Good question, right? Investors turned bullish again as we started earnings season and banks turned out strong. Jamie Dimon, who recently warned us about gloomy future as the most dangerous time the world has seen in decades suddenly turned around with bullish claim that the earnings recession may be over (whatever that means). We only Continue reading →
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Why are REITs falling?
You may have asked this question because at the beginning of the year or in 2021 you bought a few REITs you were told that they were great, mainly those high-quality ones like Realty Income (O), VICI, ARCC, MPW, and many others. And today, these shares are biting the dust. Reddit is full of people Continue reading →
Trading SPX Crumbs
I tried many strategies trading SPX and none worked to my satisfaction. Then I decided to trade “SPX crumbs”. And you may ask, what is SPX crumbs? It is a trade with a very small premium trading standard verticals like spreads, Iron Condors or broken wing butterflies. In the past trades I tried to maximize Continue reading →
Markets want inflation going down. They say it is not going down. But it is!
Allegedly, the markets want inflation to go down and we are now bearish because it is not doing what we want. That’s what investors say by turning bearish again after inflation data we received on Wednesday and Thursday. But no matter how you slice it, inflation is going down. These fluctuations month to Continue reading →
Inflation fear inflated
So the most recent inflation data (September CPI report) indicated that all the fears out there on Wall Street is overblown. But that is what you would expect from investors who normally (when the markets rise) claim to be long term value investors but start haphazardly selling their “long-term” investments as soon as it drops Continue reading →
This dragging market is wearing me out
We had an impressive rally this year, so far. But then the markets stalled on all sorts of old fears – inflation, interest rates, higher for longer, and so on. We lost over 5% in September and October isn’t looking any better. We are in a recovery mode for sure. Naysayers will keep posting their Continue reading →
Technical view: iShares Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF (ICSH)
ICSH is in stage #1. BlackRock’s ultra short-term bond ETF is not necessarily an investment for dividend growth or capital appreciation. But I think I should mention it here for one specific reason and that is that I use this ETF to park my cash in. For years, I was looking for a stock Continue reading →
Technical view: Realty Income, Inc. (O)
O is in stage #4. Realty Income (O) is a dividend darling of many investors, and it has paid and increased dividends for more than 25 years. The company went public in 1995 and survived many downturns the biggest in 2000, 2009, and 2020. It increased the dividend during those periods of time. It Continue reading →
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