by Chad Shoop | Mar 16, 2021 | American Investor Today, Bull Market, Interest Rates, Options Trading, Trading Strategies, U.S. Economy
It feels like every few weeks there’s a new reason to sell your stocks. And worries over rising rates are the latest development getting investors to sell perfectly fine shares of stock. Wall Street analysts are pointing to rising interest rates as the reason we’re...
by Chad Shoop | Feb 12, 2021 | Bull Market, Education, GameStop, Options Trading, Trading Strategies, Weekly Options Corner
I got a text from my little brother the other day. Now, he isn’t a stock market guy like me. He doesn’t follow stocks. He doesn’t follow options. He didn’t even have a brokerage account until a couple weeks ago. After seeing a few stocks explode higher, my brother —...
by Chad Shoop | Jan 12, 2021 | American Investor Today, Bull Market, Options Trading, Technology, Tesla, Trading Strategies
We all know 2020 was wild for the stock market. We started the year with a quick 30% plunge … followed by a record setting rally. But one stock stood out head and shoulders above the rest — Tesla (Nasdaq: TSLA). Shares plunged 60% during the pandemic. They fell...
by Chad Shoop | Dec 22, 2020 | 2020 Financial Crisis, American Investor Today, Bull Market, COVID-19, Global Financial Crisis, news
We’ve all seen “shakeouts” in the market. This happens every time we see negative headlines, bad earnings or a global situation going south. Stock prices get hit. They get hit hard. Every time we see a panic in the market, there’s a shakeout as investors play...
by Chad Shoop | Dec 8, 2020 | 2020 Financial Crisis, American Investor Today, Bull Market, Diversified Investments, Global Financial Crisis, Options Trading
“Diversify.” It’s the most recommended practice in investing. It’s the basic principle of “not putting all your eggs in one basket.” It’s common sense. From CNBC to your financial advisor, you hear the same, simple advice: “Diversify your investments.” They give you...
