The ‘Buffett Indicator’ shows the market is way overvalued
For the past several months, many institutional investors have cited the U.S. stock market capitalization-to-GDP ratio, also known as the “Buffett Indicator,” a metric he first described 25 years ago in an interview with Fortune, as an indication that equities may potentially be overvalued. According to Bloomberg Research, as of Friday U.S. equities are currently […]
This oil drilling stock is remarkably cheap. How to trade it with options
The “Dogs of the Dow” is an investment strategy, often employed at the end of a year in anticipation of some potential “mean reversion” that identifies underperforming stocks with high yields. As the name implies, it looks for these within the Dow Jones Industrial Average . The strategy then holds those securities for a year […]
This cybersecurity stock is emerging as an AI play. How to play it with options
Akamai is emerging as an upcoming AI beneficiary with a business transformation that is materially reshaping its long-term growth trajectory. Historically known as a content-delivery (CDN) provider, Akamai has recently repositioned itself as an edge-native cloud and AI compute platform, leveraging its global infrastructure footprint to offer lower-latency, lower-cost inference workloads. This transition is finally showing […]
Carvana shares have no room for error. How to make money if they start falling
Carvana’s share price has staged a stunning comeback. The recent news that the company would be added to the S & P 500 propelled the enterprise value to more than $100 billion, a number that not only vastly exceeds those of large auto dealers like Penske , Lithia , AutoNation , Group 1 and Carmax […]
Market volatility is picking up. How to use option spreads to protect and maximize returns
Stock returns aren’t normally distributed. Very small daily returns occur more frequently than a normal distribution would suggest, and very large daily returns also occur more frequently than a normal distribution would suggest. The “average” move, perhaps unintuitively, occurs less frequently than a normal distribution would imply. If this doesn’t make sense, imagine a room […]
Your portfolio may be more tech-heavy than you think
If you own an S&P 500 index fund, artificial intelligence is already a major part of your investment strategy. In recent years, the stock market’s gains have been fueled largely by a small group of tech giants that are aggressively investing in AI. Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple, Google parent company Alphabet and Amazon — the five […]
This insurance stock is breaking out, but remains cheap. How to get long with options
Elevance Health is emerging from a 2025 reset with improved positioning to restore margins and grow its earnings base. Management has demonstrated discipline by lowering guidance to reflect elevated costs rather than delaying recognition, clearing the decks for the future. At the same time, the Carelon platform continues to deliver robust growth, diversifying revenue streams […]
As the market pulls back, Jim Cramer explains how to handle sell-offs
CNBC’s Jim Cramer unpacked Tuesday’s market action and suggested that it can be worthwhile to stick with good stocks as they weather losses, telling investors to buy, not sell, into weakness. “When you get hit with a sell-off…that’s when you should buy more of your favorite growth stocks…the ones you’ve done the homework on and […]
Investors aren’t quite sure how to react to the Fed’s quarter-point cut
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell takes questions from reporters during a news conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee at the Federal Reserve on Sept. 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday stateside cut interest rates by a quarter point, bringing the […]
How to trade record S&P 500 before it reaches bull market limit
There is more than enough focus on Wall Street about what the Fed will do next, and Friday’s weak nonfarm payrolls report will add to expectations for a rate cut. But maybe there is not enough planning among investors about what they should do to preserve the hefty gains embedded in market portfolios since the […]