by Ian King | Aug 17, 2020 | 2020 Financial Crisis, Smart Profits Daily, Trading Strategies
It’s been a year for the history books… If you closed yourself off in a remote cabin in the woods on New Year’s Eve, you would have missed out on the most eventful year in decades. Last quarter’s gross domestic product dropped at the fastest pace since the Great...
by Ian King | Jul 10, 2020 | Smart Profits Daily, Stocks, Trading Strategies
One thing I’ve learned in my quarter century of investing is that Wall Street loves its axioms: “Buy low, sell high.” “Sell in May and go away.” “Buy when there’s blood in the streets, sell to the sound of trumpets.” And my personal favorite: “The trend is your...
by Ian King | Jun 26, 2020 | 2020 Financial Crisis, Smart Profits Daily, Trading Strategies
COVID-19 is back in the news. This year, the disease has killed 122,000 Americans and infected 2.4 million nationwide. It led to an economic shutdown, which sent the stock market plunging nearly 40% before a sharp rebound. We thought it would go away this summer; but...
by Ian King | Jun 22, 2020 | Smart Profits Daily, Trading Strategies
If you’re new to options trading, you may have heard some common myths, such as: Options are riskier than stocks. Options almost always expire worthless. Options are too complicated for most investors. In today’s Market Insights video, I ask my colleague and options...
by Ian King | Feb 7, 2020 | Smart Profits Daily, Stocks, Trading Strategies
In the early ’90s, Michael B. O’Higgins popularized a strategy called the “Dogs of the Dow.” That’s where investors purchase the 10 stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average with the highest yield. The idea is that these stocks have higher yields because they’re...
by Ian King | Feb 1, 2018 | Crypto, Trading Strategies
One of the keys to opening up growth in this sector is simplifying access to new investors. Apps such as Coinbase make buying and selling bitcoin much easier than before. Coinbase replaced YouTube as the most downloaded app on iTunes. With a few swipes and taps,...
