Writing About the Stock Market & Life Since 2003

Feb 27, 2020

Bernie Sanders had just taken the lead in the Democratic primary. America’s version of Jeremy Corbyn looks set to become the Democratic front-runner for President of the United States.

I could already see the commercial Trump would be running in every retirement community across America:

SERIOUS NARRATOR VOICE:

“Bernie Sanders wants to eliminate private health insurance…raise taxes on the middle class…ban fracking and put government in charge of energy production…make college a taxpayer entitlement…offer free healthcare to illegal immigrants…and raise spending by $50 trillion over the next ten years.

A vote for Bernie Sanders is a vote to cut the stock market in half…

A vote for Bernie Sanders is a vote to cut your retirement in half…

You’re not insane.

Vote Trump for President.”

Jan 17, 2020

This is what it looks like when opportunity comes knocking.

The kind of opportunity that comes along once every decade. The kind of opportunity experienced investors wait for.

And like all new opportunities, this one won’t last forever. In 3 years from now, it will be on the front page of the Wall Street Journal. In 5 years from now, everyone will be doing it.

Dec 13, 2019

Part 3 of a free series on how to earn 20% on your money each year using options.
Sound impossible?
Former hedge-fund manager and options market maker on the floor of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange proves that it can be done.

Dec 12, 2019

There’s been a secret bull market happening right under your nose.

This powerful bull market looks ready to roar into 2020

Dec 06, 2019

Part two of a free series on how to use options to boost your income, by Ed Pawelec, a former hedge-fund manager and options market maker on the floor of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange.

Nov 26, 2019

Options master Ed Pawelec gives a tutorial on how to earn more money on your portfolio using options.

Nov 07, 2019

It really is the biggest “hidden” opportunity on Wall Street. You see, while everyone else has been focused on crypto and pot stocks, we’ve been focused where no one else was looking: the biotech sector. As a result, we’ve had a different biotech stock taken over every 42 days… I’m truly grateful to be able … Continue reading “The Small Biotech Scaring Big Pharma”

Oct 14, 2019

The geniuses in Washington told us that the more China traded with us, the freer they would become. It wouldn’t be long before the Communist Party melted away and, in its place, sprung a Jeffersonian Democracy.

Turns out they had it all backwards…

Oct 03, 2019

Where you gonna go? That’s the question I’ve asked myself as the market has sold off in recent days. Are you gonna go into 30-year U.S. Treasury bonds? They’re yielding 2.085%. Imagine that. You get 2% a year for lending the government money for 30 years! Not unless you have to. Where you gonna go? … Continue reading ““Where you gonna go?””

Sep 11, 2019

I remember that day being crisp. The kind of fall day that lets you know summer isn’t coming back.  I was dressed to impress that morning. My best suit. I had an 8:30 meeting at the building next door to the New York Stock Exchange. A firm I was trying to do business with. For … Continue reading “The last picture I could take on 9/11.”