Today, I want to introduce you to a fascinating strategy: the options collar. You might roll your eyes since this doesn’t generate those exciting100% returns in a matter of weeks. What it does is limit downside risk with a comparable cap on gains. But I promise you that I have a whole new take that is going to surprise even the most seasoned options aficionados.
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Late last year, investors began to get concerned about accelerating inflation and the prospect of higher interest rates. Those fears hit home last week when the U.S. Consumer Price Index report showed that inflation surged higher again last month, up 7% from a year ago. That’s the biggest increase in prices in 40 years.
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You might be wondering why this fossil fuel has any value when so many of us are pushing toward a renewable-energy future. Yes, that is true. But it won’t happen overnight. In the meantime, there’s plenty of money to be made. I’ll explain why and then show you a stock that directly benefits from this thesis.
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On the surface, this sounds like an income-producing dividend stock strategy. But it’s actually based on finding the most undervalued stocks among the largest, most well-established blue-chip companies.
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Despite the negative rap they get, market makers serve a critical trading function. Here’s the cool part: If you understand how they work, you can uncover opportunities. That’s why I want to walk you through the ins and outs of the market makers’ business and how to use this information to create trade ideas.
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The culprit here is a growing expectation that the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates sooner than anticipated. The hardest-hit stocks so far are the “long-duration” stocks, mainly technology shares that trade at rich valuations.
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I want to explain why some names are ripe for the picking while others should be left for dead and show you how to identify them. Plus, I’ll tell you about a few stocks that I currently have my eye on.
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Looking at the fearless forecasts from some of Wall Street’s biggest investment firms, it’s anybody’s guess where the S&P 500 will close out 2022.
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Charles H. Dow, journalist, founder, and first editor of The Wall Street Journal, didn’t create Dow Theory all at once. Instead, he slipped it in over 255 editorials written in The Wall Street Journal.
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Happy New Year! Like most investors, you’re probably wondering how the stock market is destined to perform in the year ahead.
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