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So many column inches were dedicated to the recent doomsday predictions that an alien visitor, landing at a newsstand, could be forgiven for assuming that a significant number of Americans were actually expecting the world to end on Saturday, May 21. Although enough believers existed to provide sufficient news fodder...

How to invest--and profit--despite growing worries over inflation.

Last week, I wrote here about coiled spring stocks, i.e., those equities with buying power that buoys them during downturns and propels them rapidly upward once those downturns end. The most recent Investment Digest contains yet another great crop of these standouts, two of which I want to discuss here--Sapient...

Now is the time to invest in the stocks of companies that will lead the way forward in the energy industry.

It may seem unnecessary to write covered calls in a raging bull market. but that’s seldom the case. Over time you are likely to get a better return with this income strategy than just holding a market index. And you get a paycheck.

While the rest of the year looks very good for the market, a pullback is likely, if not inevitable, in the weeks and months ahead.

There should be a strong recovery and bull market on the other side of this election and pandemic. Any market spooking shenanigans in the meantime should present a buying opportunity.

This market looks like it wants to go higher. After selling off nearly 10% in September, the S&P 500 has resumed its uptrend and is not far from the all time high.

The positions remaining in the portfolio will benefit if the market continues to move higher.

November was quite a month in the market. It was one of the very best months for the market indexes in decades. The Dow was up 11.8%, the S&P 500 rose 10% and the Nasdaq gained another 11% in the month.

After a rough week, the market is right back in business. Just when stocks appeared on the cusp of a deeper selloff, the S&P 500 started off this week with the best session since June.

The situation looks bright in 2021. Several high dividend paying stocks and sectors have had a big move higher after the vaccine announcements.

The environment for writing calls has deteriorated of late as the market uptrend has been interrupted. A market moving higher increases investors’ willingness to speculate on higher stock prices, and call premiums rise. A choppy market reduces demand and call premiums.

In such an environment it’s easy to assume the worst and miss the flipside of the equation – great companies trading at prices that just a month ago we would have considered incredible. Market volatility and uncertainty are creating great opportunities.

It’s another week of more of the same. The three major indexes are very near the all-time highs, but still not really going anywhere.

So much for the technology selloff. The sector dipped its toe into correction territory and has roared back with a vengeance.

Cyclical stocks are getting creamed today. Energy is down the most. But industrials, materials, and financials are getting hit too.

Here we are in September. So far, it’s not bad. But it’s not good either. For the first week after Labor Day, the market has drifted lower. It’s no big deal. But stocks have been losing a battle they were winning in the summer. The bulls were eking it out then. Now the bears are prevailing, slightly.

It was a rough September in the market. But so far, October is making up for it.

Yesterday’s market drivers are taking a back seat while previously jilted and ignored stocks are taking the baton.