Davos of the Desert

Riding my bicycle, I recently plowed into a car (my fault), broke two ribs and punctured a lung. That is why you haven’t heard from me for a while.

Here is what I did to the car with my left side. My bicycle is 100% alright.

Our fearless, intrepid investor pays attention to the Put/Call ratio. It is -ve for the week, for the month and for the year. For. The. Year!

‘Davos in the Desert’ is an annual event hosted by Saudi Arabia. The kingdom has $778-billion sovereign wealth fund. It seeks to wean its economy off oil. It invites the world’s top financiers such as World Bank President Ajay Banga, CEO of BlackRock, Laurence Fink, JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon, Goldman Sachs’ David Solomon,  Citi Group’s Jane Fraser (British).

All of them are pessimistic about the global economy due to Israel & Hamas. Universal agreement among financiers is rare.

What is the best investment in a declining market?

Continue reading “Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. How our fearless, intrepid investor made out last week and what she will do today”

Greetings, everyone,

You will enjoy the presentation which follows:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll-NqHbAeVo

The presentation is about half an hour long and it is quite likely that you could learn something useful from watching it.

Contact me if you have questions.

I send my best personal regards,

Milan 😃

Yesterday, Monday, October 9, was a stock market holiday so we are reporting on our fearless, intrepid investor’s activities today, Tuesday, October 10.

Writing (selling) covered calls on SPY last Monday, October 2, with expiry date on the Friday of the same week, October 6, she collected a decent, safe premium income.

What will she do when the market opens today?

Greetings, everyone,

You will enjoy the presentation which follows:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0xmTwwo4yE

The presentation is about half an hour long and it is quite likely that you could learn something useful from watching it.

Contact me if you have questions.

I send my best personal regards,

Milan 😃

Writing (selling) covered calls on SPY last Monday, September 25, with expiry date on the Friday of the same week, September 29, our fearless, intrepid investor collected a decent premium income.

What will she do when the market opens today?

Greetings, everyone,

You will enjoy the presentation which follows:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieFZtc6YDi8

The presentation is about half an hour long and it is quite likely that you could learn something useful from watching it.

Contact me if you have questions.

I send my best personal regards,

Milan 😃

For several weeks, the SPY  put/call ratio showed positive investor sentiment, suggesting a short-term market rise. The best thing to do at that time is NOT to sell derivatives with SPY as the underlying security but simply to hold SPY.

As suggested by the put/call ratio, SPY rose and our fearless, intrepid investor benefited.

What will she do when the market opens today?

Greetings, everyone,

You will enjoy the presentation which follows:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_uPMQ-IlIs

The presentation is about an hour long and it is quite likely that you could learn something useful from watching it.

Contact me if you have questions.

I send my best personal regards,

Milan 😃

Greetings, everyone,

You will enjoy the presentation which follows:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_uPMQ-IlIs

The presentation is about 40 minutes long. It summarizes derivatives investing and it is quite likely that you could learn something useful from watching it.

Contact me if you have questions.

I send my best personal regards,

Milan 😃

Greetings, everyone,

You will enjoy the presentation which follows:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_uPMQ-IlIs

The presentation is about an hour long and it is quite likely that you could learn something useful from watching it.

Contact me if you have questions.

I send my best personal regards,

Milan 😃