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Best Buy’s Bravado; Dollar Tree Yells: “Timber!” November 26, 2019 Great Stuff It’s the Circle of Trade Pete and Repeat walk into a bar. Pete walks out. Who’s left? The answer is the U.S.-China trade war. Duh… We’re once again in the “market rallies temporarily on news” phase of the Great Stuff Trade War Cycle chart. And, as you might suspect, we’re being fed the same lines […]
The Repo Man Is Coming; Snap’s Back; Comcast’s “Free” Flex October 23, 2019 Great Stuff The Repo-Rate Man Is Coming Did you think we were done talking about the Federal Reserve and repo rates? (I’ll bet you wished we were.) About one month ago, the financial media were filled with stories about a “mini” crisis involving overnight lending rates, bank liquidity and the Fed’s reserve rates for financial institutions. Yeah […]
Apple’s $399 iPhone SE 2; Roku Queues up Apple TV+ October 15, 2019 Great Stuff Thank God It’s Earnings Season! I don’t know about you, but I’m so tired of reading about China, trade and Trump tweets. If I had to write about tariffs one more day in a row, I’d gnaw my fingers off. Today, we have corporate earnings. Glorious corporate earnings. Well … mostly glorious. So far, 34 […]
Spooky Economic Data; AMD Inside; Costco Is Still Killing It October 4, 2019 Great Stuff Friday Four Play: Everybody Walk the Dinosaur I don’t like being a bear. Like most investors, I’d much rather see stocks go up. It’s so much easier and simpler to make money that way. There’s no short selling, no weird inverse exchange-traded funds to mess with and no buying put options or selling call options […]
How to Sell Put Options and Collect 40% a Year in Income October 1, 2019 American Investor Today, Income, Investing, Retirement Minimizing risk and collecting steady income is an investor’s dream. With the Federal Reserve lowering interest rates again, accomplishing that might seem out of reach. But that’s where Chad Shoop comes in. He shares his No. 1 rule to make that dream a reality — to the tune of 40% every year. (4-minute read)





