2024 Predictions
Wall St Fails! I really love looking back at predictions, as I usually get a good laugh at most of them. This year is no exception: Wall Street firms got it hopelessly wrong. Here are their predictions for the S&P 500 index at the end of 2024, made at the end of 2023. Yep, not […]
Capital Inflows
NYSE & Nasdaq Volumes. Last week I mentioned capital inflows to managed / mutual funds and the general rule is that capital inflow results in a rising market. Not being one to take anything for granted, I decided to check for myself to see if it was upheld by the data. Nasdaq Trading Volumes. Here […]
Income Strategies 3
The Wheel Option Strategy. I have chosen the image above as it illustrates the absurdity of not using something in the way it was designed to be used. The stock market is not an income-generating machine, although many people think that they can use it in that way. It may work for them for a […]
Buffett’s Warning
Warren Buffett’s Warning. Last week I said that I had seen the headlines that Buffett, the ‘Oracle of Omaha’, was warning to get out of the market but hadn’t had time to check them out. Now I have, and they are very interesting, so I have decided to put off the last instalment of income […]
Income Strategies 2
Covered Calls Income Strategy. What a horrible end to the week! Friday was absolutely dismal, but we will get to that later. First, let’s go through the other ‘income’ option strategies that are quite fashionable at the moment. How Covered Calls Work Covered calls are touted as a great way to create an income on […]
Income Strategies 1
Do Income Strategies Work? What an eventful 2 weeks this has been! But we’ll get to the markets later. First, I wanted to look at income strategies as I am getting a lot of questions about them. Predictable Cash Flow Strategies I can understand anyone wanting to have a regular income from the stock market. […]
