Jared Levy, Editor, Smart Investing Daily Thursday, 05 May 2011 Recently the financial stock market has been slow to react to anything. Events and data that would normally get a big reaction from the markets have had minimal effect. Even the killing of the most wanted man on Earth did little to influence U.S. stocks. … Smart Investing Daily – Anticipate a Weaker-Than-Expected Jobs Report
Jared Levy, Editor, Smart Investing Daily Friday, 29 April 2011 We have received a number of emails this week asking about Taipan’s trading services. A couple of readers wanted more information on my service, WaveStrength Options Weekly, so I thought I would take a couple minutes to explain what it is I do. (You also … Get Options Trading Secrets From “Behind the Curtain”
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 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, 18 March 2011 10:13 When I first began trading professionally in the options markets about 16 years ago, I thought I knew it all. I understood all the theory and mathematics that went into finding the price of an option, how the … Smart Investing Daily – The Options Markets Tell Secrets… Should We Be Listening?
Jared Levy, Editor, Smart Investing Daily Tuesday, 08 March 2011 One thing that has made Smart Investing Daily the fastest-growing e-letter in our history is you, our readers. We appreciate your attention, referrals to our letter and, most importantly, your questions! Keep them coming! A couple days ago, I received an e-mail from Smart … Smart Investing Daily – Which Signals Tell You That the Market Is About to Drop?
Jared Levy, Editor, Smart Investing Daily Monday, 13 December 2010 Early last week I gave you four reasons to buy the S&P 500 market (SPX or SPY), and hopefully you had the chance to participate in the market’s recent gains. Aside from the somewhat positive fundamentals of both the macroeconomic improvements and individual companies’ … Smart Investing Daily – The Most Important Stock Market Chart of the Week
Jared Levy, Editor, Smart Investing Daily Tuesday, 07 December 2010 Back on Oct. 1, when the S&P 500 was at 1,136, I gave you four reasons why I thought stocks were still cheap. Today, even with the index almost 90 points (8%) higher, I still believe you should be buying certain U.S. equities. If you … Smart Investing Daily – Four Financial Market Signposts Point to Santa Rally
Jared Levy, Editor, Smart Investing Daily Tuesday, 26 October 2010 Remember the old adage that it is much easier and cheaper to buy insurance when the weather is good as opposed to when a tornado is coming down your street? Here’s a lesson I learned quickly in my early days as a trader: Professionals almost … Smart Investing Daily – The Secrets to “Hedging” Like a Professional
by Jared Levy on September 10th, 2010 There has been a lot of chatter recently about trading volume (or lack thereof). Specifically, the popular topic of discussion has been how particularly abysmal volume was during the month of August. While seasonal volume trends are important and can have an effect on prices as well as … Volume is the cause, price is the effect