Weekly Market Recap: January 6, 2025
This week's chart shows 2024 style returns, highlighting the Magnificent 7's impact and the shift to value sectors.
View Article1,800 Calls Trade in KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (Symbol: KLC)
This morning 1,800 KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (Symbol: KLC) April 17’25 30 calls traded for $0.20.
View ArticleUsing the TWS Option Activity Analysis
The Interactive Brokers TWS Option Activity Analysis tool enables the investor to track the open interest and trading volume of the options in each expiration and the time frame the positions were put...
View ArticleLive Events with IBKR Senior Economist Jose Torres
Come join IBKR's Senior Economist Jose Torres for a live event during Jobs Friday on January 10 at 8:00 am ET. Jose will dive deep into the employment numbers as they are published and cover the market...
View ArticlePython for Machine Learning in Finance
With the rise of machine learning (ML) and the increasing availability of financial data, investors and traders are now leveraging sophisticated algorithms to predict stock prices and optimize trading...
View ArticleTrump Denies Reports of Scaled-Back Tariffs: Jan. 6, 2025
Stocks are jumping on rumors that the Trump administration may implement tariffs through a tactful rather than a blanket approach.
View ArticleTariffs? No Biggie, As Long As NVDA Is Up
It’s not about fiscal policy, it’s still about Nvidia (NVDA) and FOMO. Enthusiasm about Jensen Huang’s address to the Consumer Electronics Show outweighed political considerations.
View ArticleIt’s back to business
Stocks got off to a hot start yesterday but shifted into a cooldown phase close to midday as long-term rates remained elevated and President-elect Trump shot down reports that his tariff policies would...
View ArticleNVIDIA In Focus: CES This Week, J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference Next Week,...
The same themes that drove sharp 2024 returns among the Magnificent 7 stocks appear to be very much alive in the new year.
View ArticleTrading 101: Understanding the Expected Value of Uncertain Bets
Indeed, thinking probabilistically is hard for most people.
View ArticleDo Stocks Take the Elevator Up or Down?
There’s an adage that sticks in my head, but it’s hard to pin down. The saying is some variation of “stocks take the stairs to the roof and the elevator to the basement.” The implication is that stocks...
View ArticleLong and Short Stock Positions Using Synthetic Forwards
As a retail investor, the relatively high cost of margin borrowing makes it very expensive and difficult to profitably leverage long positions.
View Article10AM Econ Data JOLTS the Market: Jan. 7, 2025
Markets started the morning in stride until a pair of economic releases sent yields to the nosebleeds and equities to the basement.
View ArticleChart Advisor: Looking For Strength in Weakness
By Michael Nauss, CMT, CAIA, CDMS 1/ Tech Sell-off 2/ Sector Overview 3/ Oil Close to a Breakout 4/ Airlines Flying Investopedia is partnering with CMT Association on this newsletter. The contents of...
View ArticleGame On: ‘GTA VI’ expected to break sales records
Xbox Cloud Gaming coming to LG Smart TVs.
View Article2025? This Market Performs Well in Odd Years!
There is some information that hardly any investors seem to know – and yet it is so valuable! As such, I would like to share this information with you today. It is highly relevant at the start of the...
View ArticleStocks Aren’t Always the Best in The Long-Run
By examining data going back to 1792, McQuarrie’s study comes up with a surprising observation : stocks are not as dominant as once thought.
View ArticleMachine Learning in Finance
You may not realize it, but Machine learning is used in the Financial Services industry within features, tools, and decision making. In this episode we break down machine learning and it’s use cases....
View Article20-Year Treasury Reaches 5-Handle, Greenback Soars: Jan. 8, 2025
Stocks are continuing to struggle as interest rates and the dollar catch lifts from confrontational trade rhetoric, satisfactory economic data and signs of mounting inflationary pressures.
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