This month’s Personal Finance options recommendation includes two strategies, selling a covered call and selling a naked put on American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP) as described below. If you already own shares of American Electric Power, then you should consider selling a covered call against that stock position, but if… Read More
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September is historically the worst month of the year for the stock market so I would not read too much into its recent weakness. Read More
Based on Best Buy’s fiscal 2025 Q2 results released on August 29, it appears the adverse impact of the pandemic is mostly over. Read More
A quarter-point reduction in the Fed’s policy rate next month seems more likely at this time. Read More
Cost controls and an emphasis on higher margin products has the retailer back in the good graces of Wall Street. Read More
What’s good for the retail sector is good for the entire stock market since consumer spending is the engine that drives the American economy. Read More
We all know you can make a fortune in real estate. Warren Buffett, the most famous stock investor of all time, owns more than $500 million of a real estate investment trust (REIT) in his Berkshire Hathaway investment portfolio. However, Buffett is far from being the biggest real estate investor… Read More
There are trillions of dollars of pent-up demand for M&A transactions just waiting for lower interest rates to make them financially feasible. Read More
I don’t know how long it will last, but the stock and bond markets agree that the economy is once again back on a solid footing. Read More
You can provide financial security for your family, well before you manage to build wealth. Here's how. Read More