short?
Mean Reversion: The Simplest Strategy for Sell-Offs January 11, 2022 Investing, Trading Strategies, True Options Masters
Other traders may panic-sell or go bargain hunting — but Mike Carr uses this mean reversion strategy to profit from a sell-off.
The Fed’s Double Game Puts the Hurt on Growth Stocks January 10, 2022 Big Picture. Big Profits., Education, U.S. Economy
Two powerful forces have closed in on growth stocks: The Fed and the pandemic. But, what does this mean for the rest of the market? Are we seeing a dot-com peak followed by a waterfall decline … or is this just a rotation that smart investors can profit from? In today’s Your Money Matters, Ted Bauman and Clint Lee discuss the fall of growth indexes, the Fed’s tapering timeline and how you can protect and grow your portfolio.
Unusual Options Activity: Has This Country Hit Rock Bottom? January 10, 2022 Trading Strategies, True Options Masters, Unusual Options Activity
FXI lost over 20% in 2021... but one unusual options trader is betting over $4 million for China's large-cap index to soar from here. MEET OUR EXPERTS
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