ETF stocks, or just ETFs for short, are excellent ways to gain broad exposure to the market. They are a core part of any portfolio, so let’s take a look at the cheapest ETF stocks. By “cheapest”, I’m going to use a few different metrics. On the one hand, I… Read More

Today we’ll look at a sector that I’m not actually that fond of: the cheapest solar stocks in the stock market. Solar stocks have never been one of my “must-own” stocks. Yes, energy is a critical part in everyday human life, but those needs are almost exclusively met by fossil… Read More

Today we’ll look at a sector that’s really been struggling: the cheapest coal stocks in the stock market. Coal stocks were once a vital holding in any portfolio. Because coal stocks in general are “must-own” stocks because coal plays a central part in everyday human life, coal was always present. Read More

Today’s article provides an overview of the cheapest steel stocks in the stock market. Why bother with steel stocks? Normally the financial media isn’t interested because they are boring stocks that aren’t about sexy headlines. They are investments that are beholden to economic cycles. Still, because of the Chinese trade… Read More

Options contracts tend to decrease in value as they get closer to expiration. That’s called time-decay. Simply put: you can lose money with options even if you make the right call about the underlying security but ignore time-decay. On the other hand, you can also let time-decay work in your… Read More

If you’d like to know how a change in implied volatility will affect the price of an options contract, you’ll have to look at vega. Vega is one of “the Greeks.” Those are measurements that give traders insight into how an option will respond to various market forces. Other Greeks… Read More

If you’re serious about trading options, then you need to understand implied volatility (or IV). Why? Because it’s a stat that helps you place winning trades. If you don’t pay attention to IV, you could end up buying high or selling low. In either case, you’re more likely to lose… Read More

How much does an option change in value as its underlying stock price moves one way or the other? The answer to that is the delta calculation. Delta is one of “the Greeks.” Those are statistical values that give you important info about options. Other Greeks include theta, vega,… Read More

How would you like to profit from a stock that moves significantly in either direction? If so, then consider the long strangle strategy. The key here is that you need large movement in the underlying stock for the trade to be profitable. It doesn’t matter which way the stock moves,… Read More

Today we’ll look at a popular investing arena: the cheapest dividend stocks in the stock market. We need to be a little bit careful when hunting for the cheapest dividend stocks, because sometimes dividend stocks are cheap for a reason. Investors are often enticed by a very high dividend yield… Read More