I was asked Wednesday about why certain stocks were in an options overwriting fund that, after starting out the year strong, has recently been underperforming. Although I am not one of its fund managers, I do have insight into the investment approach involved. At their core, most option overwriting strategies involve a long position in the underlying stocks and a short position in options to generate some “yield” in the form of harvesting option premiums. The manager may employ a conventional “buy-write” strategy, buying the underlying shares and selling or “writing” an upside call option, selling downside puts, or, more…
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about the U.S. government shutdown, during the swearing-in ceremony for Sergio Gor as U.S. Ambassador to India, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Nov. 10, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | ReutersU.S. President Donald Trump bought at least $82 million in corporate and municipal bonds from late August to early October including new investments in sectors benefiting from his policies, financial disclosures made public on Saturday showed.According to the forms released by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, Trump carried out more than 175 financial purchases from Aug. 28 through Oct. 2. The disclosures, made…
Oracle CEO Clay Magouyrk speaks at a Q&A following a tour of the OpenAI data center in Abilene, Texas, U.S., Sept. 23, 2025. Shelby Tauber | ReutersTwo months ago, Oracle’s stock had its best day since 1992, soaring 36% to a record after the company blew away investors with its forecast for cloud infrastructure revenue.Since then, the company has lost one-third of its value, more than wiping out those gains. Midway through November, the stock is on pace for its worst month since 2011.The hype was sparked by Oracle’s strengthening ties to OpenAI. But the mood of late has turned,…
Wells Fargo sees a better setup for Nike going forward. The bank upgraded the sportswear stock to overweight from equal weight. Analyst Ike Boruchow also lifted his price target to $75 from $60, implying a gain of 17% from Wednesday’s close. Boruchow pointed to improve visibility in Nike’s profits and losses, where numbers appear to be bottoming. He raised his earnings forecast for the fiscal years 2026 and 2027. NKE YTD mountain NKE YTD chart Note: Ike Boruchow will be on “The Exchange” at 1 p.m. ET with CNBC’s Contessa Brewer. “NKE has been in a negative revision cycle for…
Whenever the stocks of companies that we think are attractive purely on their underlying business fundamentals start to sell off, we know we want to buy. The question is: When to buy? Valuation is the primary factor to consider. However, in a market sentiment-driven decline like we saw Thursday, valuation isn’t really the focus for sellers; they just want out. When sentiment is driving the trading, we must acknowledge that the price action has as much, or more, to do with irrational behavior as it does with rational, fundamental-based investing. In those environments, the charts can be helpful as they…
Tesla’s Powerwall 2Source: TeslaTesla is recalling around 10,500 units of its Powerwall 2, a backup battery for residential use, according to a U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission disclosure out Thursday.”The lithium-ion battery cells in certain Powerwall 2 systems can cause the unit to stop functioning during normal use, which can result in overheating and, in some cases, smoke or flame and can cause death or serious injury due to fire and burn hazards,” the CPSC recall notice said.While Elon Musk’s electric vehicle and clean energy company blamed the issue on a “third-party battery cell defect,” it did not name the…
(This is The Best Stocks in the Market , brought to you by Josh Brown and Sean Russo of Ritholtz Wealth Management.) Josh — Some stocks move swiftly, changing direction frequently, darting to and fro, uptrends turn to downtrends turn back to uptrends. Other stocks — pardon the analogy — move more like an oil tanker. These do not change course very often and can be tough to turn. But once they do, you want to be on the right side of the trade. The oil tanker I want to tell you about today is Exxon Mobil (XOM) , arriving…
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI is raising $15 billion from investors, sources familiar with the matter told CNBC’s David Faber.Musk later called the news “False” in a post on his social media platform X.The funding adds another $5 billion to the $10 billion round CNBC reported on in September, which valued the startup at $200 billion. Sources told CNBC that a lot of the money in this $15 billion round will fund graphic processing units that underpin large language modelsArtificial intelligence startups have reached sky high valuations in recent months as they raise massive amounts of capital to power seemingly endless demand…
With the market running up so high, investors may need to keep an eye out for companies that don’t having the earnings to justify lofty valuations. The stock market has hit record highs in recent weeks, boosted in part by continued optimism around artificial intelligence. Despite pullbacks in Thursday’s session , the broad S & P 500 has soared more than 15% in 2025, while the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite has climbed close to 20%. But those big runs can lead to companies having valuations that don’t necessarily line up with their businesses. CNBC Pro screened for names with market caps…
Social Security provides nearly 74 million Americans with a vital source of funding. Nearly two-thirds (63%) of recipients say they rely on their checks for at least half of their personal income, according to the Pew Research Center, and more than a quarter (27%) describe it as their sole source of income.Since 1984, Social Security benefits have been federally taxed on individuals whose income exceeds specific thresholds. But the One Big Beautiful Bill Act has added a $6,000 bonus senior deduction that will substantially reduce how many retirees meet those limits, at least through 2028.Various bills have been introduced to…
