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By Mike Larson On May 24, 202208:00 AM Eastern
If you have a quick second, go through your Heat Maps now.
Notice anything interesting? Like how a single sector's stocks are lighting up almost all of them?
Yep ... it's ENERGY. And boy, are...
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By Jon D. Markman On May 24, 202206:30 AM Eastern
The S&P 500 sprinted out of the gate on Monday morning and never looked back. The rally lifted the benchmark index to 3,974, a closing gain of 1.9%.
The biggest rallies occur within the worst...
By Jon D. Markman On May 23, 202211:12 AM Eastern
Stocks are off to a rocking start as traders try to build on Friday's late rally.
By Mike Larson On May 23, 202209:41 AM Eastern
You should have been exercised on your tech put spread. I now recommend you make this move.
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By Jon D. Markman On May 23, 202206:30 AM Eastern
The S&P 500 finished Friday unchanged at 3,901. The statistical anomaly masked a wild session of volatility in which the benchmark index traded down in the morning by 1%, and down 2.9% in the...
By Jon D. Markman On May 20, 202203:02 PM Eastern
Because premia on puts are very expensive. Stocks were swirling in choppy trading today with a negative bias.
By Sean Brodrick On May 20, 202212:00 PM Eastern
The Chinese have a curse: ‘May you live in interesting times.’ Many American investors, used to markets that only go up, are learning what it is to invest in interesting times.
By Mike Larson On May 20, 202209:54 AM Eastern
Your fixed-income position is showing signs of stabilizing after a long decline. Now, I recommend you roll your covered calls down to a lower strike to maximize your income potential.
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By Tony Sagami On May 20, 202209:30 AM Eastern
The bid by Prologis to acquire Duke Realty wasn’t well received by Wall Street. Duke Realty rejected Prologis’ offer as inadequate, even after the offer was upped to $23.7 billion.
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By Jon D. Markman On May 20, 202206:30 AM Eastern
The S&P 500 fell by 0.6% on Thursday to 3,901 as traders digested weaker existing home sales. The National Association of Realtors said that annualized home sales fell to 5.75 million units, the...