One of the most frightening sights in trading is the infinity symbol that appears next to the potential loss on a position that is short the underlying market....
This time every year, the idea of a ‘Santa rally’ permeates traders’ collective news and social media feeds. Jokes, strategies, and predictions swirl in...
A crash in financial markets can be defined as a large fall in price in a short amount of time, but this definition leaves much to be desired for those looking...
There comes a time when stocks grind higher at such an innocuous pace that one starts to wonder if this whole trading thing might be over. Has the mixture of...
Pot is maybe the least cool it’s ever been. Prices for Small Cannabis futures are down 14% since their launch in June, and pot stocks like SNDL, HEXO, and TLRY...
Almost every market since the invention of markets has dipped in price. Corn in the 1930s, original vinyl pressings of Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours in the early...
So, you think the stock market is going to crash. You’ve crunched the numbers and measured the charts, and now you’re ready to put your idea into play. The...
Will this be the down day that kicks off the next stock market crash?! Buy-and-hold investors and contrarian traders alike ask themselves the same question...
In 2021, one idea simply isn’t enough. It’s not just McDonald’s, but McDonald’s x BTS*. It’s not just Nike, but Nike x Ben & Jerry’s*. It’s not just Looney...
The S&P 500 took 27 years to increase by $2,000 (going from $300 in 1990 to $2,300 in 2017). Just last week, the equity index notched another $2,000 in less...
The Fed primarily controls interest rates, which they move higher in times of inflation and lower in times of recession. But what do they do when there's fear...
High inflation is causing some of the largest price extremes, bond and forex markets have seen in decades. Mike and Frank show you how high inflation has...
The highest inflation measure in more than 40 years has left many markets in utter disarray: Nasdaq is at its lowest since 2020, interest rates are their...
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