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When Does This All End – Update 2

When Does This All End – Update 2

The US 10 year yield is at 2.34% and compared to utility dividend stocks: American Water Works (Dow Jones Utility: AWK) dividend of 1.87%. NiSource (Dow Jones Utility: NI) dividend of 2.58% and American Electric Power (Dow Jones Utility: AEP) dividend of 3.25%, the question is, which asset class do you trust to provide a return for 10 […]
Ask Slim Market Week – Friday, Nov 17

Ask Slim Market Week – Friday, Nov 17

My Secret Sauce For Crypto Success

My Secret Sauce For Crypto Success

The key to making money in cryptocurrency is simple. Buy. Hold. That’s it. Yes, you need good security too. But the most important thing is simply being able to hold on during volatile years. Many are tempted to take profits after they’re up 2X or even 5X. Both would be a mistake (unless you desperately […]
It’s Approaching A Record, But Not For Expansion

It’s Approaching A Record, But Not For Expansion

Home construction activity bounced back in October from several months of appreciable weakness. It may have been hurricane related where plans and projects delayed by the path of Harvey and Irma were finally cleared to resume. More likely, in my view, it was just the normal variation that the construction figures always have exhibited. Total […]
How To Trade The Yield Curve

How To Trade The Yield Curve

Walmart Nation: Mapping The Largest Employers In The U.S.

Walmart Nation: Mapping The Largest Employers In The U.S.

In an era where Amazon steals most of the headlines, it’s easy to forget about brick-and-mortar retailers like Walmart. But, even though the market values the Bezos e-commerce juggernaut at about twice the sum of Walmart, the blue big-box store is very formidable in other ways. For example, revenue and earnings are two areas where […]
Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – The Willful Mispricing Of Risk

Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – The Willful Mispricing Of Risk

Today was a stock options expiry. Gold and silver rallied smartly, back up to the levels where they roughly were before they were bushwhacked on the Comex into the FOMC meeting and Non-Farm Payrolls boogie woogie. I guess the theory that this smackdown of gold to retest 1270 earlier this week was a gambit ahead […]
The Natural Gas Gap Continues To Hold

The Natural Gas Gap Continues To Hold

The natural gas gap held again today as the December natural gas contract bounced off it and rallied a bit through the day on marginally colder weather forecasts.  Some of the move was weather-driven, as the front of the strip saw the largest gains and parts of the rally coincided with American modeling guidance, but […]
Hot Options Report For End Of Day – Friday, November 17

Hot Options Report For End Of Day – Friday, November 17