It should not surprise us that among the good performing sectors this year, the biotech sector is among them, in the midst of a pandemic. Returning to normal isn’t so rosy though. When we focus on a particular sector among a broader stock index, such as the iShares Nasdaq Biotech ETF as a component of […]

While many investors see options positions as a risky way to hit a big score, options are also used to protect against risk. They all need to come with warnings on the label. It is always curious to see people recommending options trading of any sort to individual investors, given how complex options trading is […]

Times are really changing now, which we could describe as the disparity gap between the haves and have nots widening. Those who are stuck in the past will be more disadvantaged. It is not that seeing the disparity between good and not so good stocks widen is a new thing, as this has actually been […]

The AllianzGI Convertible Fund is touted by fund managers as producing better returns than stocks while having less risk. Don’t believe everything fund managers tell you. In spite of investors thinking that corporate bonds are generic, they do come in several different flavors, including convertible bonds. Convertible bonds are called that because they start out […]

With the growth of the stock market in general thought to be dimming, and bond yields being so low, preferred stock is starting to look more attractive to many investors. One of the first things you learn when you study stocks is that there are two main types, common stock and preferred stock. Preferred stock […]

Truck maker Nikola’s IPO that launched on June 3 has been red hot, doubling in price already. The amount of short interest in it is causing concern for some people though. When people invest in an IPO, they often do with high expectations, perhaps remembering some famous ones that ended up being moon shots, the […]

We may not want to always trade like institutional investors do, but sometimes it pays to think the way they do, and even follow them as they look to buy the dips we’ve seen lately. Whenever we see markets sell off, like we did in February and March, the first thing we need to do […]

Retail investing has experienced a surge since commissions have disappeared. This should only be seen as a good thing, but only if you are not very confused about investing. We should find the criticisms that are being made about the increased participation of retail investors pretty amusing, where critics lay bare all sorts of fundamental […]

Things were proceeding so well for stocks in their recovery from getting hammered over coronavirus fears. We got drunk and overdid it, we sobered up, and now we’ve hit the bottle again. For many, it can be very difficult and even maddeningly so to try to figure out what drives the stock market day to […]

Car rental stocks took a particularly big hit from our self-imposed quarantine, like all travel stocks did. They have started to come back, but some remain quite leery. While people rent cars for other reasons, such as when their car is being repaired, the great majority of rentals happen when people fly to a destination […]