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S&P Bounces but Inflation Ticks Up. What Do Options Say is Next?

TailDex isn’t convinced.

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Stocks Make New Highs And Manage To Hold That Level This Week

Stocks Make New Highs And Manage To Hold That Level This Week

Be long but be watchful.

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Stocks Make New Highs Then Give It Back as Jobs Data Disappoints

Stocks Make New Highs Then Give It Back as Jobs Data Disappoints

That got ugly in a hurry.

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Stocks Make New Highs Thanks to Earnings as Tariff Fears Ease

Stocks Make New Highs Thanks to Earnings as Tariff Fears Ease

Traders hate being long volatility during August but watch for China to induce some spasms of volatility in the tariff battle.

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Stocks Rally, Earnings Impress…but Inflation

Stocks Rally, Earnings Impress…but Inflation

My favorite stock right now is…GOOGL

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Stocks Pull Back Slightly As Tariffs Return, Earnings Loom

Stocks Pull Back Slightly As Tariffs Return, Earnings Loom

My favorite stock right now is…GOOGL

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Stocks Make New Highs, More New Jobs Than Expected – Corrected

Stocks Make New Highs, More New Jobs Than Expected – Corrected

The 90-day pause on new tariffs is due to end soon.

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Peace Breaks Out, Inflation Is Tame, Stocks Love It.

Peace Breaks Out, Inflation Is Tame, Stocks Love It.

Option prices in a number of the names we cover have gotten very cheap.

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Inflation is Tame and the Fed Is on Hold.  What’s Next For Iran?

Inflation is Tame and the Fed Is on Hold. What’s Next For Iran?

Investors can stand a setback. But not many of them if they are self-inflicted.

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It’s Never Good When Traders Have to Look at a Map

It’s Never Good When Traders Have to Look at a Map

Last week I commented that, “So the two things that will worry me this summer? Tariffs and the tax bill with its impact on the bond market.” War did not make my list. I was wrong.

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