by Marc Bastow | Sep 15, 2016 | Earnings, Featured, Stocks
The close of the third quarter is just around the corner—time to prep your investment portfolio for winners and clear out the losers. This year’s second quarter was a mixed bag. According to FactSet, 70% of the S&P 500 reported earnings above mean analyst...
by Jamie Dlugosch | Jul 20, 2016 | Earnings, Featured
Making money after the post-Brexit rally is tough. Earnings are the great equalizer—investors can digest operating results and forecasts in order to reprice stocks based on actual facts. Sometimes the market gets it wrong when it comes to earnings—that’s when...
by Amanda Alix | Jan 19, 2016 | Featured, News, Options
Make no mistake: America is under attack. For the past 16 months and counting, a silent war has been waged, but in this war, the battle is being fought with barrels and computers instead of guns and soldiers. That war: oil. At first glance, you could be forgiven for...
by Michael Shulman | Dec 29, 2015 | Featured, News
All traders and investors worth their salt should take themselves on a movie date and watch The Big Short. Here’s what you’ll learn (no spoilers, I promise) from the movie, and how you can apply those lessons to make money in the right here, right now....
by Dan Mayfield | Dec 23, 2015 | Featured, News
Did your portfolio survive the wild ride of 2015? Let’s jump in the 2015 time machine and revisit the mad market events that shaped our portfolios (for better and worse) this year. From the flash crash in August to the meteoric rise (and fall) of Apple stock, to...
by Jamie Dlugosch | Dec 17, 2015 | Earnings, Featured
Next earnings season is right around the corner. Here’s a bold strategy to use for maximum returns. Prime earnings traders new to playing the earnings game with simple call or put options often fret over the premiums present in options before the event. Don’t...