For a year, the Fed kept jawboning about how inflation would be “transitory” because of near-term supply issues. Why did they keep that up? Easy: signaling and liquidity. If the US spends trillions in fiscal stimulus, it helps to have a loose monetary policy. That makes the cost of that spending go down, thanks to…
There’s nothing worse than seeing a trade in a nice profit head back to breakeven, or worse… Turn into a loss. On the other side of the coin: If you take your profits too early… You won’t have a profitable trading system. Taking things one step further: When you use options you have the risk…
It’s been a bloodbath for the “apes” — the Reddit/social media meme stock traders doing battle with the hedge funds. AMC failed to find more momentum and is back to being a $20 stock. To be fair, AMC used to be in the $5-10 range leading up to the January 2020 meme stock frenzy. Investors…
To start off 2022 strong… I wanted to launch a new content series for you: Index analyses. We’ll use our market roadmap to do some in-depth analysis on the major indices, offering you 2 great benefits: Stay updated and informed on the market at large Learn the basics of our market roadmap to get an…
All throughout last year, we saw signs of inflation ramp up. We knew it was coming early… Which is why one of our 2021 investment themes was “empty shelves” — profiting from inflation, shortages, and other supply chain pains. Of course, the Fed declared inflation was transitory for about 75% of last year… but that…
