Today, Larry Berman CFA, CMT, CTA and Jim Cramer - Mad Money commented about whether WMT-N, COST-Q, TJX-N, MU-Q, TTWO-Q, LULU-Q, AEM-T, HPQ-N, RDNT-O, TYL-N, CRM-N, XPO-N, FICO-N, HEI-N, ORLY-Q, DPZ-N, CMG-N, ZPAY-T, ZPAY-T, XDIV-T, LSPD-T, BIP.UN-T, SCHD-N, MSFT-Q, AAPL-Q, TSLA-Q are stocks to buy or sell.
He helped developed this ETF 5 years ago. He uses it. It targets 50% position in a long in a covered call + 50% holds a T-bill and sells puts to generate income. This yields 6%, and has half the volatility of the US stock market. Is tax efficient, because the dividends off the options are treated as capital gains.
Megatech stocks report this week, and those names make up 26% of the Nasdaq 100 and 19.% of the S&P. The markets tell us we remain in a manic mood, but are back to April 2 level when Trump announced tariffs. Markets are saying, We had the bump and we've been through it and we're good to go here. Trump is walking back some of this tariffs. Now, markets are 1% from April 2. There's a lot of psychological resistance against current index levels. To go higher, we need to solve the trade war--nobody knows. We're in the early stage of a bear market unless the market rises to the 200-day moving average. The key is resolving trade issues, but he doesn't see that happening any time soon. We will see a memo of understanding from Korean and Japan, but we are not past volatility, not at al.. We will re-test recent lows in the coming quarters.
This and AutoZone have emerged as a strong duopoly in car retail. Once the auto tariffs kick in, these stocks will thrive--new cars will become expensive, so people will need car parts to maintain their existing cars. The company has bought back a ton of shares, shrinking the share count by 65% since 2010.
He helped developed this ETF 5 years ago. He uses it. It targets 50% position in a long in a covered call + 50% holds a T-bill and sells puts to generate income. This yields 6%, and has half the volatility of the US stock market. Is tax efficient, because the dividends off the options are treated as capital gains.