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Alphabet Issue Their Maiden Dividend
April 26, 2024As suggested in our article on 19th February about Meta’s maiden dividend – Alphabet have announced their own maiden dividend yesterday (25th April). They have announced a 20 cent dividend with ex-div date 10th June 2024 and pay date of 17th June 2024. Woodseer has been ...
Read moreCrude Oil: Implied Volatility and Geopolitical Events
April 23, 2024The most recent geopolitical events in the Middle East have thrust crude oil back into the news. As of April 15, front month Brent crude was up almost 17% year-to-date. If the situation worsens, and the region slips into a ...
Read moreDynamic Covered Calls on Magnificent 7 Stocks
April 17, 2024Garrett DeSimone, PhD, Head of Quant Research, OptionMetrics Jeff Corrado, Director of Operations, Volos Portfolio Solutions A covered call is a fundamental options strategy, employed by a wide range of investors, from retail investors, to those in embedded ETFs, pension ...
Read moreCan Options Data Tell Us Anything About Bubbles?
March 11, 2024Reminiscent of the dot.com mania of the late 90's, investors are naturally asking whether stocks associated with artificial intelligence, specifically Nvidia, are in the midst of a financial bubble. Since the exact definition of a bubble is as varied as ...
Read moreCommodities: Not So Fast!
February 21, 2024Things seem to be looking up for the US economy. GDP growth is good, inflation is moderating, and interest rates are on the decline. Despite these favorable indicators, commodities are telling a different story. Broadly speaking, commodities, as measured by ...
Read moreMeta’s first dividend: Implications for the Tech Sector’s financial strategies
February 19, 2024In February 2024, Meta Platforms (ticker: META) announced its inaugural dividend, marking a significant milestone for the tech giant and the broader technology sector. This initiative involves issuing a quarterly dividend of $0.50 per share to holders of both Class ...
Read moreWoodseer Dividend Declarations: Enhanced by AI
February 14, 2024Today we announce the first in a new series of upgrades to Woodseer’s dividend forecast offering. Following recent development by the OptionMetrics dev team, ChatGPT 4 is now incorporated to summarise dividend declarations from a large library of US press ...
Read moreTSLA – Less Risky Amid Significant Pessimism?
February 12, 2024Tesla (TSLA) stock has already experienced a significant decline in 2024, reaching new lows not seen since May 2023 and earning the title of the “worst-performing S&P 500 stock of the year” by some. TSLA’s steep drop has been accompanied ...
Read moreThe January Barometer: Fact, Fiction, or Both?
January 11, 2024The start of the year always brings predictions of what the new year will bring. Among the most popular Wall Street auguries is the so-called “January Barometer," or the belief that the market's investment performance in January is indicative of ...
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