This is the busiest week for second quarter earnings season. More than a third of the companies in the S&P 500 will report results. Now, nothing catches Mr. Market’s attention quite like strong earnings growth. So far, companies are crushing analyst…
Amazon.Com (AMZN) is a beast! Earlier this week, the on-line retailer and web services behemoth announced that “Prime Day” had become the biggest shopping event in its history. In fact, it beat out “Cyber Monday”, “Black Friday” and “Prime Day” in…
Have we really reached the point of no return? Just days after implementing import duties on $34 billion worth of Chinese goods, the Trump administration said it would impose a 10% tariff on an additional $200 billion worth of Chinese goods, should…
Growing up, you and your friends may have used some popular terms that now sound funny in today's "skinny-jeans for men" society. When I was coming up, in Queens, New York, "The Mack" was a term of respect. If you said…
Costas is traveling for the July 4th holiday week, but returning next week as usual. Here's his very popular article on locking down profits. This is one of the most popular essays Costas has ever published. You'll see why in a second. -- Bill Spencer,…
Most people believe options investing is risky, reckless even. But let me be the first to tell you that's a huge misconception. In fact, if you use options the right way... the way they are intended... you can actually reduce risk,…
While the best poker players on the planet are in Las Vegas for the annual World Series of Poker, the Trump Administration is engaged in its own high stakes poker game with China over the widening trade deficit between the…
In last week’s article, you saw how you can use options to generate cash quickly, that is… to speculate. Speculating with options is kind of like swinging for the fences… playing “long ball” if you will. And as we mentioned…
All rise for the judge… Aaron Judge of the Yankees that is. The all-star slugger is off to a spectacular start, having reached 70 career home runs faster than any player in Major League Baseball history. Judge hit his 70th homer in his 231st…
It was six years ago when European Central Bank president Mario Draghi threw down the gauntlet. The eurozone was in the throes of yet another flare-up of the sovereign debt crisis. Only this time the currency union was pushed to…