Options Trade of the Day

While chasing the hottest securities can be a lucrative exercise, generally speaking, robust opportunities tend to materialize from names that have stepped away from the limelight. Of course, the question then becomes — how the heck do you find these hidden gems? If every stock that collapsed was a...

Multinational payment card services provider Visa (NYSE:V) continues to perform as a consistently reliable blue-chip enterprise. On a year-to-date basis, V stock has gained just over 10%, which is a modest but noticeable improvement over the benchmark S&P 500 index. At the same time, broader...

Retail traders, especially those engaging an ultra-high-profile name like Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT), must contend with a harsh reality: you will always be slower than the institutional players. Still, accepting this reality leads to clarity. By not wasting your time and energy trying to find an edge...

To little surprise, big-box retailing giant Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE:BBY) has been one of the worst-hit entities due to President Donald Trump's trade policies, especially surrounding tariffs. As Reuters mentioned earlier this year, approximately 60% of the retailer's total annual cost of goods sold...

All other things being equal, coal represents a viable energy source, which theoretically should make Peabody Energy Corp (NYSE:BTU) a compelling investment. Of course, not all things are equal. For BTU stock, one of the core headwinds is the underlying industry's emissions, a matter that clashes...

While President Donald Trump and his supporters have been basking in the glow of major political victories, the administration's "One Big, Beautiful Bill" carries with it a potential landmine. As Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers have warned, the new law...

Although the innovation ecosystem has started to look interesting again as evidenced by the recent performance of the Nasdaq Composite index, Akamai Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:AKAM) has been a conspicuous laggard. Since the start of the year, the content delivery network (CDN) specialist — which also...

While supporters of President Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" are reveling in yet another major political win, Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos — no stranger to winning himself — isn't exactly smiling. The new law will target tax incentives for buying electric vehicles, thereby...

Renewable energy specialists like First Solar Inc (NASDAQ:FSLR) are feeling the heat following President Donald Trump signing a tax and spending bill, known as the "Big Beautiful Bill." Unfortunately, enterprises associated with clean energy — particularly solar-related companies — don't view the...

While multinational pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY) represents one of the top drugmakers in the world, that status alone hasn't exempted its equity from underperformance. In the past 52 weeks, LLY stock finds itself down almost 16%. Since the beginning of this year, LLY has...

Despite a better-than-expected jobs report sending the major indices higher, multinational food company Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC) conspicuously lost a relatively sizable portion of its market value during Thursday afternoon trading. While nonfarm payrolls increasing by 147,000 in June represented...

As a rule of thumb, exceeding financial estimates usually generates investor excitement. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case for software developer GitLab, Inc. (NASDAQ:GTLB). For the first quarter of fiscal 2026, GitLab posted earnings per share of 17 cents, beating the consensus view of 15 cents...

Last week, semiconductor giant Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) released its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2025, to bullish investors' delight. Revenue landed at $9.3 billion, easily beating the consensus estimate of $8.87 billion. Further, the company smoked Wall Street's...

While the ceasefire between Israel and Iran represented a positive development following a tense geopolitical flashpoint, it wasn't without consequence. The agreement between the two warring nations to halt hostilities led to a conspicuous decline in gold, which took down other precious metals,...

With news breaking earlier this morning that the U.S. and China have finalized a trade understanding, the major equity indices bounced higher on Friday. However, Trump Media & Technology Group (NASDAQ:DJT) suffered a conspicuous decline. While controversial in some circles because of its...