Small Businesses In Trouble NFIB survey is way too optimistic of a depiction of how small businesses are actually doing. The strength of small businesses is strongly dependent on the industry and state/city the business is in. Let’s look at more Paychex data from November. In Texas and Florida, the
IQ Unusual Option Activity Report IQIYI Inc ADR (NASDAQ: IQ) is a Chinese online entertainment company that offers video games, online games, live broadcasting, social media platform, etc. The success of iQIYI's live action adaptation of “Hikaru no Go” made news yesterday. The first episode gained s
Another Massive Rally It didn’t seem like the market had the capability to have another massive rally since the NAAIM index is at a 2020 high as stocks were very overbought prior to Tuesday. We’ve already gotten the vaccines. There will be news in the next few weeks on their distribution. The first
Cyber Monday Disappoints Adobe Heading into Cyber Monday, we knew it was going to be a bonanza for online shopping because of the pandemic. According to Adobe Analytics, holiday shoppers spent $10.8 billion online which was up 15.1% from last year. That was way below Adobe’s estimate for $12.7 billi
One the hallmarks of a frothy stock market are when a litany of stocks are going parabolic. A parabolic move is when the angle of stock price movement is north of 60 degrees. While that is a general definition, it doesn’t speak to the potential unsustainability of movement without other consideratio
AGNC Unusual Option Activity Report The benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note saw its biggest intraday sell-off in a while and option traders for AGNC Investment Corp (NASDAQ: AGNC) appeared to take notice. AGNC is a company who invests in mortgage REITs and finds itself in a precarious position sinc
November Ends As it turns out, November ended on a sour note. However, we can’t let that make us miss out on one of the most amazing months in market history. Combined factors that were the market entering the month oversold, the election hedges unwinding, and 3 successful vaccines coming out all he
BAC Data Was Good We are starting to get holiday sales data which tells us the true health of the consumer. Initial results are great for online shopping and terrible for in person shopping which is what we expected. The chart below shows the only data that was positive heading into the holiday shop
Proof of Work vs Proof of Stake If you’ve never heard of the terms of proof of stake (PoS) and proof of work (PoW) you’re probably in the super majority of investors. That’s because you’ve probably never entered the realm of cryptocurrency. Entering this world opens you up to a whole new set of inve
XBI Unusual Option Activity Report Another Monday and another Vaccine story lifting biotech and ETFs like the SPDR S P Biotech ETF (NYSEARCA: XBI). Today, it was Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:MRNA) announcing its vaccine was 94.1% effective and was 100% effective at preventing severe forms of COVID-19. Also,
