New Year’s Day (Observed)
Due to the market holiday, Market Scholars will not be offering any classes today. Also, there will not be a Market Outlook video on Friday.
Due to the market holiday, Market Scholars will not be offering any classes today. Also, there will not be a Market Outlook video on Friday.
This class kicked off the next 6-month DGI portfolio construction process. We discussed the process of placing stink bids. We discussed a slight rule change. We talked about the outperformance of DGI strategies in 2022. We discussed the current sector attractiveness and also analyzed which companies raised dividends last month. We then made our first investment of 2023 in a Health Care stock.
This intermediate options class is designed for market participants who want to start trading more actively. Bullish and bearish directional strategies are guided by technical analysis and are used on both stocks and ETFs.
This class reviewed the Factor Selector to find Dividend Yield at the top and Low Size at the bottom. We reviewed some of our past trades and discovered that we've won 9 out of the last 11, which is one of the strongest winning periods we've ever had in this particular class (where we have a 1-for-1 reward/risk relationship). We then looked at two bullish trades from the utilities area, and a bearish trade from the financials area.
This advanced options class uses volatility and market analysis to guide its decisions to build an inventory of multi-leg options trades across multiple ETFs. The inventory is then managed as one position rather than as separate trades.
The purpose of this session is to answer questions from students regarding topics taught in Brandon Van Zee's weekly classes. The goal is to help you apply the learning you receive to your own portfolio as you watch Brandon apply the same concepts in his class portfolios. Stocks discussed: CVX, XOM, PSX, CSCO, NUE, TSN, TSM, MO, KO, HBI, and SWK.
We looked at the relative strength in international equities and the tipping point for the US economy and how that is reflected in different US sectors and other asset classes. We discussed recession impacts on bonds and US dollar as well.
We discussed today's post-jobs number rally and talked where indicators are pointing for stocks to start heading. We looked at the strong sideways channel for the past couple of weeks and analyzed probabilities for which way SPX would break out
The purpose of this session is to answer questions from students regarding topics taught in David Settle's weekly classes. The goal is to help you apply the learning you receive to your own active trading as you watch David apply the same concepts in his class trades.
This momentum-based trend trading class discussed the Sector Selector rankings. Interestingly, the Industrials sector has now been listed in the Top 4 rankings every week for the last 3 months. Consumer Discretionary has also come roaring back and finds itself in second place. The class focused its efforts on one stock from each of those two sectors. We also took a look at the gold mining theme.
This basic options class reviewed our current trades and found no issues with our open sold put trades. Many of them will likely expire at max gain in a couple weeks. We also spent some time talking about fraudulent operators within the financial marketplaces and how it's important for investors to keep their guard up. We ended class with a sold-put match-up between a package delivery company and a tech-focused stock.
This class discussed the decent start of the year for the general stock market and how it might impact our thinking as long term investors. We then discussed how REITs are not always the most effective vessel for dividend growth investing and discussed some statistics that prove that point. Lastly, we did review two REITs that have been stand-outs through history in regards to their willingness to increase distributions to shareholders.
This intermediate options class is designed for market participants who want to start trading more actively. Bullish and bearish directional strategies are guided by technical analysis and are used on both stocks and ETFs.
This active swing trading class discussed how mainstream media is now talking about the Dividend Aristocrats and how that could be a sign that their outperformance may not be as significant moving forward from here. We then reviewed the Factor Selector to discover Dividend Yield leading and Momentum lagging. We ended class with a bullish set-up on two retailers and a bearish set-up on an oil stock.
This advanced options class uses volatility and market analysis to guide its decisions to build an inventory of multi-leg options trades across multiple ETFs. The inventory is then managed as one position rather than as separate trades.
The purpose of this session is to answer questions from students regarding topics taught in Brandon Van Zee's weekly classes. The goal is to help you apply the learning you receive to your own portfolio as you watch Brandon apply the same concepts in his class portfolios. Stocks discussed: EIX, PCG, SRE, CI, SBUX, TLT, ENB, KMI, OKE, ET, and EPD.
In today's class, we discussed the aftermath of today's CPI release and how markets responded to the news. We looked at how our expectations change based on price action in various asset classes. We also discussed the role of international stocks going forward this year.
In today's class, we looked at the pre- and post-CPI rallies to determine if we have sufficiently been bullish enough to break resistance. We also checked other indicators' levels, including breadth and volume.
Due to the market holiday, Market Scholars will not be offering any classes today, Monday, January 16. Also, there will not be a Market Outlook or MO LIVE video on Monday.
This class discussed year-over-year income increases to diversified dividend portfolios, during an inflationary era and how it's important for DGI practitioners to keep track of that information at the end of each year to see if they are on track with their goals. We also discussed a famous athlete who had investments stolen in a fraud and how we as self-directed investors have an edge in that regard. We then got into a head-to-head match-up within the Financials sector.
This intermediate options class is designed for market participants who want to start trading more actively. Bullish and bearish directional strategies are guided by technical analysis and are used on both stocks and ETFs.
This class reviewed the Factor Selector to find some pretty big movements. Low Size in particular has really jumped in the rankings with several days of recent outperformance from the Russell 2000. We have seen many of the "risk-off" factors fall in the rankings due to the market's nice bullish sentiment to start this calendar year, thus far. We reviewed three new swing trades at the end of class.
This advanced options class uses volatility and market analysis to guide its decisions to build an inventory of multi-leg options trades across multiple ETFs. The inventory is then managed as one position rather than as separate trades.
The purpose of this session is to answer questions from students regarding topics taught in Brandon Van Zee's weekly classes. The goal is to help you apply the learning you receive to your own portfolio as you watch Brandon apply the same concepts in his class portfolios. Stocks discussed: GS, MS, SWX, NFG, & NWN.
This class analyzes macro conditions and intermarket relationships using the Asset Selector tool. Students then learn to manage the passive portion of their portfolios using ETFs representing various asset classes and sectors.
In today's class, we looked at this week's decline in context of the past few week's rally to see which move is likely to continue past the current options expiration into a new month. We looked at long-term chart patterns to solidify expectations and how current periods have looked like in past bear markets.
The purpose of this session is to answer questions from students regarding topics taught in David Settle's weekly classes. The goal is to help you apply the learning you receive to your own active trading as you watch David apply the same concepts in his class trades.
This class reviewed the Sector Selector to find quite attractive rotations over the past month. Many of the defensive sectors (like Utilities and Staples) have fallen on a relative basis, and many cyclical areas (like Discretionary and Communications) have risen. This suggests that the market's risk appetite is much stronger today than it was for most of last year. We concentrated today's trade ideas in the Communications sector.
This basic options class discussed the recent options expiration and how our portfolio has slimmed down tremendously due to a number of our positions going to max gain. We also have the odd challenge of finding companies that are still appropriately priced after the market has had a sizable rally this calendar year. Our head-to-head matchup was between a REIT and a Staple (two sectors underperforming recently).
This DGI class discussed the idea of the "crossover chart", which teaches a concept that smaller dividend yielders with faster dividend growth can produce better results than higher dividend yielders with slow/no dividend growth. We also discussed an interesting flash crash situation that affected a handful of stocks on the NYSE this morning. Our head-to-head match-up was in the Consumer Staples sector.
This intermediate options class is designed for market participants who want to start trading more actively. Bullish and bearish directional strategies are guided by technical analysis and are used on both stocks and ETFs.
Today's class discussed stop losses and some of their weak points, in light of yesterdays software/data glitch at the NYSE causing all kinds of chaos with well known stocks. We discovered on the Factor Selector that Low Size is still leading and Momentum is still lagging. We ended class with 3 swing trades that had moved quite aggressively while we were in class.
This advanced options class uses volatility and market analysis to guide its decisions to build an inventory of multi-leg options trades across multiple ETFs. The inventory is then managed as one position rather than as separate trades.
The purpose of this session is to answer questions from students regarding topics taught in Brandon Van Zee's weekly classes. The goal is to help you apply the learning you receive to your own portfolio as you watch Brandon apply the same concepts in his class portfolios. Stocks discussed: DTE, CME, SHY, MKC, JPM, PM, RCL, EXPD, and WBA.
In today's class, we discussed stocks' moves heading into important basket of data and earnings reports due in next 10 days. We looked at the bull case from a macro perspective and talked about the impact of a new bull market in risk appetite and how it would impact different asset classes and our portfolio allocations.
This class trains students on a wide variety of technical indicators to become more confident traders. Participants will learn to identify active trading opportunities using relative strength, candlestick analysis, and price patterns.
The purpose of this session is to answer questions from students regarding topics taught in David Settle's weekly classes. The goal is to help you apply the learning you receive to your own active trading as you watch David apply the same concepts in his class trades.
This momentum-based trend trading class discovered on the Sector Selector that our growth-focused sectors have finally swung into the Top 3 rankings once again: Discretionary, Communications, and Technology. Meanwhile, defensive sectors like Health Care, Utilities, and Staples are at the bottom. That suggests risk appetite is strong across the broad market. We focused on the Financials sector with our trade set-ups today.
This basic options class discussed the long-term business owner mindset and why a DGI practitioner typically needs to learn how to do the hard things in order to have exceptional results. At the center of that conversation is being willing to be a contrarian when most people around you aren't. An independent mindset comes in handy for most long term investors. We focused on a Staple vs a Utility in today's match-up.
This long-term investing class discussed the benefits of building an income stream with dividend stocks to finance all (or part of) retirement. We also looked at a batch of dividend stocks recommended by an outside organization to see if it matched up with our philosophy here. Our head-to-head matchup was in the Communications sector.
This intermediate options class is designed for market participants who want to start trading more actively. Bullish and bearish directional strategies are guided by technical analysis and are used on both stocks and ETFs.
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