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By Jon D. Markman On June 25, 202102:58 PM Eastern
Stocks started higher today as traders look past bad economic data points and focus on the good ones.
The government’s core personal consumption expenditures index, a favorite gauge of the...
In our last issue, we recommended you sell a July Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE: XLU, Rated “C+”) put option with a strike price of $63 (XLU210716P00063000). We estimate you got a price...
By Jon D. Markman On June 25, 202106:58 AM Eastern
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said last week that the central bank was beginning the discussion about raising short-term interest rates.
This week, he said inflation was transitory....
By Jon D. Markman On June 25, 202106:28 AM Eastern
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Schedule: Next week I am heading down to our house in Mammoth Lakes, Calif., for a midsummer working vacation. We will probably reduce publication to just two or three days per week if...
By Tony Sagami On June 25, 202106:00 AM Eastern
Sure, I was in only in junior high, soon to make the leap to high school, so my experience was limited. But, still, it was the most horrifying string of words I’d ever heard in my life ... “Your...
By Jon D. Markman On June 24, 202103:00 PM Eastern
The latest Jobless Claims report was released this morning, and the data is not great for those who believe the economy is running too hot. Claims held above 400,000 for the second consecutive...
By Jon D. Markman On June 24, 202106:28 AM Eastern
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Schedule: Next week, I am heading down to our house in Mammoth Lakes, Calif., for a midsummer working vacation. We will probably reduce publication to just two or three days per week if...
By Kelly Green On June 24, 202106:00 AM Eastern
It’s been two months since I took the opportunity to write to you about energy stocks … but it seems like a lot has changed.
Back in April, oil prices hit and remained at pre-pandemic levels.
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By Jon D. Markman On June 23, 202103:18 PM Eastern
All is quiet on the news front and that is bad news for bearish investors.
Bulls have spent the first half of this week taking back all of last week’s losses. Now, the tech-heavy Nasdaq is at a...
By Sean Brodrick On June 23, 202110:49 AM Eastern
It’s been a rather calamitous past week for materials, with the Fed hinting at raising interest rates sooner than previously forecasted, then walking it back. Now, the market is thoroughly...