Don Kaufman not a fan of share buybacks
“I am vehemently opposed to share buybacks,” TheoTrade co-founder Don Kaufman told NTD News. Twitter recently announced that it will repurchase, or buyback, $4 billion of its shares. For companies like Twitter buybacks usually benefit the executives and the Board, said Kaufman. Often, companies incur debt for a share buyback. “Are we going to constantly…
Price Levels to Keep Us Grounded in a Volatile News-Driven Week
We still have the dual headlines this week of the Federal Reserve along with Russia-Ukraine topping the news and increasing risk on the week. In tonight's video, we focus on key price levels as we remain close to the 'middle of the middle" of current ranges in equity futures. We also highlight how distributions help…
Hawkish Feds Cause Gold to Shine
The term hawkish appropriately describes the policy stance of the Federal reserve and the Federal Government in regards to Ukraine. A slumping economic outlook, potential defense spending and a Fed policy error is making precious metals shine..
Gold and the Inflation Machine
In case you've missed it, gold has had a rather spectacular past couple of days. Just as you though it would fade today, it began to heat up into the close. In fact, there were sizable options trades in Kinross Gold Corporation (NYSE: KGC) and VanEck Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA: GDX). Of course, if you've…
How to Profit from Inflation and FED Disarray
Market Update----back in the volatility channel--Volatility in serious backwardation--bonds display REAL FEAR--dollar bid--Oil backwrdation Forward Looking----Monday FED Meeting--NQ under 14k becomes a free for all--Financials could suffer largest loss Volatility Tactics----SELL premium--Ultima - more time, higher skew--hedge with inside spreads SPX Expected Move ----last week -- 107.37 (expected move)--next week-- 135.20
Inflation is Here! Big News and Big Moves for the Market Today
Thursday morning started calmly enough until the higher than expected Consumer Price Index shook the market with the growing reality that inflation is real, it's not transitory, and something must be done to address it. In tonight's video, we take a direct look at how the report and ongoing trends in motion are playing out…
CCJ Earnings Beat Draws Option Market Attention
Cameco Corp (NYSE: CCJ) released their Q4 2021 EPS results today. The share price reacted with a nearly 15% advance in the price as the company beat quarterly analyst estimates and raised their dividend by 50%. The large call option activity served to enhance today's bullish move. However, one trade suggests that the move isn't…
Is Bitcoin in a bear market rally? Don Kaufman shares his view on CoinDesk TV...
TheoTrade co-founder Don Kaufman shared his views on the crypto markets with CoinDesk TV. He explained that the decoupling of bitcoin from other major asset classes could've contributed to moving price action. "What I think we saw over the last couple of days ... this is like a quintessential bear market rally," Don said. Watch…
Will Tomorrow's CPI Spark a Volatility Rebound?
Even with the rippin' rally that took place today, there appears to be a slip in volume and there doesn't seem to a commitment to trade. What does this mean? With the CPI report looming ahead, the potential to rock the markets is a strong possibility in the coming days, tune in to tonight's video…
Market Stuck in the Middle! Your Key Updated Levels Across Markets
After a volatile January, price seems to be settling down into a lower volatility range as we trade back to the middle of key price levels across markets. In tonight's video, we highlight the major price levels in play in equity futures along with the bond market weakness against the Oil (Crude Oil /CL) strength. …