Category: Covered Calls

For FullyInformed Members the morning Investing Strategy Notes for Fri Feb 21 2025 review Thursday's sell-off. Stocks discussed include Domino's Pizza Stock (DPZ), Berkshire Hathaway Stock (BRK.B) and more. The morning Investing Strategy Notes are for FullyInformed Members.   Members can ....... Read More

Prior Trading Day Summary: On Thursday disappointing earnings and lowered forward guidance from Walmart (WMT) ahead of the open, unnerved investors who just a day earlier had pushed the SPX to a new all-time high. Selling spread quickly and took in many ....... Read More

For FullyInformed Members the morning Investing Strategy Notes for Thu Feb 20 2025 review the outlook for stocks after another new closing high on Wednesday. Stocks discussed include Toll Brothers Stock (TOL), Alibaba Stock (BABA), Walmart Stock (WMT), Texas Roadhouse Stock (TXRH), ....... Read More

Prior Trading Day Summary: On Wed Feb 19 2025 the indexes squeezed out another small gain but the technical indicators are advising that the indexes are overbought. The SPX rose 14 points, matching Tuesday's gain to close at a new all-time closing ....... Read More

For FullyInformed Members the morning Investing Strategy Notes for Wed Feb 19 2025 review the outlook for stocks following a new high for the SPX on Tuesday. There are a few stocks discussed including Toll Brothers Stock (TOL),  Carvana Stock (CVNA), Alibaba ....... Read More

Prior Trading Day Summary: On Tue Feb 18 2025 stock indexes traded in a tight range until the last 10 minutes when the SPX shot higher moving from 6112 to close at 6129, up 15 points, all of it in the final ....... Read More

For FullyInformed Members the morning Investing Strategy Notes for Tue Feb 18 2025 review the outlook for stocks following the Presidents Day holiday. There are a few stocks discussed including Medtronic Stock (MDT), Wingstop Stock (WING), Apple Stock (AAPL), Analog Devices Stock ....... Read More

Prior Trading Day Summary: On Friday Feb 14 US retail sales came in much lower than expected at -0.9% which was well below estimates and below the December reading of 0.2%. With retail sales showing some contraction investors decided to sell out ....... Read More

For FullyInformed Members the morning Investing Strategy Notes for Fri Feb 14 2025 review the outlook for stocks following a strong afternoon rally on Thursday. This was the strongest one day move up since Dec 24 2024. There are a few stocks ....... Read More

Prior Trading Day Summary: On Thursday the PPI numbers came in slightly below estimates which assisted stocks in moving higher after Wednesday's stronger than expected CPI numbers. Comments in the afternoon from the White House on tariffs and their implementation seemed less ....... Read More

For FullyInformed Members the morning Investing Strategy Notes for Thu Feb 13 2025 review Wednesday's choppy trading and the outlook for today. There are many stocks discussed including Occidental Petroleum Stock (OXY), Tesla Stock (TSLA), Dutch Brothers Stock (BROS), Applovin Stock (APP), ....... Read More

Prior Trading Day Summary: On Wednesday inflation fears rose again among investors as the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for January came in higher than estimatedand above the prior readings. Stocks opened considerably lower to start the day but spent the remainder of ....... Read More

For FullyInformed Members the morning Investing Strategy Notes for Wed Feb 12 2025 review trading action on Tuesday. Stocks discussed include McDonalds Stock (MCD), DoorDash Stock (DASH), Coca Cola Stock (KO), Merck Stock (MRK), Tesla Stock (TSLA), IWM ETF, Robin Hood Stock ....... Read More

Prior Trading Day Summary: On Tuesday stocks were choppy as Fed Chair Powell testified in front of Congress. In the end though the testimony offered nothing new and perhaps more important, no new worries. The close saw the SPX up just 2 ....... Read More

For FullyInformed Members the morning Investing Strategy Notes for Tue Feb 11 2025 review the rally from Monday. Stocks discussed include VIX ETF, Monday.com Stock (MNDY), McDonalds Stock (MCD), Palantir Stock (PLTR). IWM ETF, Coca Cola Stock (KO), Merck Stock (MRK), Apple ....... Read More

Prior Trading Day Summary: On Monday stocks regained their footings and buyers returned after Friday's down day. Trading was reasonably strong and the SPX stayed in a tight trading range with a low around 6047 and high of 6071. The index closed ....... Read More

For FullyInformed Members the morning Investing Strategy Notes for Mon Feb 10 2025 review the outlook for the start of the second week of February. Stocks discussed include VIX ETF, McDonalds Stock (MCD), Shopify Stock (SHOP) and more. The morning Investing Strategy ....... Read More

Prior Trading Day Summary: On Friday stocks fell after the January non-farm payroll report showed a decline in employment to 143,000 versus 169,000 expected. The unemployment rate however fell to 4.0%. The SPX ended the day down 57 points and for the ....... Read More

For FullyInformed Members the morning Investing Strategy Notes for Fri Feb 7 2025 review the outlook for Friday and the January payroll numbers. Stocks discussed include VIX ETF, Amazon.com Stock (AMZN), Cloudflare Stock (NET), McDonalds Stock (MCD) and more. The morning Investing ....... Read More

Prior Trading Day Summary: On Thursday stocks rose to close modestly higher ahead of Friday's non-farm payroll report. The SPX ended up 22 points at 6083 on 4.9 billion shares traded. only 48% of stocks were rising by the close. The NASDAQ ....... Read More