3 Rules for Black Friday Shopping and Stock Trading
Black Friday, Cyber Monday, door busters, 70% off, today only. Once-in-a-lifetime deals abound, especially this week. Whether you're hunting for discounted TVs or discounted stocks, the psychology is the same: everything looks like a deal. But here's what most people miss: the difference between a genuine bargain and clever marketing comes down to three simple…
Energy's Hidden 5.7% Yields
Blake just spotted energy stocks paying higher yields than bonds while crude sits at $58 per barrel. Most traders wrote off the sector after the crude selloff. Blake's showing you how to collect premium, lower your cost basis, and stack dividend yields above 5.7% in companies still making higher highs. Everyone's focused on the S&P…
Over the River and Through the Woods
I watched A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving last week. The final scene shows the Peanuts Gang singing "Over the River and Through the Woods." They belt out the lines off-key and off-tempo: Over the river, and through the wood, To Grandfather's house we go; the horse knows the way to carry the sleigh through the white…
Could This Be The Perfect Volatility Play?
Today was a massacre. The NASDAQ dropped 2.5% and tech stocks got hammered 3%. Everyone wants to know…Where can you hide? Blake Young spotted something critical in today's action that might offer a clue. Consumer staples are sitting at massive discounts with dividend yields that actually pay you to wait out the volatility. We're talking…
The Dividend Strategy That Works When Everything's Falling Apart
Hey, it’s Blake. The markets opened strong this morning. Tech was flying. Everyone started talking about how maybe we'd finally found some stability. Then reality hit. Complete reversal. Dow gave up everything. Tech got crushed. Another day of whipsaw action that left most traders dizzy. While everyone's scrambling to figure out what just happened, I'm…
Why I'm Shorting the Lenders While Everyone Else Chases the Bounce
Hey, it’s Blake. Question for you… What happens when borrowers who financed cars at $50,000 can't make payments on vehicles now worth $35,000? I've been positioning for this credit reality for months. While everyone focuses on AI partnerships and crypto volatility, I've been building short positions in consumer lenders. This problem isn't going away. The…
Behind My Camera: A WWII Story
With Veterans Day this week, I wanted to publicly thank all veterans—both living and those who have passed. Many, if not all, of you have seen me present and trade daily. What you don't know is that directly behind my computer and camera hangs a special reminder: a shirt, or what's called a Navy blouse. …
How to Collect 5% Yields While Tech Bleeds
Tech just lost 2.7% in a single session. Blake made 5.9% in the same timeframe. While everyone panicked about growth stocks cratering, Blake was hunting dividend payers in the only three sectors that actually rallied today. Consumer staples, energy, and healthcare all moved higher as technology burned. The divergence tells you everything. Institutional money is…
Blake Just Spotted the Fed's Real Winners
Blake just identified something critical about yesterday's Fed cut. The rotation is accelerating faster than most traders realize. Consumer staples gapped up and stayed up. Healthcare triggered buy signals. Basic materials surged as the top performing sector. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq barely recovered from its gap down. Tech stocks are sitting at 50% fair price for…
Friend or Foe?
The world is full of "us versus them." For some people, an enemy, or at least someone to blame, is their fuel. This concept has occupied my mind a lot over the past couple of weeks, especially in the geopolitical sense. Honestly, I could easily dissect this concept endlessly. And I may explore other branches…