The savage winds, rain and storm surge of Hurricane Ian have finally left Florida, but the hurricane is not done doing damage. I have friends in the Carolinas who are bracing for impact this weekend, and though these friends are some of the toughest ex-military operatives on the planet, Mother Nature is a dragon never

By now, just about everyone in America has had more than their fill of storms. Hurricane Ian has finally left Florida, but it’s not done doing damage. I have friends in the Carolinas who are bracing for impact this weekend, and though these friends are some of the toughest ex-military operatives on the planet, Mother

It has been another tough week of bearish, risk-off trading, and the swift selling over the past several sessions has pushed two of our positions — Arista Networks (ANET) and Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd (TNP) — below their respective stop losses. So, if you still own either of these, or their corresponding call options, please

Kindness is a powerful force. I’ve known that for some time, and the older, and hopefully wiser, I get, the more I realize it. And apparently, I’m not the only one. A few days ago, I read a story about how people underestimate the positive impacts of random acts of kindness. This story covered a

Calling on the Gene Splicers The market continues to struggle, and even this morning’s bounce off Monday’s lows has faded midway through the session. And while the selling bias is still very much out there, if you strike at the right time, you can make very nice gains with what this market’s giving us. Case

Stocks are down big yet again, and that’s especially true of growth sectors such as tech, particularly semiconductor stocks. That’s bad if you own these stocks, but if you own a put option on a basket of semiconductor stocks the way we do in this service, you are sitting on a semi-epic gain of nearly

Stocks are bleeding into a scarlet sea foam of red screens, and this week, the “hawkish taste of the Fed’s dots” caused this market to race into intense risk-off mode. In addition to another 75-basis-point rate hike of the federal funds rate, the Federal Reserve also released its “dots,” which is a projection of where

Stocks are bleeding into an oppressive red sky, and this week, the “hawkish taste of the Fed’s dots” caused this market to race into intense risk-off mode. In addition to another 75-basis-point rate hike of the federal funds rate, the Federal Reserve also released its “dots,” which is a projection of where interest rates are

Last night, I was speaking with a friend who told me he was about to head to Europe on a cruise ship. I have never been on a cruise ship, but the trip sounded sublime (especially when the strong U.S. dollar will boost your purchasing power across the pond). And, based on what my friend

Have you ever noticed that childhood memories come about in all sorts of seemingly unconnected ways? Perhaps it’s just the way human memory functions, which