Why Don’t More People Write Covered Calls?
There are several reasons. For one, the general populace is largely unaware that such a thing exists. Only covered-call services such as at Markettamer.com …
The All-American Buy-and-Hold Investing Scam
Since I was a boy in the 1950s/60s, even long before, the public has been indoctrinated by Wall Street and the financial press to believe that there is one, …
How Did Robo Advisors Grow So Fast?
The growth in the robo-advisor industry has been astonishing since leading robo-advisors, such as Betterment, launched in 2008. In just a single decade, the …
3 Seasonally Weak Healthcare Stocks This Summer
Although the stock market has defied gravity for longer than most bears can tolerate, some healthcare stocks are entering a period of seasonal weakness. Acorda …
Options Trading Basics
Before getting into covered calls, I have to cover some option basics. You will never master option trading until you are fluent in the option basics. This …
Why You Should Trade Covered Calls
We have seen two market crashes – one beginning in 2000 and another in 2007 – in a span of less than 10 years. One sore investor’s – Max – …
How to Buy Apple Stock, and Why You Should Want To
You don’t become the largest publicly traded company in history without beating the market averages for years, if not decades. Just look at how tech …
Will United Parcel Service Stock Stop Underperforming FedEx’s in 2017?
A quick look at the stock price charts of United Parcel Service Inc. (NYSE:UPS) and FedEx Corporation (NYSE:FDX) suggests UPS has had a harder row to hoe …
3 Lessons From Warren Buffett’s Decision to Dump Wal-Mart
In 2005, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-A) (NYSE:BRK-B) chief Warren Buffett began buying shares of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT). At the time, Wal-Mart …
Make No Mistake: Tesla Inc Looks To Be Winding Down SolarCity’s Ambitious Plans
When Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) bought SolarCity for $2.6 billion late in 2016, a lot of people (including myself) called the deal a bailout of Elon Musk’s …
Target Sales Slide but Shares Fly High Anyway
Image source: Target. Target (NYSE:TGT) is struggling to reignite business growth, as demonstrated during its recent third-quarter report. Yet, in spite …
Forget GE! Here’s how to play the “largest growth opportunity in history”
It’s a $19 trillion opportunity according to Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO). That’s trillion with a “t”—roughly the same size as the …
Top Stocks to Buy in Cloud Computing
Many tech companies are expanding into cloud-based services to improve the growth and scalability of their businesses. As a result, global spending on public …
Will Digital Sales Save Target’s Holiday Quarter?
Image source: Target. The number of people walking into Target (NYSE:TGT) stores during the third quarter improved about 1% from the second quarter. While foot …
Forget Microsoft! Here’s How to Play the “Largest Growth Opportunity in History”
Image source: The Motley Fool. It’s a $19 trillion opportunity according to Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO). That’s trillion with a …
Why Vipshop Holdings Shares Plunged Today
Image source: Getty Images. What happened Shares of China-based e-commerce company Vipshop Holdings Limited (NYSE:VIPS) have plunged today, down by 15% as of …
Why Brocade Communications Systems, Embraer, and Team Health Jumped Today
Monday was a choppy day for the stock market, and major market indexes finished very close to unchanged as market participants struggled to parse the latest …
What Is LeEco?
Image source: LeEco. What if I told you Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) wasn’t the first major smartphone company to ditch the 3.5 mm headphone jack? The …
Intel Corporation Needs to Deliver a Revolution With Icelake
In the past, microprocessor giant Intel‘s (NASDAQ:INTC) product methodology was known as tick-tock. This strategy was very simple to understand: In …
Apple, Inc. Plans on Spending a Mind-Boggling $16 Billion in Capital Expenditures This Year
Jet Black iPhone 7 manufacturing requires extensive polishing. Image source: Apple. Wow, that’s a lot of money. Investors have seen Apple‘s …