Bond, Shaken not Stirred.

Posted onNovember 12, 2016November 13, 2016Leave a comment

The US bond market is eyeing the potential benefits of a Trump administration. He promised an infrastructure spending of about 1 Trillion dollars. Deregulation of banks and repatriation of foreign dollars held overseas due to corporate tax cut from 35% Read More …

Trading in the US Presidential Election Season

Posted onOctober 2, 2016Leave a comment

People argue about policy, personality and party, but markets look forward and anticipate what might happen in the future. While Washington is slow, markets operate in real time, just like traders do. Let us cut through the political noise and Read More …

Market Nightmare; Market Thinks it is Right What I Think is Wrong! Not a Surprise!

Posted onSeptember 1, 2016Leave a comment

Post Brexit market is confounded by so many drivers that it is a nightmare for both the professional and retail investors alike. The key players are the Bank of England, European Central Bank, Bank of Japan and the Federal Reserve Read More …

The Fleecing of America – the Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions!

Posted onJuly 21, 2016July 21, 2016Leave a comment

What is the hot topic for our age group now? Not the Republican and the Democratic Conventions. They will not solve the problem I am talking about. I am talking about the 401(k) retirement plan for the typical American worker. Read More …

Brexit: an Ugly Duckling!

Posted onJune 26, 2016June 26, 20162 Comments

From the trading and investing point of view, could the results have been predicted with a reasonable probability of success to benefit monetarily? Let us analyze this. A “Black Swan” has the following characteristics according to Taleb: It is unpredictable Read More …

Who wants to get the heck out of the Rat Race? Read on.

Posted onJune 11, 2016June 11, 2016Leave a comment

Everybody knows what a “rat race’ is. Our educational system has trained almost all of us to study very hard, get a good high paying job, save money is a pension fund or a 401(K) (in the US) for retirement. Read More …

Buy Apple the Warren Buffett Way!

Posted onMay 30, 2016May 30, 20163 Comments

Warren Buffett bought AAPL stock worth $1B is the latest hot news while another pro investor Carl Icahn sold his position in AAPL when disappointing earnings were reported just recently. How does one go about buying a stock like AAPL? Read More …

1 Bad Apple + 1 Amazing Amazon = 1 Mortgage Payment + Instant Cash

Posted onApril 29, 2016April 29, 20162 Comments

Those of you who are some what active with trading, if at all, in your 401(K) retirement account or any other account for that matter are probably aware that the earning season is on in full swing. What it is, Read More …

Turn Volatility and Hot News into Moola – Options is the Way

Posted onDecember 23, 2015December 23, 2015Leave a comment

Friday the December 18th 2015 brought us a quadruple witching day, which was the expiration of index futures, index options, stock options, and single stock futures all on the same day. Such Read More …

Options Explained in Layman Terms

Posted onSeptember 2, 2015September 7, 20157 Comments

The Call Option Explained in Layman Terms Let us say you have a friend Anand who wants to buy a house but does not have much money or has not yet established credit rating in the new place. Your other Read More …

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