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Posted by Martin December 01, 2023

Elon Musk and the Ad Wars: A Galactic Battle of Clicks and Laughs

In the vast universe of online advertising, one man has boldly gone where few entrepreneurs have gone before – Elon Musk. Love him or loathe him, there’s no denying that Musk’s approach to advertisers is as unconventional as his plans for a colony on Mars. In this blog post, we’ll explore the amusing saga of Continue reading →

Posted by Martin November 26, 2023

The Art of Dividend Investing: Maximizing Your Portfolio’s Potential

Dividend investing is a time-tested strategy that has been embraced by many successful investors. It involves purchasing stocks of companies that consistently pay dividends to their shareholders. These dividends are usually a portion of the company’s profits, distributed as cash payments or additional shares of stock. Through dividend investing, investors can not only receive a Continue reading →

Posted by Martin November 25, 2023

Americans achieved record spending, online shopping up 7.5%

As the news about holiday spending is coming, we achieved a new record! Just this morning, the news reported $5.6 billion on stuff. In the evening the news reported that shoppers spent over $10 billion; 7.5% up compared to 5.4% last year and 3% to 4% expectations. That’s great. But the question remains: how will Continue reading →

Posted by Martin November 25, 2023

Americans keep spending

Yesterday, I wrote a post with a link expressing that retailers were worried about Americans not spending enough this holiday season. Their reasoning was:   Dwindling savings Increased credit card debt Stubborn Inflation and high prices everywhere Student loans repayment kick off   They also expressed concerns about shoppers delaying their purchases and ordering less Continue reading →

Posted by Martin November 24, 2023

The best time to buy REITs is now (even if you think otherwise)

People are avoiding REITs, and many said they wouldn’t touch them with a ten-foot-long pole. It is interesting to see the irrational behavior of people not experienced in investing. For example, in 2021, when Realty Income (O) was trading at $70 a share, everybody was rushing in and buying. Everybody was claiming to be a Continue reading →

Posted by Martin November 24, 2023

Markets digesting Thanksgiving turkey

Today, the markets closed early after the Thanksgiving holiday. It was a slow moving (non-moving) day perfect for Iron Condors. Today, we will see how shoppers will deal with the Black Friday deals and how it impacts the markets in the coming weeks. The markets didn’t move much and we are seeing the momentum slowing. Continue reading →

Posted by Martin November 22, 2023

How to start trading options

On social media like Facebook, Reddit, or Twitter, I keep finding this question all the time: “How to start trading options.” And it can be intimidating to start trading options if you are new to them. Where to start? What to do? Recently, I found a question from one Redditor saying that he read a Continue reading →

Posted by Martin November 22, 2023

Stock market’s unimpressive move up on tech stocks boost

The market moved up on tech stocks boost. But it was a quite unimpressive move. We jumped in the morning on Microsoft’s upper hand over OpenAI circus hiring Sam Altman back and now negotiating his return back as a ChatGPT CEO. NVDA reported earnings and crushed it again, but surprisingly, the stock went down ($487.38 Continue reading →

Posted by Martin November 21, 2023

Markets down supposedly waiting for NVDA

Media are spinning their narratives telling us what they think (usually after the fact) what is going on. And now they tell us that the markets are down because of investors waiting for Nvidia (NVDA) earnings report after the bell. If it was true, that would make the market extremely stupid. They are selling now, Continue reading →

Posted by Martin November 20, 2023

SPX broke up from a very short consolidation

Last week the market broke up from, what I think, was a very short consolidation pattern. After the big rally sparked by a better-than-expected CPI report last week, the markets stalled and traded sideways for a few days. This happened right under the major resistance at 4,525. So, the question appeared, was this going to Continue reading →