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Best Stocks: A unique financial stock riding the options boom with a chart sent from heaven

CNBC: Investing

These contracts, similar to but separate from the CBOT's bread-and-butter commodity futures products, were called options. When the early 1980's bull market got underway, this "Chicago Board Options Exchange" or CBOE (usually pronounced as C-Bow) grew into a hive of trader activity. The business was a hit.

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Best stocks: The 10 most exciting names of the summer and one more on the verge of a breakout

CNBC: Investing

It's not concentrated to any one or two sectors, it's all over the map. This is what you want to see in a bull market, of course, because it indicates a bull that's being driven by multiple forces and not a singular theme, like rates falling or AI spending.

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Best stocks: Defense, including these 2 names, may be in secular bull market as global conflicts mount

CNBC: Investing

I'll update my risk management comments below. and WMB is up 2.7%, both outperforming the S & P 500 up 1.6% Risk Management Josh — I think we're in a secular bull market for defense-oriented stocks, unfortunately for the world. Well, those breakouts have happened. Have a great week.

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Commodity Hedge Funds: The Most Lucrative “Hidden Gem” in Finance?

Mergers and Inquisitions

Commodity trading and investing are appealing for many of the same reasons global macro strategies are appealing: inflation protection, diversification, and potentially higher returns when financial assets perform poorly. As the delivery date approaches, the underlying commodity’s price and its futures price converge.

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