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When trading stock options, one of the drawbacks of writing covered calls is the heavy upfront capital costs required to actually own the underlying stock before you can write/ short the call

At Friday’s annual Groundhog Day ceremony in Pennsylvania, Punxsutawney Phil predicted that we are in for an early spring for the first time since 2020. 

The U.S. stock market has come a long way

Large bank stocks such as Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.B), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), and Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) are up in the past month as it’s become clear that interest rates

Shares of H&R Block Inc. (NYSE: HRB) stock are down 9% the morning after it released its second quarter 2024 earnings. The company posted negative earnings per share of $1.27 on revenue of $179.10

Etsy Inc. (NASDAQ: ETSY) gapped higher in early February on news that Marc Steinberg, a partner at Elliott Investment Management, had taken a seat on the online retailer's board. 

Steinberg is

Most retail traders and investors, that is, those who trade with their own money, often wonder how the professionals come to pick the stocks and industries they come to pick amongst the thousands

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. (NYSE: ELF) is trending strongly higher and will likely continue in 2024. The company is in a hyper-growth phase that came out of nowhere and is gaining momentum. The stock

The Roblox (NYSE: RBLX) market has been rangebound for two years, but that situation is changing. The company leaned into optimizing its business, growing its base and building the platform for

Every once in a cycle, investors look back and wish they had jumped on those opportunities that seemed 'too good to be true' at the time. The ones that other fearless operators took advantage of

Insider selling is often a sign of bad things for share prices but not always a bad sign for investors. In most cases, insider selling is a well-telegraphed event restricted by regulations and

The share price of Mullen Automotive (NASDAQ: MULN) is gaining traction, and it may be on track for a reversal, but the market has given no signal to that effect. At this point, investors holding

Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) bounced off its 50-day moving average and rallied for three sessions in a row after beating earnings estimates for its fiscal first quarter. Among technology stocks, 

General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) is suddenly finding another gear.

After slipping below $30.00 in November 2023 (for the first time since the pandemic), shares of the old school automaker have

Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) is the best-in-breed among restaurants for many reasons. CEO Brian Niccol resurrected this failing story with a lean into modernization and quality that

Ulta Beauty Inc. (NASDAQ: ULTA) has grown into the largest beauty retailer in the United States. With nearly 1,400 stores, this consumer discretionary sector leader sells everything from cosmetics

As sketchy as the outlook for oil prices, a floor has been in place for over a year and is unlikely to be broken. Persistent demand and OPEC help to support the price, while rising production

Analysts on Wall Street talk to each other about where a stock should or could head shortly, especially when earnings season starts, as their reputations often hang on the power of their

The big players in the market tend to move big, and they also tend to move later in the last innings of the game. In this case, the game is never over, so the innings are measured by where the

The widely followed Nasdaq-100 index is up 13 of the last 14 weeks, a huge move that dates back to Halloween. Booming artificial intelligence plays and hopes of multiple Fed rate cuts this year

Earnings season follows a predictable pattern in which various sectors report relatively closely together. The week of January 29, the big technology stocks reported earnings. The news was mostly