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May 21 2021 Option Professor Inc Opinions & Observations

The Option Professor is a Graduate of Boston College and has Decades of Investment Experience. The Option Professor has Educated Thousands of Investors Worldwide on the Uses & Risks of Investing.

Greetings Everybody!

This week was a wild ride but as far as the Dow Nasdaq & S&P 500 is concerned a real yawner on a week over week basis. Last month (April) we ran up to S&P 4200 and saw the HIGHEST readings for 2021 on the RSI. We suggested exploring COVERED CALLS and other portfolio preservation tactics such as collars ect. In May here we made a slight new high but it coincided with a LOWER RSI reading and that my friends is called a DIVERSION. We are losing some of our momentum (e.g. we had 90% of S&P stocks ABOVE their 50 day MA which is down to 60% & Nasdaq is lower). We told you last week that the Treasury 10 yr yield at 1.75% & the 30yr at 2.54% from MARCH may be very KEY levels as data shows if they peaked the market may see a peak 2-4 months afterwards (May or July). We got inflation data CPI core annualizing at 11% & Service PMI today at 70 & Earnings zooming at retailers & housing prices up 16% & we can’t take out the MARCH HIGHS IN YIELDS? The talk is starting about cutting back Fed purchases (120 Billion per month) particularly in mortgages. Stimulus talks are just that talks. Enhance Unemployment is ending. Pent up demand is not never-ending demand. Earnings forecasts for S&P 2022 are 209. The key is will we MAINTAIN a 22 PE ratio or will we COMPRESS VALUATIONS next year. Here’s the math…209 X 22 PE = S&P 4598….209 X 20 = S&P 4100…OK….but what if the TREND of VALUATION COMPRESSION that has already claimed ZM TDOC DOCU PTON COIN SPOT ect were to hit the S&P 500 and we were to normalize/correct to 15 PE or 18 PE? We would then see a big VALUATION shift to 209 X 15 PE or 209 X 18 PE and the S&P could be priced at anywhere between 3135 and 3762….surprise!! In case you haven’t noticed you can take a look at stocks like BABA…the forward PE in Sept 2020 was 31 & now it’s 21. Many stocks in China have come down despite big growth and earnings numbers in part due to huge VALUATION CHANGES. So was S&P 4250 the high point or do we hit 4300-4500 before DISCOUNTING next years comps and post pent up demand and normalization of inflation (supply demand realigns) & GDP reverts to mean? As we said last week; we could get a bang to the upside going into the holiday weekend next week if we can close ABOVE S&P 4180 BUT the time is getting CLOSER to when ASSET ALLOCATION may preserve your portfolio so you could avoid the pitfalls many investors are now feeling with the ARK funds & BitCoin & BABA-first they lost their humility & then lost their money GO TO optionprofessor.com/subscribe and LEARN what OPPORTUNITIES we like & ASSET ALLOCATION ahead of us!

Stock Market

Big stories this week was ATT merger with Discovery which was not welcomed after an initial bang to the upside. Every Tom Dick & Harry sold the stock as the volume was thru the roof as they cut their dividend. Crowded field in streaming plus the TMUS/Sprint merger was a double whammy. Our LT MA’s suggest if we can stay ABOVE 29 and the break 33…this thing could work out as panic selling sometimes isn’t sharp selling. Watch out for VIAC to get courted and MGM is dating AMZN apparently. BitCoin the other big story but we said last week GBTC needed to close ABOVE 45-50 to get back ABOVE MA resistance which failed….BUT we started at 1o went to 58 so a 61.8% move down takes us to 28 which was the LOW and we rallied only to fall back by the end of the week….so let’s see if 22 or 28 is it as Cathie Wood says she sees capitulation & $500,000 down the road despite the PBOC saying forget payments & mining plus Musk now worried about environmental issues (TSLA sales drop 67% MOM…so let’s hope her glasses aren’t fogging up:) The auto were interesting as F was on fire with their EV F150 pick up and FSR teamed up with FOXCONN to build here. Volkswagen may be the deal as their EV biz is bright and their PE is low. OTLY popped on the IPO..we’ll see how sticky. NEXT WEEK earning calendar has retail (JWN BBY COST GAP DICK’S) plus TOL & HP CRM AZO….but the Big Kahuna is when NVDA announces as they are splitting 4-1 on July 20 (July 19 dissemination)….this stock is up 1250% since 5 yrs and double in the last year and amongst other things produce graphics processing units that create images for video games. BUT the stock has been caught in about a 100 dollar trading range for 9 months due in part to some say a high VALUATION. We have an opinion on what potentially we may see going into the split which needs approval on June 3.

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Bond Market

The Fed is starting to sound as if some tapering of purchases will be the first step at leaving the emergency funding phase we are in now. TLT above 133 still tells us that transitory is still the best bet on inflation and growth. Despite growth that leads to higher revenues & earnings; the MARCH highs in Treasury yields remain intact. The entire planet is screaming higher rates are coming and they may but we won’t buy their story until we take out the March lows which seemed to overshoot the recalibration of rates vs the economy as evidenced by the rally against strong econ data. The Fed’s got to get off the short end of the yield curve which has plenty of liquidity and keep powder dry for the long end. Each week..we SHARE our thought on where to get DIVIDEND INCOME plus Tax Free High Yield Preferred and Loans Go to optionprofessor.com/subscribe and get updated weekly on specifics about INCOME OPPORTUNITIES!

US Dollar-International Markets

Our view on the Dollar is that the rebound ended with the break UNDER 91.75 on DXY and a break ABOVE 120 & 135 on the Euro & BP. Our deficits and negative real yields are a double whammy. Now we need to see if we hold the 88-90 support on DXY or do we accelerate to the downside the the 2nd half of 2021. If Gold & Energy hold their water the Canadian $ & AUS $ should fend well while Japan’s consumer internally seems spotty. Fiat currency beta digital this week for sure. We like Europe and Emerging Markets but the latter is still way behind on vaccines and the former needs to get their act together for the summer vacationers. We believe they will an steps are moving to ease travel. Retail sales in the UK were up 9%..expect more of the same in the Eurozone. We SHARE ideas on how to participate China & EM still a work in progress but a bargain..go to optionprofessor.com/subscribe & LEARN what we see.

Crude Oil Natural Gas

Crude hit the skids this week but did rebound a bit by the end of the week. We still believe the future is bright for energy stocks but volatility is the name of the game. Some say 80 in the future months ahead so we stay focused. Our SUBSCRIBERS know we have been all over this for OVER a year. Iranian oil is a wild card but not enough to alter our longer term view. We told SUBSCRIBERS that LNF was turning at 70 (now 83) and Nat gas at 2.50 (now 2.90)..not bad! Go to optionprofessor.com/subscribe and LEARN how we think the E&P Refiners and Integrated names will fare

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The original store of Value Gold had a great week and since we called the up move off $1675 it’s been rewarding. Silver ABOVE 27 and Gold $1775 suggests that after a possible consolidation a move up in Q3-4 should see acceleration. Negative real yields and inflation and money supply explosion should set the fire. Supplies of platinum couldbe tight when auto factories come on line in summer. We warned people that Copper near 5.00 was getting rich so we dipped. We have been on this since 2.50 Copper and 10 bucks FCX so we are careful up here in the friendly skies. Hosuing was spotty on starts and existing home sales plus the ITB has rolled over a bit. The BitCoin Ethereum trade got whacked but we said OUT of GBTC UNDER 50 and ETHE Under 35 was the place to be and we stick to that while it stabilizes. Go to optionprofessor.com/subscribe & LEARN where we see the OPPORTUNITIES in metals & Crypto looking forward!

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All three bull markets all three overbought and consolidating while the squeeze is either resolved or continues. We told you the weather can change the crop report could throw water on things and the mills could increase production. BACKWARDATION is now a common language but may be temporary and that’s the rub on the bull call. It is a mess with these three from a supply demand perspective but like copper…we liked beans at 8 not 18 coffee at 100 not so much at 160 and Sugar at 12 not 18…we share ideas on ETF’s you can use to play and some have had really nice runs Go to optionprofessor.com/subscribe LEARN how we see OPPORTUNITIES in the markets unfolding ahead of us!

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May 14 2021 Option Professor Opinions & Observations

The Option Professor is a Graduate of Boston College with Decades of Investment Experience. The Option Professor has Instructed Thousand of Investors on the Uses & Risks of Investing.

Last week we spoke of a rollover in price that could be precipitated by the inflation number as the Fed is our friend and we are not entering recession so that leaves one culprit. Down she went to about S&P 4050 only to recover most but not all the weekly loss as the CDC said off with the masks! The CPI and PPI numbers were Huge as some dismissed the JUMP in used car prices, motels-hotels and airfares as temporary BUT the wise ones said that housing rises of 2+% were way out of line with reality (prices up 18%-rents to follow)and Health Care costs flat certainly will be rising….both big components looking forward. Put that together with negative real yields and you have the recipe for VOLATILITY to be around for awhile. The Quant boys (Kolanovic-Lee) thought it was either overdone or that the attempt at a crash ang getting the VIX above 30 failed (subsequent big drop under 20)…so it’s blue skies and green lights from here. The favorites remain banks energy epicenter (cos. that got whacked by Covid) industrials materials and value. We let our SUBSCRIBERS know how to get exposure to these areas and more. The squeeze on commodities hit a speed bump with the crop report hitting the grain markets hard and word that more mills and saws doing their thing will hit Lumber’s cannonball run. INSIDERS have been selling at a pretty good pace ($24.4 Billion) including Bezos Ellison Brin and Zuckerberg…plus Yuan of Zoom but he seems a little late. Watch housing stocks with the break in Lumber prices. Also a lot of high flyers are down (DKNG ect) so we will see if they get their boat legs back. Comparing this time to the Roaring 20’s (last epidemic) seems silly as 1910-1920 was a bad period for stocks and we entered the decade at a 9 PE ration…now 3X that measure Excess & Speculation abounds (spacs-valuations-AD line roll-put-calls-meme-ect) but we have households with $$$ but is fiscal and monetary stimulus going to abate in the 2nd half of the year? Our guess is that we may see more upside BUT 2021has a high probability of topping and a sharp decline is coming…. WHY? …because our 3 year Long Term Moving Average on the S&P 500 is at 3140 and we are OVER 1000 points above it! Only a fool would not recognize that reverting back toward the mean is a high probability after we stop making new highs on a monthly basis….whether than be in June or later is debatable…we believe being ready with ways to reduce risk is not debatable. This could be the most important thing to LEARN more about as the tides change ahead of us.

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Bond Market

Surprise!..Inflation is on fire and yields drop and bond prices rise..go figure? Well it seems that Q1 was the worst on record for bond prices dropping so it appears much of what we hear is baked into prices. Same story…10 yr 1.75% and 30yr 2.54% and some data suggests if yields peak (March) that 2-4 months after stocks peak (May-July) so keep an eye out for that relationship. EDV & TLT failed to take out their lows and Junk Binds and credit spreads remain in a kind of looneyville. Until we see those yields taken out we are concerned that the planet thinks we’re going to higher rates.

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US Dollar/International Markets

We told readers awhile ago that the dead cat bounce in the Dollar ended when we broke about 91.75 about a month ago as that was the MA we watch. If we get back above that level you could build a case for Dollar turn but now Europe is getting going and their yields have risen so the BP Euro & the Aussie-Canadian have benefited from commodity inflation and robust reopenings. If we take out the 88-90 area.. could be timber. We love the European markets and certain sectors which we share with SUBSCRIBERS–great week this week!…They open next as we said for months..followed by Emerging Markets (India cases turned better)…we have ways to gain exposure their too (China?)

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Crude Oil Natural Gas

Energy shares had a great week…no surprise to us (we’ve told SUBSCRIBERS to be bullish for 1 yr)…and a march to 80 crude oil (Goldman Sachs call) still seems plausible. In our NEWSLETTER we have outlined SPECIFICS & the reasoning and while bumps in the road can happen..our theme remains. We told readers that 2.50 was the turn in Nat gas and so far that is spot on….what energy shares look best? Should you go with E&G, Refiners or Integrated? SUBSCRIBE Today!

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We told readers that the traditional inflation hedges TURNED UP in March and are now in the PROCESS of mounting what could be a face-ripper 2nd half of the year rally. WHY?..how about negative real yields versus rising inflation numbers (Core inflation is annualizing at 11%)….how about a Dollar closing in on a 15% loss of value in 14 months! or how about all LT Moving Average pointing UP! Silver ABOVE 27 and Gold ABOVE 1850 would suggest game on BUT if we fail next week from these levels the timetable may be late summer /fall which was our original forecast. Lots of ways to play it…SUSCRIBE to hear ours. Copper like lumber and grains got a wake up call as mines producing…mills working and crops coming threw water on these short squeezes this week…we said copper was extended so be careful. Palladium git hit but bounced off 2800 which looks like a good line in the sand. Crypto got a shock when TSLA says they are suspending accepting BitCoin for cars & Musk lampooned DOGE on SNL. We look at technicals and MA’s to gauge Crptos (ETHE GBTC) and staying ABOVE 35.50 ETHE is good and getting ABOVE 45-50 GBTC reignites uptrend. Coinbase announced earnings and revenues were great but comes 90% from transactions which some believe is on borrowed time. They are flexible to add coins (DOGE coming)…RSI’s at 40 price under 260– Above 280 RSI 50…yeah!

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May 7 2021 Option Professor Opinions & Observations

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Good Day!….Another Great Week to be in Stocks as we roared to new highs as the Fed is not only supplying the punch bowl but; after the jobs miss, may are betting they are the bartender:). We provided subscribers for months the Portfolio Roadmap & a Focus List to take advantage of this market……we think you should go to optionprofessor.com/subscribe so not only can you get weekly updates but a link to our recent webinar. Anyone who has read our updates for the last year knows WE TOLD YOU about the S&P crash ending last year at about a 38% drop off the highs and with a close above 2800 SP & the FED…all systems were go. WE TOLD YOU to add Value Banks Energy Industrials Materials 6-9 months ago as a steepening yield curve would hurt tech and support these sectors. WE TOLD YOU to start looking at Europe & EM for re-opening later this year. WE TOLD YOU Copper & Grains & Commodities would ROAR as Covid supply shortages & massive demand would hike prices. WE TOLD you oil would zoom as rig closures & other factors (tight supplies) would be dwarfed by demand & the energy sector would ROAR. WE TOLD YOU Gold at $1675 ($2065 high-$1040 low = $1025 X 38% or $390 so $2065-$390 = $1675….not a bad call huh?…..so we respectfully ask you keep up to date on what we are thinking by getting our newsletter each week for $49 bucks a month or $297 per year ($24.75 per mo). It’s balanced it’s thoughtful it’s independent and we strive 100 % to bring something of value to you each week! We get into specifics and share our Focus List/Portfolio Roadmap—optionprofessor.com/subscribe & tell a friend! You get our views on Stocks-Dividend Income-International-Bonds-Energy-Metals-Crypto-Grains-More!! We have had a big run and the question is we will go to S&P 4350-4500 before summer or will we see that drop toward S&P 3600-3800 as we are hit by REALITY that opening an economy is harder than shutting one down. We will be happy to share with you; our subscribers exactly the way we see it as it unfolds in the weeks ahead.

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Stock Market

The Markets rocketed higher this week as the Fed may never tighten if they will wait for unemployment to normalize as the new normal will be far different than before due to technology and operating margins companies now enjoy. Since interest rates are gravity to stocks-no tightening no gravity. Negative real yields are 90 basis points and this week we get CPI & PPI….this is a recipe for asset inflation and soaring metals prices BUT as we saw this week (Goldman & Pimco reiterated)….people are too excited about inflation & reports are ????. We told you that energy could fly (servicers E&P Integrated) and the ones we told subscribers about did just that last week. Banks Materials Industrials Value all did well and the newer member to our family international got some legs too. Big moves in some of the vice stocks (TLRY MJ CZR WYNN MGM) & other reopen stocks (CCL JETS PEJ) got moving too…next week we have earning from two big ones so let’s see the $$$$ (DIS MAR). The yearlings have earning next week (COIN PLTR BMBL RBLX ABNB DASH POSH) so we’ll see if valuations matter! The shake up in drug companies (MRNA MRK PFE ect) short lived but RKT got whacked as loan demand stinks. GDP in Q2 is expected huge…$2 Trill on S&P balance sheets…$4.7 Trill in money markets and $16 Trill in commercial bank deposits PLUS we spent $1 trill more than income lost leaves us in shock how much liquidity is out there BUT there is a 19th Century Ricardian Theory that deficits deter spending as consumers pay back debt. Leon Cooperman said it well with we are borrowing from the future and progressive agendas lead to higher taxes higher inflation higher interest rates. Bear Markets come from a hostile Fed-inflation and a recession and we have lack evidence of that yet (commodity inflation can be transitory as supply and demand dynamics can change). He said he is a mostly invested bear and will hope to adjust before a major change in the up trend. Go to optionprofessor.com/subscribe and keep abreast of our specific views on positioning right now.

Bond Market

Big reversal after the jobs report as the 10yr Treasury yields dropped toward 1.46% only to close 10 basis points higher. The reality is that Q1b saw the worst bond market sell off in decades and positioning AS WE SAID got overdone and a rally ensued. TLT could be vulnerable if it is unable to take out 141 and decides to head south UNDER 135. Junk Bonds are being issued at record pace and the CCC grade is priced to perfection…many are simply sitting in cash unwilling to loan money at joke rates where risk for no return is the menu. Norfolk Southern sold 100 year bonds (first time since 2018) at less than 2% above treasuries. Peru sold $4 Billion of 100 yr bonds back in November….loan money that doesn’t mature until 2121…it’s a sign of a DEBT BUBBLE to us. The Fed is supposed to be dovish…..so who’s right? If they stay the course & inflation up dollar down metals up; we would love top be a fly on the wall at the meeting in Jackson Hole:)..Volatility is coming in all asset classes for the rest of the year…get our views each week.. go to optionprofessor.com/subscribe…..LEARN alternatives now!

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US Dollar/International Markets

We said the Dollar Index was on thin ice when we broke UNDER the 50-200 day MA’s at 91.75-91.50 areas. We closed at 90.22 as the BP EURO CAN & AUS (commodity currencies) all take aim as a dovish Fed with no tapering in sight falls prey to countries that reduce stimulus & BENEFIT from inflation (particularly commodity type). The international market we spoke of in Europe & Emerging Markets had a great week with we believe a lot of runway. China PPI comes out Tues our CPI PPI out next week with retail sales too. China’s domestic spending seems a bit timid but the trade deficits with them Europe and Emerging Markets is staggering. Find out about positioning in Asia Europe & Emerging Markets…optionprofessor.com/subscribe….LEARN alternatives now!

Crude Oil Natural Gas

Anyone who had read our reports knows we have been here for a year and continue to benefit. Same story as any price over 50-55 means FREE CASH FLOW to many firms. the E&P Refiners Integrated all had great runs this week and we will update things for subscribers as to which ones we prefer. We told readers and subscriber 2.50 Nat Gas & LNG at 70 was the turning point and one closed at almost 3.00 and 82.65…plus all the oil stocks….not bad info huh?…go to optionprofessor.com/subscribe and start getting our views each week….Get Learning Now!

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All stores of value to some degree…all with exciting supply/demand dynamics. We told you to use March lows as a get out point in Gold Silver & Platinum and be as bullish as you can afford to be….this week we got the break! Now Gold above 1800 Silver 27 and Platinum 1200 all looks good but we may churn around as the larger move expected later this year BUT with negative real yields and inflation picking up & MA”s up—you never know. Copper we have been bullish on for so long we feel like a broken record…FCX at 10 now 40+…SCCO…also CPER & CUPX we have new ones CPER & CUPX as demand is huge from EV’s Air turbines Construction Infrastructure so mines can’t keep up BUT supply will come (Palladium got hit as South African mines increase production and RSI divergence into new highs) so be careful & sober. The crypto we watch are BitCoin and Ethereum with the latter on are to go list in the last 2 months as we see programmable block chain could be enormous. Mining shares and way to hedge your positions are the focus. LEARN MORE NOW optionprofessor.com/subscribe…. the future may be very volatile & bright…stay informed…..get the facts…the Fed wants an inflation pick up.

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We have been all over these three markets for a long long time. Backwardation is running very high as well as RSI on the Bloomberg Index. Hedge Funds are plowing money into commodities as shortages coming out of supply cuts die to Covid & droughts (South America now Canada) have led to squeezes. The USDA has a report next week and we must remember shortages don’t last forever though some believe they could last into harvest There are ways to play this stuff thru ETF’s LEARN NOW simply subscribe optionprofessor.com/subscribe Thanks!

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April 30 2021 Option Professor Opinions & Observations

Greetings!….We spoke in Mid April on the run up to S&P 4200 and rallies into earnings that HEDGING tactics may be in order. These tactics included covered call writing, protective collars, married puts. trimming and replacement trades using calls & call spreads. If you are unfamiliar with these strategies and do not know how to adjust these tactics once the market goes up or down…we suggest you go to optionprofessor.com/subscribe and get educated and ask your questions. Last week we said that we may in a binary situation at S&P 4200 in that if short term peak growth and peak earnings plus valuation compression were to prevail…then a correction spoke of by many big firm talking heads could occur. While this appears to be the case after this weeks price action….like college football announcer Lee Corso says….NOT SO FAST!…..we say this because IF Covid vaccinations start hitting 40%+ and the reality of open ended Fed accommodation plus fiscal-monetary- human (pent up demand) stimulus & household liquidity comes roaring back in May….the move to S&P 4300-4500 is not off the table but obviously must blow out the highs created this week first. Nine months ago we didn’t have a vaccine nor much of a steep yield curve nor a VIX UNDER 20 but we said they were coming. We said the Value stocks, Dividend paying stocks, Banks, Energy, Industrials, Materials, Consumer Discretionary ect. were the place to be. Now 95% of all S&P 500 stocks are ABOVE their 200 day MA’s & 90% are beating earnings estimates due to OPERATING LEVERAGE we spoke of long ago. Inflation numbers are picking up and we expect will expand (but with terrible money velocity may not last) and the yield curve will steepen by the June Jackson Hole Fed meeting (5yr-10yr spread is at 75 and should be 100-125). Where does investor positioning make sense now and what markets around the world may advance as they unlock and get vaccinated? Good question huh? Well we invite you to our site optionprofessor.com/subscribe you can see our PORTFOLIO ROADMAP & FOCUS LIST and get weekly updates!

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Stock Market

Personal Income jumped to a record and some say there is a Silver Tsunami coming of people turning 60+ who may make RV’s, Boating (owner/part owner/and mountain bikes (outdoor activities a fertile ground. High Valuations were hurt by RISING RATES which may continue. Apple & Autos may be getting hurt by the chip shortage as AAPL wanted no part of the 140’s & GM wanted no part of the 60’s…let’s see. Drug companies like AMGN MRK PFE JNJ BMY got whacked but some say buy the tip-dividends and valuations. Industrials (BA HON) faded too but that may be short lived. Ditto home construction (ITB) which is on fire as people don’t want to sell their homes and millennials are tired of their parents basement:) . Q1 & Q2 comps on earnings are a breeze as the first 6 months of 2020 were a disaster but no problem for the national monopolies such as GOOG FB (search/social media) AAPL (tech) AMZN (e-commerce) MSFT (cloud) FDX UPS (delivery) among others crushed it. People seem to be eating out (QSR MCD YUM YUMC DRI) and Consumer Discretionary may not be done yet (VCR). Elective surgeries are coming back (SYR MDT) and the proliferation of streaming hurt growth at NFLX. With movies back on a roll and amusement park reopening.. a peek at DIS CMCSA SIX AMC makes sense. There is a lot to consider and not all of it is good. The Merry Month of May (Camelot) promises to be a potentially wild one so educate yourself! Go to optionprofessor.com/subscribe and learn what we feel are solid asset allocation choices right now.

Bond Market

Rates started to drift back up as we got very strong (expected) data and the Fed has made itself as clear as a bell. They are outcome and data driven and so forget your theories (dot plots) and focus on UNEMPLOYMENT INFLATION & SUSTAINED INFLATION until further notice. They put this plan together over 5 yrs and are not going to throw it out the window like a speculator. As we said above; the 5yr – 10yr spread suggests it should widen which could mean a drift higher in yields. Steeper yield curves and a strong economy flows right into our scenario of where to position for INCOME. Junk Bonds had the biggest month ever in April and the banks have been issuing bonds like crazy (betting on higher rates?) Our best guess is that tight labor markets may fuel wage inflation and steepen the yield curve along with strong data. This is a wave that is really just beginning with a lot of runway. Some feel population growth is shrinking, aging baby boomer continues, technological advances & globalization goes on to lift all boats…so we invite you to go to optionprofessor.com/subscribe & LEARN how to find INCOME thru DIVIDENDS Preferred Munis IG HY EM & More!

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US Dollar & International Markets

Our view on the Dollar (DXY) for that last year was that 100-104 was the peak and a sell off occurred when our rates tanked taking away our yield advantage. In comes a rise in rates in Q1 and all shorts got pinched as our yield advantage returned as we held 88 and went 93-94. We then said the break under 91.67-91.53 was no good as we could see a Golden Cross to the downside. We sold off and this week bounced up to close at 91.29 DXY. If we clear 91.70 & sustain a move back to 94-96 is possible buy our feeling is with the recoveries later this year in Europe and EM plus the deficits and Fed policy may force the Dollar to slide further. Internationally; we have strong opinions in Europe ( UK Germany France Spain ect.) & Asia plus Emerging Markets-Mexico Brasil Chile–there is a lot to LEARN about here. Go to optionprofessor.com/subscribe and LEARN what the Option Professor sees for opportunities right now.

Crude Oil/ Natural Gas

Crude Oil is benefitting from expectations of a demand boom worldwide as we reopen the economies. We have been bullish on this area since LAST YEAR so no surprise here. XOM & CVX both made money & CVX hiked its dividend. Always back & forth action but from the drillers to the servicers to the refiners we have ideas to share with subscribers. We told you weeks ago that Nat gas bottomed at 2.50 (closed at 2.94) and LNG at 70 (closed 77 1/2) so we’re happy! Take the time to go to optionprofessor.com/subscribe and LEARN what’s on OUR FOCUS LIST!

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Well one metal we saw this week made RECORD HIGHS which was Palladium which we hope is good news for platinum as they compete in the catalytic converter space. We told you a TRADEABLE low for Gold Silver Platinum happened in March at $1675 $24+ $1000+ and rally they did. NOW we need to use the Missouri slogan (The Show Me State):) We need to clear the highs of April to keep this turnaround alive. Good News is the inflation numbers are picking up and the FED will not raise rates anytime soon. Bad News is MONEY VELOCITY is a joke (low) and you can print all you want but if people deleverage and save and avoid credit card use/loans (they are)…then inflation will be TRANSITORY. We still don’t know how much Crypto stealing from the metals as a store of value but maybe more than we think. We do expect big things later this year and later this year is coming on fast. We follow the metal mining shares and other ideas for subscribers. Copper is the Kingfish this year as demand from housing, infrastructure and EV’s outstrips supplies by a lot. Be careful up here as we have come a long way.. we told you about FCX & SCCO last year-BOOM! We told subscribers about Bitcoin (GBTC) and Ethereum (ETHE) and the year after halving is boom times BUT to use 30%-50% drops (we just had one) as entry levels RISK CAPITAL ONLY. We think ETHE is a double play on digital currency and programmable block chain. This stuff is backed by confidence so if people ever lose confidence it’s over Go to optionprofessor.com/subscribe and LEARN our views and forecast & our FOCUS LIST & ask questions as well!

Soybeans Sugar Coffee

We told readers about these bull markets since last year and now we have BACKWARDATION in some of these markets suggesting very tight supplies versus strong demand (if you don’t know what this means-another reason to subscribe) Since we got bullish on all 3 markets so long ago….and the markets up here in the ozone…..it’s boom or bust time.

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Option Professor Report- Chronic Caution versus Overvaluation-Who Wins? Read On

April 23 2021 Option Professor Opinions & Observations

The Option Professor is a graduate of Boston College and has decades of investment experience. He has instructed thousands of investors worldwide on the Uses & Risks of Investing.

Welcome Back!….This week we had a big sell off when Prez Biden said cap gains tax could go to 43%+ top levels (54% NYC)…which sent the bears roaring only to reverse course by Friday. We spoke of exploring hedging tactics (if you don’t know what that means…another good reason to SUBSCRIBE) at the highs around S&P 4200 last week. Still not a terrible thing to consider with the caveat that you know how to adjust your hedges if need be. There are a number of things that have cause CHRONIC CAUTION in many investors and institutions and they include virus spikes, higher taxes and nosebleed valuations. This has kept more money out then ordinarily would occur with these earnings and economic numbers hitting the roof. So here’s OUR TAKE….the companies have adjusted their structures to reduce expenses back to those a decade ago…..many companies have top line revenues starting to come in gang busters as we reopen….if you takes expected revenues and match them to OPERATING LEVERAGE you have a scenario where the shock factor may come in the way valuations are actually reasonable and may very well expand in financials material industrials energy and value/cyclicals. We share where & how to set yourself up for this to SUBSCRIBERS of our newsletter. We have all over the Europe opening by Labor day and EM by EOY plus a belief that if we get vaccination up to 60%-70% herd immunity kicks in and we’re home free. We also SHARE how to participate in these areas. The next 2-4 weeks could be very exciting and if the VIX stays contained to 12-20….a 5%-10% rally by summer not off the table. We have ideas to share on positioning for the USA. Europe and Emerging Markets & Tangible Assets. Subscribe Today!

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Stock Market

Briefly; the sectors we are focused on in Value Cyclicals Materials Industrial Health Care Financial & Energy are still the places to be as longer term Growth could very well be challenged by higher interest rates and an INFLATION SHOCK. In the weekly newsletter we SHARE with subscribers ways to position in these and others so we believe we ADD VALUE.

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Bond Market

We told everybody Bonds would rally coming out of the Q1 debacle as yields rose to discount HUGE economic number and Inflation BUT the market is starting to look through to the other side and see a reversion the mean on GDP & Inflation plus positioning was so short it had the bears scurrying to cover…not unlike when the Dollar tanked. We don’t believe this rally will stick so get the newsletter on how we position for INCOME & DIVIDENDS in our opinion & view.

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US Dollar/International Markets

We told you last week that the Dollar was skating on thin ice as the 50-200 Day MA’s were inverted to the downside and that te market last Friday closed UNDER both numbers…this week more of the same. OUR TAKE…investors are looking past the noise of COVID in Europe and starting to discount improving numbers in the months ahead. The Euro & GBP both have not had the printing press on as much as the USA and our trade deficit assures us our money is going overseas. China & EM have corrected and it looks like we may see a nice turn plus Europe has much better valuations than we do so the value hawks may be ready to ADD to international exposure..where is the puck going?

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Crude Oil Natural Gas

Crude Oil had a correction and then rebounded only to lose some ground this week We were bullish OVER a year ago during the fire sale and SUBSCRIBERS benefited from that information. Still a believer longer term as P/E money rig counts and investment in general suggests tighter supplies colliding with increased demand….We told you about Natural Gas bottoming at 2.50 & LNG at 70 so far so good…We SHARE our IDEAS with Subscribers so Join Up Today!

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Gold Silver Platinum Copper BitCoin COIN

We told you the lows of $1675 Gold $24 Silver & $1000 Platinum may be the lows for the rest of the year. We expect an inflation shock by Q3 or Q4 and if the Fed really sticks to no hikes…that’s a metals bull dream. We told you to fade Gold & Silver when it went parabolic but after the correction we have changed out tune….Platinum potential dark horse. Copper demand is off the hook (EV Solar Infrastructure Housing China) as the BEST conductor of electricity. Our views on BitCoin remains that on 30-50% drops you take a bite with risk capital and COIN pulling back nicely. Ethereum is now interesting and we will be outlining why in our newsletter in coming weeks…Don’t Miss It! SUBSCRIBERS get our FOCUS LIST on how to position in the markets and updates on our views…..a Great Value!

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Soybeans Sugar Coffee

There are bottlenecks in supply chains in many commodities (lumber ect) and there are weather factors that can come into play…we have told you about these and these markets/ETF’s have been moving to the upside…Subscribe Today!

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OPTION PROFESSOR REPORT-Time For Call Writing-Married Puts & Collars-Must Read!

4/16/21 Option Professor-Opinions & Observations

The Option Professor is a graduate of Boston College with decades of investment experience & instructed thousands on the Uses-Risks of Investing

Greetings!…Well we are running on all cylinders with the S&P closing on an all time high and we’re loving riding the wave. Banks made a ton as we said and more earnings out next week. Banks immediately hit the credit window with RECORD Bond sales…why? Inflation & economic data are thru the roof yet Bond yields declined ..why? Jobless Claims are dropping as we said they would & Q1 comps to last year are not sustainable. Reversion to the mean is a time tested truth in the markets so when we see the market by some models 1 standard deviation overbought & Schiller & Buffett’s valuation metrics in the ozone and the S&P near 4200 with our LT moving averages (1-2-3 yrs) @ 3550-3261-3100 PLUS up OVER 23%+ ABOVE pre- Covid high of 3393….we explore hedges. Learn How To Protect Your Portfolio & Reduce Risk

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Stock Market

This week the big story was the banks blowout earning and Coinbase (COIN) coming direct to the market. Profits were huge due to 2 main factors trading and reversing reserves kept for bad loans….both may not be repeatable. The focus then comes to loan demand and credit card usage which both appear soft as many people and corporations pay down debt and don’t need loans as they are flush with cash. The Fed (and us) believe the GDP & Inflation spikes may be transitory and the question up here is will we revert back to the mean in both and will valuations compress. We do get inflation as we come out of crashes (2001 & 2008) which is good for tangible assets. Lumber is going nuts as there is no inventory & houses sell in days above ask (higher prices coming)…look at WFG CFPZF IFPF LPX….while the JNJ bad news is good for BNTX & PFE MRNA..and BOTZ is on a roll-Elliot mgt bought some GSX. Base metals are getting squeezed by demand so CLF X VALE have benefitted while copper is the best conductor of electricity so stocks we told subscribers about a year ago FCX SCCO benefitted from EV Solar and infrastructure front running traders. China’s on fire (GDP 18%+) as well they should be as 75% of all chips (TSM says shortage will continue) come out of there and east Asia…Beijing airport traffic +290%. OKTA deals in identity and internet security and has lots of customers an a potential long runway. Disney (DIS) is comparatively crushing NFLX in that they reached 100 Mill subscribers in 1 1/2 yrs that took NFLX a decade PLUS they have many merchandising-theme park revenue streams to offset the risk of entertainment origination. Clean energy is all the rage so watch ICLN BE FCEL & BLDP. Plug Power (PLUG) may be worth a look after it’s drop. Unusual options activity included VLO as we head into summer driving season. Finally..here’s our take on COIN….they are making money with 56 M users… but were valued at Goldman levels and for the quarter they did volume that the NASDAQ does in 1 or 2 days. Retail trading is 90% of their business with high fess & no regulation (like Fintech that window is closing). To really make it long term they need to be what Microsoft was the cloud…..they need to be to block chain…lending storage.. payments & smart contracts…… if so…a platform for life.

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Bond Market

Yields dropped as we said they would as the sell side was way too crowded and now the pain trade is that rates drop. This shocks many but not us a s we talked of adding duration as we came off 2.55% area on the 30yr and for the most aggressive look to zero coupons (Strips). Yield stink in Asia & Europe so we have a natural buyer and our own pensions ect are taking a bite. They can hedge the currency risk and still pocket 1%. The losses in Q1 were unsustainable at that speed so this to us was a no brainer. The Fed ECB BOJ injected $8Trillion during the crisis so liquidity is not an issue. We share DIVIDEND & INCOME ideas with subscribers each week ……. you should Join us & Learn About Income Investing

US Dollar/International Markets

After a rebound rally that we called off the 88-90 area on the DXY…the greenback is skating on thin ice. at 91.53 close. The 50-200day M/A’s are at 91.58 & 91.76 so they are inverted to the downside and we closed UNDER both. The Euro & Pond are gaining steam and if the DXY breaks 91..our yield advantage may give way to our money supply growth (+25%) and our fiscal and trade deficits otherwise a reversal potentially could get us up into that 94-96 neighborhood. The international markets are fertile lands for us a s they got great valuations and are the beneficiaries of our HUGE trade deficit so we see a China/Emerging Market-Asia bounce ….a Europe/Banks pop and a Latin America -Mexico-Chile (Copper) Brazil advance. We have stocks and ETF we share with SUBSCRIBERS so Get Smart Today…Join Us

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Crude Oil/ Natural Gas

Crude oil popped back up big time from the 5’s to well over 60 and the refiners are on a roll and expected to fly on demand going into summer. This is old news to our SUBSCRIBERS as we told of this 9-12 months ago! Lot a runway as we re-open with Europe and EM coming after them. We shown you a lot of opportunities from 35% yields on OXY Bonds a year ago to VDE & OIH in ETF land….we have much more to tell and update you on in the months ahead. We told you natural gas was ona floor at 2.50 & now we’re at 2.68 with LNG bottomed at 70 which hit 75 yesterday.

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Gold Silver Platinum Copper BitCoin COIN

We told you Gold $1675 was the low and $24 area for Silver Platinum $1000 area…..we said the easy lifting was done on the quick bounce and we needed proof of sustained strength…we got that in spades this week and loved the rides in GDX GDXJ SIL SILJ KGC and a whole lot more. Copper is the new oil as it is used in EV’s Solar Infrastructure and is the best conductor of electricity (remember the movie Moonstruck:)….FCX & SCCO are ones we told you about last year a peanut levels…now they’re like badmouthing Santa..a gift that keeps giving…Goldman Sachs says more to come. We told you BitCoin was going to have a monster year and to buy 30%-50% corrections which have seen and will see again..risk capital & now look to COIN when it washes out the flippers….GET OUR FOCUS LIST….real interest rates are negative and the PPI & CPI numbers are going thru the roof….a better environment for metals you will not find,,,,,

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Soybeans Sugar Coffee

Grains have been strong on drought concerns and demand as we told you of big potential going into planting and growing seasons dead ahead. Soybeans started to breakout we’ll look for follow through & Sugar’s correction appears over with Coffee still looking to break 140 for the big bucks….we have ETF’s we share with SUBSCRIBERS to play this…..

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Option Professor Report-Stocks Rip-VIX Warns-Earnings Coming-WOW-Must Read!

April 10. 2021 Option Professor Opinions & Observations

The Option Professor is a Graduate of Boston College and has Decades of Investment Experience. He has instructed Thousands of Investors Worldwide on the Uses-Risks of Investing

Welcome Everybody….First Off…. We would like to extend a Thank You to all the NEW & Existing Subscribers to the Option Professor Newsletter….the idea is to ADD VALUE each week! Last week ended with a bang as there seemed to be a rush to get in BEFORE earnings start coming out next Wed.. We start out with JPM WFC & Goldman followed by Black Rock Citi USB & B of A and we close the week with State Street & Bank of NY Mellon. These guys should be making tons of money from trading, steepening yield curve and finance (IPO’s thru the roof), On top of that; they set aside a ton of money for loan losses that haven’t materialized and Fed say they can buy back stocks June 30. On top of that; OPERATING LEVERAGE should be evident as you can see their branches are empty and Samsung gave an example recently (Revenues +17% Earnings up 44%). Institutions have been cautious on stocks (fear of strains & higher Taxes) but the stock stampede we spoke to you about 200 S&P points ago could become a reality more than we saw already. ISM numbers were a blowout on durable goods but what happens if the service sector kicks in? Inflation is zooming as PPI was up 1% (double forecast) annualizing out at 4.2% (most since 2011). Here’s the rub….some say we will get a push as the euphoria of the reopen hits then die down (think of horses coming out of the barn–runs wild then calms down) …. others say inflation will be sticky due to supply chain bottlenecks and Clarida of the Fed says that if it persists thru yearend it must be dealt with at that time. Now we get the idea the Fed is going to become reactionary and outcome based. We are involved in an experiment with monetary & fiscal policy….it’s like the USA has a credit card with no limit and they never have to pay the balance…if offered that card…would you ask.. What’s the Catch? So we enjoy the ride in our value, cyclicals, banks, consumer discretionary and big name tech BUT we are aware that the VIX is OVER 25% higher in the July contracts than the front month which suggests that the bet is volatility (a correction/pause to refresh) is coming. We all know about valuation by most metrics is hot and put/call ratios & AD Line/ investor sentiment is elevated. Credit Spreads (difference between High Yield & Treasuries) have broke UNDER 300 basis points and the history of that is a buy signal for bonds but not good for stocks (2007-2018). Elon Musk asked Cathie Wood about valuations (like asking Jack Niklaus if he likes golf:). She indicated that the GDP is outdated (is much greater than reported) and inflation is much lower than reported based in part from productivity gains. Side line cash…institutions playing catch up…passive investors (people who buy at intervals regardless)…global….lots of $$$ to chase it BUT we have been around long enough to know 2 things-DON’T Fight the Fed or the Tape & The TREES Don’t Grow to the Sky…so we ride the wave and look for formations that would indicate exhaustion…to SUBSCRIBERS..we provide opinions on Diversified Positioning which is really the way to attack this market….be aware of your hedging strategies so that you know how to protect your portfolio against declines. Some say we top at S&P 4130-4200 others say S&P 4350-4450….the further you get above LT MA’s (95% above)..is not LESS overbought.. So Stay Humble-Should you Lose Your Humility–Watch Out! We see it in people and in traders.

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Stock Market

We told SUBSCRIBERS about Tech a year ago, Value 6+ months ago, Banks Energy Industrials Cyclicals many months ago and now we are getting an acceleration phase. We will be sharing our opinions of what and where we think the best values are in the next 6-9 months now. This week we has many stocks on our immediate radar including CMG SBUX URI DHI QSR VIS VFH VCR VOOG VUG LEVI ESGV GDX SILJ CANE DBA VWO VGK BABA KRE LTCN OSTK & a lot more! Also in the new Best Buy (BBY) is starting a subscription business and the stock liked it…Teens are in love with NKE & Eagle Outfitters while Jeans had a big run (LEVI GPS). The big banks (JPM BAC C GS WFC ect) are up 17% to 34% this year and regionals (KRE) not too shabby. Boeing (BA) had to pulls the MAX again but most say next week resolved and GM had to cut truck production due to chip shortage…with all the saber rattling between China & Taiwan we could lose TSM which make the $20 Billion Arizona deal on INTC all the more important. Florida sue the USA to get cruise ships moving (CCL RCL) makes Condo Commandos happy:):). Big News! Coinbase comes to market April 14 at a valuation equal to Goldman Sachs (GS). We share with our SUBSCRIBERS our Portfolio ROADMAP & FOCUS LIST & ASK US Questions. To Join Us.. Go To optionprofessor.com/subscribe for $49 per month $297 per yr. Good Value!

Bond Market

Our view was that Last March we saw a blow off top in price and blow off low in yields. There is a potential that the cycle of debt and declining interest rates had come to a close 40 yrs after Volker’s Extreme. The 2% 10 yr Treasury and 2.50% LT Treasury are important as if broken it would solidify our thesis with price evidence. The Fed an others believe inflation and spikes in GDP growth are transitory and we will revert back to trend in the years to come. If so; you could start adding a bit of duration or for aggressive traders Strips (zero coupon) Bonds as the current panic to be short Bonds smells like a unbalanced trade that could blow up. We see extended maturities (EDV) down big time in Q1 which may not persist or at least at that speed in the months ahead unless the Fed is wrong and inflation & GDP sticks and they have to cut back monthly buys and go to TWIST for yield curve controls (YCC). Credit Spreads under 300 has spelled a buy point but these times are unchartered so old comparisons may be lacking. The relationship between 5 & 10 year Treasuries suggests no inflation further out and as long as credit spreads are tight..the Fed may be right. Municipal Bonds are seeing huge inflows ahead of tax hikes and aid from the feds. We favor short term corporates with Munis Preferred High Yield Senior Loans REITS EM and Dividend paying stocks in value sectors as a way to go. SUBSCIBERS get our FOCUS LIST on ways to get INCOME in a diversified portfolio prudently. GO to optionprofessor.com/subscribe for $49 per month or $297 per year….info you need!

US Dollar/International Markets

We told you before that the move from 104 to 89 on the DXY was like the sell off we just saw in Bonds and the selloff we saw in Tech in March…..it just got too crowded. So with yields rising our advantage returns and up we went plus our vaccine progress & growth blows away other areas of the world (Japan lockdown Tokyo-Kyoto-Brazil hospitals full-Europe better but not great). As long as the DXY is in the 91-93 range we could see 94-96..under 91 spells trouble. China’s angling to crypto to attack the Dollar overtime while the ECB pulling back on purchases. Italy is the most indebted country in Europe and they got a line wrapped around the block for their 50 year bonds. USA debt is weak in investment grade but Junk is at records (Chuck E Cheese is bank in the game after bankruptcy). Twenty (20%) of stocks are zombies (revenues do not service debt) so the world is getting pretty wacky. Munger’s Daily Journal is buying BABA and our view is that our trade deficits will enrich Europe Asia and Emerging Markets later this year so that could be the bigger bang for your buck in Q3 Q4 ROTATION. LEARN about our PORTFOLIO ROADMAP & FOCUS LIST in these markets….Get On Board! Go To optionprofessor.com/subscribe and for ONLY $49 per month or $297 per year you’re in!

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Crude Oil Natural Gas

Pause to refresh here as we had a huge run in Q1 (best performing sector) and OPEC did hike production. SUBSCRIBERS benefitted from our view of bullishness in the last year and these pull backs are buying opportunities as rig counts lack of private equity and a demand pick up globally spells for better days down the road…the refiners and leveraged players are interesting and VDE OIH are two on are radar after the raining subsides. We share our ideas each edition. Natural Gas prices were flat but our favorite LNG popped off support at 70 this week..we’ll see. Go to optionprofessor.com/subscribe to get the Portfolio Roadmap & Focus List right away!

Gold Silver Platinum Copper BitCoin

We told you that $1675 was a buy point in Gold and Silver about the 424 area which was true HOWEVER we said the easy lifting would take us to the mid $1750’s and $25 neighborhood. Should we break the $1775 area and Silver $2650-27…we could see a significant move, Our base case these markets will do better in Q3 Q4 than now but we go with the flow. Platinum is our dark horse as it already shaved about $500 bucks off the discount to Gold and we expect the car industry resurgence in summer to help a lot. Copper has been mixed lately as increased supplies in China fight with demand expected at 10 tonnes. A breakdown should see support at 3.75 area and take off above 4.25 could light a fire…We share 2 stocks on our FOCUS LIST that have been rainmakers the last 12 months. You get our FOCUS LIST on metals stocks when.. BitCoin; as we told SUBSCRIBERS..is great the year after halving..average in on 30%-50% dips! Go to optionprofessor.com/subscribe for JUST $49 per month and $297 per yr–stay informed!

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Soybeans Sugar Coffee

Soybeans remained in a tight trading range as we await crop report news. Long time readers know we were all over prices last year at $8 to 10 and saw a great run toward 14.50 where it stalled after China filled their orders (Corn just hit a 8yr high). Now it gets tricky as IF farmers are hedging with crops they don’t have and we have a weather market and if China’s appetite remains robust…we could breakout to the upside…the risk is the LT MA’s are at 10-11 range and that mean any bear news could instigate a decline back to the mean.. we’ll see soon. The Sugar market corrected and held support in the 13-14 range and if we get above 16 again we could run. Coffee is similar to Sugar in that it needs to break resistance to give us a good run like it did for us last year (140) so we wait and watch and still believe we could see a run ahead. There are ways to play these with ETF’s and we share this information with our SUBSCRIBERS Go to optionprofessor.com/subscribe and get our FOCUS LIST….$49 per month or $297 per yr!

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April 2 2021 Option Professor Opinions & Observations

Happy Holiday Everybody…..We blew thru SP 4000 this week as the jobs report showed 900K+ which is a surprise to no one who realizes that 10 million unemployed is centered around service jobs and they are going back to work…..however what may come as a surprise is the participation rate is flat and wages are actually down. Earnings start coming out and they should be quite good and Q2 comps will be the easiest on record so look for sticker shock. As SUBSCRIBERS know; we have been saying since the crash that OPERATING LEVERAGE who bring peak earnings back way quicker than consensus estimates which is EXACTLY what is and has been happening. The VIX we said would normalize this year and get away from that elevated 30 average from last year EXCATLY what is happening. Volume on Thursday was weak which either tells us short covering fueled a lot of the move thru SP 4K OR that huge volume this week may give us a short term blow off peak. We have stuck with VALUE BANKS ENERGY for 9 months BUT we told SUBSCRIBERS that if MARCH LOWS held on QQQ & SMH and the 10yr stabilized in the 1.80-1.50 range…we could SPIKE on both and we did that this week. We got a glimpse of Infrastructure last week but not much reaction from the beneficiaries (PAVE). Everyone’s looking for a Post War type reopening and no doubt it should be strong BUT how much is baked into prices? Leverage & Valuation is getting extreme by some measures (Archegos biggest margin call ever & Buffet’s Indicator (Stocks divided by GDP) is 184 and in 2000 it was 143! USA manufacturing going at a pace not seen since 1983 & buybacks could be huge in months ahead (splits too?) As we embark on Q2…we will letting SUBSCRIBER know some of the areas to FOCUS on NOW and use March lows as your line in the sand. Additions to the Value-DIVIDEND Paying, Tech, Semis portfolio….we are expecting the dollar to weaken at some point (deficits & negative real yields) which would give a lift to OVERSEAS markets (trade surplus-local currency appreciation-lower valuations) and Gold & Silver-Platinum shares. As a SUBSCRIBER; we will share our opinions on exactly how POSITIONING could help portfolios. This is a great TIME to LEARN about our FOCUS LIST for 2021 & OUR PORTFOLIO ROADMAP!

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Stock Market The market were rockin’ & rollin’ last week as more fiscal-stimulus and frontrunning of the jobs report blew out all the shorts. The stampede we alluded to in last weeks report came to pass BUT some still say that technicals running hot and some seasonal & cyclical guesses could spell a correction by or before Mid April but there is no price evidence of that so far. We are really discounting a lot of growth and a perfect re-opening which has risks but to stand in front of this liquidity and pent up demand is stupid. Some stocks we have believed in are QCOM (smart phones) AMZN GOOG FB (ads + all subsidiaries)) MSFT (cloud) MRK PFE AMGN (pharma) LIT & all things to do with EV filling stations (500K plus consumer incentives vs 145K gas stations nationwide)….we also feel the future is bright for life sciences, Industrial revolution, automation AI-Robotics, 5G, and sustainable technology. One stock..Corning GLW may also be on the upswing with their partnership with AAPL on glass (gorilla) and glass for vaccines as they can handle the temps. Add to that the cloud (only in the 3rd or 4th inning) , cyber security and digital transformation ect.. We will be SHARING our FOCUS LIST ect. with our SUBSCIBERS.

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BOND MARKET We will be watching credit spreads like a hawk from here a they may tip off many things like trouble ahead for stocks and trouble ahead for INFLATION. After the Spanish Flu we saw 20% inflation and the money supply is up 25%…Fed Balance sheet is parabolic and we may be on transfer payments longer than you think (less employees & robotics). Jamie Dimon said he wouldn’t touch 10 yr Treasuries with a 10 foot pole ( we stabilize & rally a bit but just basically temporary). Investment Grade Bonds had the most downgrades 3X last year while refinancing has hit the skids as mortgage rates have risen 7 weeks in a row! As we told SUBSCRIBERS since last March…the cycle of declining interest rates and no inflation has TURNED and the 2 big questions are how long can you have negative real yields with these kind of GDP numbers? and who will buy all our debt if bondholders are dumping losers while the Fed-Treasury (now will be partners) trying sell trillions to finance deficits (monetize debt?)? Many sharp investors want to be DIVERSIFIED in international equities (local currency), commodities, Gold-Crypto ect in case we were to see USD get whacked..Chinese Yuan +10%. How should you go about getting DIVIDENDS & INCOME in this New World Order? We inform our SUBSCRIBERS as to CHOICES.

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US Dollar & International Markets

We have told SUBSCRIBERS that the US Dollar (DXY) was topping at over 100 and short term low UNDER 90…both forecasts have been correct. NOW we said a move above 92 could get us into 94-96 range an last we we breached 93. A move into that range would be a Fib 38.2 correction of the down move which is coincidental. At some point; our trade deficits, fiscal deficits and the point of diminishing return of the re-open mania will weigh on the Dollar and while the return of its yield advantage helps…others are already negotiating new means of exchange (Yaun Euro BitCoin). Best to wait for price evidence that this has started..to expensive to be a trailblazer. Internationally; we took advantage of the selloff in China’s market due to margin call selling from that rogue trader. Also Europe, Pacific & Emerging Markets look great from a trend and valuation basis…that is where we believe the puck is going….we’re skating. Find out what is on OUR FOCUS LIST to gain exposure and track progress. Become a Subscriber

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Crude Oil Natural Gas

HOORAY!! The Suez Canal is open…truth is it had hardly any effect on the oil situation. What will have a bigger effect will be if OPEC behave itself supply wise and the surplus works off by summer and the demand kicks in…EUROPE is the key..if they can get COVID under control and are full force demand by Labor Day then 80 Crud could still be in the cards. We have SHARED with SUBSCRIBERS ideas on oil companies, refiners and MLP;s for the last year that have had substantial runs and paid us DIVIDENDS of which others would be envious. Right now e have found an equilibrium. Nat Gas is still holding the 2.50 level which is good and our LNG is holding 70. We have a lot to SHARE with our subscribers on our FOCUS LIST so Join Today!

Gold-Silver-Platinum Copper BitCoin

We have said for many months the trend for Gold & Silver stinks and outside of a bounce we played off $1675 Gold (to $1740)….we have said it may be late this year before we heat up. HOWEVER…our long term target for things like GDX SILJ Barrick have been hit in March so we have started sniffin’ around and will add above 1750-1850-1950 for the rest of the year providing MARCH LOWS hold …if not maybe 1500 Gold 20 Silver here we come…..last time inflation jumped way above the 10yr yield was back with Volker….very bullish if it occurs plus most bulls washed out with 300 buck drop. If no leverage..you’ve held on…later this year $$$? Platinum has been our darkhorse and you can play it with stocks or bars..they’re stealing lotsa catalytic converters out by us …maybe a sign of platinum demand when car production zooms this summer…Copper again has big demand coming and a couple of stocks we SHARED with subscribers went way up and may be over their recent pullbacks. Watch out for re erating companies holding BitCoin as it is a risk asset and could penalize their credit rating…the big issue for BitCoin will be if deflation shows up ( households save or reduce debt)…..maybe 100k?

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Soybeans Sugar Coffee Soybeans have been trading pretty wild lately but remain in that 13.50-14.50 area (we got bullish last year at 8-10)…..we feel that there is a tug of war between demand from China and potential weather interrupting crop yields and the biggest acreage plantings since 2014. It should be a wild 90 days ahead. Sugar has been correcting from an unsustainable move above 16 but is still above the 200 day MA at 14.23 area so it may be a case of anything coming out of Brazil (soybeans & coffee too) is out of sorts between weather and Covid & their economy. Coffee is the same story as the 100-110 area hold so we still are optimistic but patiently await.

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