by Chad Shoop | Jan 16, 2022 | Investing, quarterly earnings, U.S. Economy
This week, we have two stocks that are in uptrends, but earnings can always be the disruptor. Aluminum giant Alcoa Corp. (NYSE: AA) and leading rail company CSX Corp. (Nasdaq: CSX) are set to report quarterly numbers. These companies should also give us insight on the...
by Chad Shoop | Mar 23, 2021 | COVID-19, Earnings, news, Retail, True Options Masters, U.S. Economy
My family has been waiting two months for a new stovetop. A new couch for my family would’ve been delayed two months after we bought it, the last time I looked. And the PlayStation 5, something we have been looking for since the holidays, is still out of stock. But...
by Chad Shoop | Mar 16, 2021 | Bull Market, Interest Rates, Options Trading, Trading Strategies, True Options Masters, 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 | Mar 9, 2021 | 2021, Earnings, Investment Opportunities, S&P 500, True Options Masters, U.S. Economy
I know the stock market has been volatile the past few days. We’ve seen big momentum stocks, the ones that shot up hundreds or thousands of percent in 2020, drop 10% to 30% in a matter of days. Tesla, our old favorite electric vehicle stock, has plunged as much as 40%...
by Chad Shoop | Jan 5, 2021 | 2020 Financial Crisis, COVID-19, Global Financial Crisis, Options Trading, True Options Masters, U.S. Economy
Back in March, if someone told you the stock market would finish the year with a double-digit gain, you’d have thought they were crazy. The world’s economy was shutting down. The stock market was crashing. And there was no end in sight. But Americans pushed through...
by Chad Shoop | Dec 1, 2020 | 2020 Financial Crisis, news, Trading Strategies, True Options Masters, U.S. Economy
In less than a month, we can finally put 2020 behind us. But it doesn’t mean we are at the end of unprecedented times. This year was dominated by the coronavirus. The pandemic impacted our daily lives and disrupted the global economy. And the stock market was...
