Profit From South America's First Cannabis Stock

Posted on by The INO.com Team

Analysis originally distributed on April 24, 2017 By: Michael Vodicka of Cannabis Stock Trades

Cannabis legalization is happening all across the globe.

This week, that global footprint is taking us to a country located at the far reaches of the Amazon Rain Forest, tucked into the southeastern coast of South America.

More than 2,000 miles south of the equator, a tiny country of 3.4 million citizens is about to become the first in South America to sell recreational cannabis.

And an up and coming company with one of the few permits to sell cannabis is in position to cash in.

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Want A Federal Student Loan? Just Shake My Hand

Posted on by George Yacik

George Yacik - INO.com Contributor - Fed & Interest Rates


Fans of the 1970s classic sitcom “The Odd Couple” might remember the episode in which Oscar Madison introduces his roommate Felix Unger to his sleazy insurance agent from Lloyd’s of Lubbock, whose come-on is that he offers you a policy just by shaking your hand. It appears that Lloyd is back in business, only now he’s working for the federal government. Or at least his underwriting guidelines have been adopted by the U.S. Department of Education.

The Wall Street Journal published a long story on Monday about the federal Parent Plus loan program, which it says “asks almost nothing about its borrowers’ incomes, existing debts, savings, credit scores or ability to repay. Then it extends loans that are nearly impossible to extinguish in bankruptcy if borrowers fall on hard times.”

And lots of them have. As of September 2015, 11% of Parent Plus borrowers hadn’t made a payment on their loans in at least a year, which “exceeds the default rate on U.S. mortgages at the peak of the housing crisis.” And the problem is only going to get worse. The number of families with Parent Plus loans has jumped more than 60% since 2005, the Journal reports, to 3.5 million at the end of last year. They owe a combined $77.5 billion, or an average $22,000. Continue reading "Want A Federal Student Loan? Just Shake My Hand" →

Has The Trump Trade Resumed?

Posted on by The INO.com Team

Hello MarketClub members everywhere. The NASDAQ has crossed the 6,000 level for the first time, and the DOW has had two straight triple-digit gains leading me to wonder if the Trump trade is back on. What do you think?

Of course, I would be remiss to overlook the slew of positive corporate earnings that have been this released this week with more to come. Home prices and home sales on are the rise as well, according to new data from the S&P/Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index.

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However, I believe everyone is zeroed in on Washington, as President Trump is expected to release an outline to potential tax reform later this week. Tax reform expectations have been one of the key market drivers since the presidential election.

Key levels to watch this week: Continue reading "Has The Trump Trade Resumed?" →

Why OPEC's Cut-Extension Is Another Blunder

Posted on by Robert Boslego

Robert Boslego - INO.com Contributor - Energies


OPEC, led by Saudi Arabia, blundered when it decided to engage in a battle for market share in November 2014. It assumed it could drive American shale oil companies bankrupt and then pick up their market share.

But this strategy was destined to fail. For one thing, they didn’t take into account that American shale oil companies had hedged their future production. That protected the companies from experiencing the impact of lower prices to the extent that they had hedged.

Second, they didn’t take into account the American bankruptcy system. Companies can continue as “zombies” surviving by cutting costs to the bone, and selling assets to other companies at a discount to keep afloat. The buyers then have a lower “cost basis.”

Third, they didn’t take into account their own vulnerabilities. Sure, their national oil companies have low production costs but their oil revenues largely support the national budgets. They need high oil prices to balance their budgets, effectively making them high-cost producers (e.g., KSA about $65/b in 2017). Continue reading "Why OPEC's Cut-Extension Is Another Blunder" →

Same Investment, Tenfold Returns

Posted on by Trader Travis

Could your current stock positions be doing more to help you reach your financial goals? By more, I mean ten times more!

While trading stocks is a great way to build wealth and an important asset to practice diversification, traditional stock trading can't hold a candle next to the earning power of options thanks to the simple power of leverage.

The example below shows how powerful this concept is, a 2.7% return for a set of stock trades would have produced a 32.60% return using the options' equivalent. The investment and duration of the trades were the same, while the options' profit was simply 10+ times higher than that of the stock trades!

see the difference leverage can make!

View the full example in the 10 Minute Options Strategy video

What is leverage?

One options contract is essentially the ability to control 100 shares of stock. For a relatively small amount of money, you can participate in the movement of a larger amount of money.
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