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Macro-Momentum: Is “Don’t Fight the Fed” Still a Sound Investing Strategy?

21.05.2021

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Key Takeaways The Federal Reserve’s fiscal policy and low interest rates are likely to stay in place for some time The central bank’s dual mandate is to keep inflation intact and achieve maximum full employment Although sometimes cryptic, the Fed does communicate its policy intentions “Don’t fight the Fed.” It’s an old adage made popular […]

What Do Stock Analyst Ratings Mean? A Translator Might Help

21.05.2021

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Key Takeaways Understand what buy, sell, and hold analyst ratings mean Know how to read analyst ratings and translate them into something meaningful Tools that can help investors analyze the big picture in depth and breadth may be more useful than standard stock ratings When analysts rate a stock as a “buy” or “sell,” that’s […]

File These Under “Forms that Matter”: Basics of the 10-K, 10-Q, & Other SEC-Required Filings

21.05.2021

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Key Takeaways Publicly traded companies are required to regularly report financial information in filings to the SEC SEC filings are freely available and can provide investors with valuable insights into a company’s financial health The 10-K, one of the most impactful SEC filings, includes a few critical sections investors should study Publicly traded companies, whatever […]

Social Trading: Is There Really Safety in Numbers?

21.05.2021

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Key Takeaways Social trading can be an informative way to invest, as long as you approach it with caution Know when consensus in opinion among forum participants starts resembling herd mentality Understand there isn’t always safety, let alone wisdom, in numbers In late January, we saw some quiet and underperforming stocks unexpectedly rise in value […]

What Does a Market Maker Do, Anyway? It’s about Bridging the Gap

12.05.2021

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Key Takeaways Market makers are intermediaries—professional traders paid to take risk and provide liquidity to the market Market makers engage in arbitrage, using proprietary algorithms and mathematical models The competing objectives of market makers, institutional players, and retail traders can make for a vibrant, competitive marketplace So, you’ve done your research, logged into the trading platform, […]

Look Before You Leap into Options Contracts: Know Your Contract Specs

12.05.2021

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Key Takeaways A standard equity options contract is based on physical delivery of 100 shares of stock Some broad-based index options are cash settled, with a multiplier of $100 times the index Futures contracts—and the options based on them—vary in size and tick value You don’t check the water in the middle of a swan […]

Want to Speak the Language of Option Traders? Here’s an Options Trading Terminology Guide

12.05.2021

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Key Takeaways Go one step beyond textbook definitions and understand trading terminology from an option trader’s perspective Learn how investing terms can be applied to your trading and how to find them on the thinkorswim® platform Understand the Rule of 16 and how it can be used to estimate expected price ranges The jargon of investing […]

Executing an Options Trade: Navigating the Bid/Ask Spread

12.05.2021

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Key Takeaways Making a trade involves a crossing of the bid/ask spread by one of the parties to a trade Basic order types include market orders and limit orders Slippage is the difference between an order’s expected fill price and the actual transaction price If you trade options—or stocks, futures, or anything, really—you know that […]

Need a Replacement Strategy? Buying Stock vs. Buying Call Options

12.05.2021

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Key Takeaways A long call option can be used as an alternative to the outright purchase of stock, but there are trade-offs and risks Long options strategies offer defined risk and potentially efficient use of capital Some advanced traders use the bullish diagonal spread as an adjunct to the stock replacement strategy Some retail investors […]

Options Straddles vs. Strangles: The Basics of Volatility and Magnitude Strategies

12.05.2021

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Key Takeaways A long options straddle involves the purchase of a call and a put of the same strike and expiration date A long options strangle is a long out-of-the-money (OTM) call and a long OTM put of the same expiration date Time decay is a major risk consideration with options straddles and strangles Traders […]

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