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Steve Smith Steve Smith have been involved in all facets of the investment industry in a variety of roles ranging from speculator, educator, manager

Two weeks after Trump’s August 1st tweet stating he would impose a new round of tariff on Chinese imports starting September 1st  his lackeys

The recent gyrations in the stock market have seen accompanying swings in market sentiment among both professionals and retail investors. During the end of

I want to look at how you can use options to profit from very specific scenarios, which I refer to as “special situation” trades. 

There is a dynamic tension between FedEx (FDX), the world’s largest packaged goods delivery company, and Amazon (AMZN), the single largest shipper. For years, the former garnered low

“Do not touch nothing. The truth will be revealed by the facts as they exist.” -Hercule Poirot’s in the Murder on the Orient ExpressOne of

The trade war-induced sell-off has caused market volatility, as measured by the Chicago Board of Options Exchange (CBOE) Volatility Index to surge by over 70% in

This was expected to be a crucial week for the markets as the highly anticipated Fed meeting was supposed to provide clarity on monetary

As the 2020 elections approach and the political rhetoric surrounding income inequality heats up, one of the obvious-and-easy targets are corporations.  Among the regulatory

With the major indices pushing to all-time highs and some of the many names sitting on large double-digit percentage gains, this year alone, it