Jared Levy, Editor, Smart Investing Daily Tuesday, 26 April 2011 These are strong words, I know. I wouldn’t choose them if I weren’t truly concerned, because apparently not many care about the thousands of investors who have been burnt using volatility index (VIX) options and the VXX, a VIX-based ETF product, to invest in volatility. … Smart Investing Daily – Investors Beware — The VIX Options Are a Lie
Jared Levy, Editor, Smart Investing Daily Tuesday, 19 April 2011 Over the weekend, I had the pleasure of spending some time with a friend — we will call him “Greg.” Greg is a true “stock investor.” He has been investing for years and has done well for himself through diversification and other methods. We were … Smart Investing Daily – Why Stock Investors Are at a Major Disadvantage
Jared Levy, Editor, Smart Investing Daily Thursday, 14 April 2011 Smart Investing Daily has been banging the drum on global food inflation issues and shortages. The skyrocketing prices of foodstuffs driven by consumption and a weak U.S. dollar are wreaking havoc on the living expenses of the average consumer around the world; you can read … Smart Investing Daily – The World’s Most Important Commodity May Be in Danger
Written by Jared Levy, Editor, Smart Investing Daily Tuesday, 12 April 2011 09:51 In my book, Your Options Handbook, I detail the ways investors can interpret not just earnings, but other economic and social data. Today, I thought I would share some earnings season insight.From Your Options Handbook: [Finding] Stock Value After the … Smart Investing Daily – How Do You Make Sense of Earnings Reports?
Jared Levy, Editor, Smart Investing Daily Friday, 08 April 2011 I am a firm believer in the Peter Lynch style of investing. Peter Lynch’s mantra was to “invest in what you know.” So many of us tend to get caught up in complicated algorithms, strategies and analysis, when all we might have to do is … Smart Investing Daily – Apple May Be in Trouble
Jared Levy, Editor, Smart Investing Daily Tuesday, 05 April 2011 Headlines declare that the unemployment rate dropped again this past month. There were many experts who thought we would see a rise in unemployment. So perhaps the “seemingly” positive data was a main driver of the recent stock market rally in the face of not-so-strong … Smart Investing Daily – 8.8% Is NOT the Real Unemployment Rate
Written by Jared Levy, Editor, Smart Investing Daily Friday, 01 April 2011 10:39 One way of searching for investment opportunities is to look for businesses that are thriving with products and services that are in demand. But another method for finding investment opportunity is counterintuitive: Look for something that is broken or doesn’t … Smart Investing Daily – How to Profit From Nonsense — New Financial Regulations