Buy and Hedge Classic Strategy Update: Leveraging How Cheap Puts Have Become
Typical Buy and Hedge Classic Construction - We normally purchase shares of SPY to gain exposure to the S&P 500 Index.
VIX Index Goes Nowhere | Cheap Puts to Hedge? |Cheaper to Rent Than Buy? | Markets During Presidential Election Years
Derek and Jay discuss an unchanged VIX and VVIX index. Was our trading platform screen broken? Whether the VIX and VVIX Index is a coiled spring as they are both in compression mode of late.
Dave Ramsey Wrong? | Huge VIX Options Bets | S&P 500 Seasonality | When Does Government Debt Become a Problem?
Derek and Jay analyze the recent viral video where Dave Ramsey suggests people can safely withdraw 8% forever in retirement. What doesn’t make sense, what is left out, and why the assumptions may be faulty.
HiPOS Trade Update: On the Call Side
New HiPOS Conservative Trade Details - The ZEGA trading team found a new short call spread to put on this morning in the HiPOS conservative accounts.
Stock Market Returns After First Rate Cut | Yield Curve Preceding Recessions | Investors Rooting for the Wrong Thing
Derek does a deep dive asking the question why is everyone rooting for the Fed to lower rates? If the Fed must lower interest rates, doesn’t that mean there is trouble? Should investors instead be rooting for stable but higher rates where the long end un-inverts as a proxy for higher growth?
