The airwaves have been filled with quite a bit of noise about the Fed and where they are with policy (aka, interest rate hikes). Both hawks and doves have been vocal, and I think it’s safe to say that every single committee member has been sharing their opinion – sometimes flip-flopping. But we should really…
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Options Trading Webinar: Market and Chart Review Because April is typically a strong month for the markets, this options trading webinar focused on the current state of the markets and promising charts. And sure enough, the markets are picking up. The bulls were out in force earlier this week after news broke that a cut in…
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By Tony Owusu During Tuesday’s “Off the Charts” segment on Jim Cramer’s ‘Mad Money’ program, Cramer discussed recent pullbacks in the Internet sector and whether there were opportunities to buy low amid investor consternation. “So which is it? Are the major online tech plays overextended and the recent profit-takers right to nail down their gains?…
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Goldcorp is one of the oldest and largest names in the precious metals sector. They’re a unique player because they mine for gold, silver, copper, and zinc – similar to their competitor Freeport McMoran (but without with the oil/gas business). Over the past few years, their chart has looked just awful. When gold fell sharply,…
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As we head into earnings season for Q1 2016 and face monthly options expiration, it is a great time to do some market analysis. Analysts have lowered the expectations bar significantly, and in many cases, companies will only have to “walk over the bar” to meet analyst numbers. The stock market reflects this discounting, so…
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Options Trading Webinar: How To Find Opportunities During Earnings Season Following the close of each quarter, all publicly traded companies issue earnings reports for the previous quarter – it is commonly referred to as earnings season. Now that Q1 is behind us, we are gearing up for our next earnings season. Are you ready? During…
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Goldman Sachs has been around for over 100 years, and in that time, it has reached the pinnacle in its industry. Goldman is the premier investment banker, lender, brokerage and market maker in the financial sector with some of the biggest institutional clients in the world. During the financial crisis, Goldman was on the ropes…
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Options Trading Webinar With Marc Chaikin: How To Trade In a Bear Market Every bit of information you needed to be a better trader and really up your game in Q2 was discussed during this tremendous webinar with my good friend Marc Chaikin. We covered: How to trade options – and win! – in a…
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This story is part 3 of my trading lessons series. Back in my early trading days, I thought nothing bad could touch me. After turning a small sum of $7K into more than $500k in just a few years, I was on top of “trading nirvana.” This was “it” for me, and while it was…
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Options Trading Webinar: What Does Q2 Have In Store For Us? Now that the chaos of Q1 2016 is nearly behind us, it’s time to focus on what’s coming ahead. During this options trading webinar, we discussed the current state of the markets, the strong month of March, and how things look going into Q2.…
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