You can’t row the boat without “making waves” and if you are not rowing the boat you are likely only drifting where the currents take you. ~ Jerry Nix
During time of war it seems that Aerospace and Defense stocks perform reasonably well. Are we at war? Some say we are and some say we aren't yet. I'd say with the killing of Gen. Qasem Soleimani, recently -- if we are not at war with Iran, we could be soon. Instead of pulling our …
No, we are not really talking about REAL DOGS here ... just Investment Dogs. It has been stated that if a person simply purchased the "Dogs of the Dow" at the beginning of each year and sold them at the end of the year (a year and a day so that you get long-term capital …
Uncle J, asked his nephew, "Why Isn't Everybody Doing This?" Most people don't understand how a person can make more money in options rather than in purchasing stock. The purpose of this article is simply to show how options values are affected by the underlying stock values. It all seems complicated - though it really …
I just had a phone conversation with a distant relative. A young man at the age of 16 that sounds much older than his age. He is going to school (high school) and working at McDonalds. He wants to start saving money. He indicated that he would like to save as much as possible. This …
As many of you know I love to buy and sell options. However, due to the fact that an option contract on a stock is like an ice cube left out of the freezer and it starts to melt on day one ... the longer you hold it the faster it melts. I've written several …
Had you purchased Apple Stock on 09/10/2001 - just one day before Al-Qaeda attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon - you would have paid only $1.25 per share had you bought at that day's high (this assumes a split adjusted price tag on the stock). Had you invested $1,000 into the stock back …
No one liked my last post on "Options and Brackets" … so let's try this one out. I call this investment scheme "Not for the Faint at Heart" because it is one of those that could give you a heart attack if you let it. If not a heart attack … at least heart burn. …
