“I would like nuclear fusion to become a practical power source. It would provide an inexhaustible supply of energy, without pollution or global warming.”—Stephen Hawking By L. J. Reinders Don’t…
Renewables account for an increasing share of energy production, but liquidity limits their tradability Fossil fuels have dominated the global energy sector for a century and a half and have…
Two big stories are dominating the financial pages as Luckbox goes to press—the stock market sell-off and Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter. Both got us thinking about comebacks. Active investors…
Finally, investors should pay close attention to the insider buying activity of CEOs and chief financial officers of biotech companies. This strategy underperformed during the last three years but had…
Fortunately, there’s a formula for that. Let Poisson help you decide. Humans function like pattern-recognition machines, and that’s generally a helpful trait. For example, they learn early on that cheeseburgers…
Topics
Two big stories are dominating the financial pages as Luckbox goes to press—the stock market sell-off and Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter. Both got us…
Finally, investors should pay close attention to the insider buying activity of CEOs and chief financial officers of biotech companies. This strategy underperformed during the…
Cathie Wood’s fascination with disruptive technology generated plenty of attention at the April FTX Salt Crypto Bahamas conference. But the central question raised in the…
As the company’s market cap was topping $3 trillion, the highest ever for a U.S. company, details emerged about its electric car Move over Tesla.…
Trends
Big Sip Energy
Coffee, tea and energy drinks provide vigor and pep, but too much caffeine comes at a cost. Luckbox tested low-caffeine and caffeine-free alternatives. When Aristotle…
Probability Reigns
Unless we know the chances they’ll come true, predictions mean almost nothing The new year brings resolutions and predictions. Spend time with friends or family…
Garbage In Garbage Out
Good nutrition provides your body with the fuel to boost energy and promote efficiency The computer era adage of “garbage in, garbage out” also…
Retro Reboot
What’s with the nation’s ongoing fascination with the past? Americans tend to treat just about anything retro as an iconic piece of history worth remembering,…
Electric Avenue
Route 66 played a major role in U.S. automotive history, but can drivers still trace its path in their electric vehicles? Americans have been getting…
Bike-powered Concerts: Bringing Sustainability to the Music Industry
Bands like Coldplay and Illiterate Light are asking fans to get on bikes and pedal to generate energy to power the show. Here's how they…
Meet Mike Niemotka
Home/Office location Round Lake, Illinois Age 54 Years trading 20 How did you start trading? My father introduced me to investing around the age of…
Trading the Pursuit of Venezuelan Oil
The United States has been exploring new options for sourcing imported crude oil, and one potential option is Venezuela, a South American country that controls…
Music’s Memorable Moments
A look at some musical escapades that left an indelible mark Even when musicians travel a long and winding road to fame, it can seem…
Should INDIVIDUALS Invest on Their Own?
Intelligence Squared U.S.invites some of the world’s brightest thinkers to debate issues. The organization was founded in New York in 2006 to promote intellectual diversity…
The Luckbox Bookshelf
New and not-so-new books that captured our attention this month Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism By Amanda Montell It might seem that Heaven’s Gate, a religious…
“Best New SXSW Artist” —The Rockhound
South By Southwest returned in March after two years without an in-person conference. The event featured a handful of notable acts—the most memorable being indie-rock…
Rounders are Grinders
Don’t believe the hype! Casual players get the wrong impression that they need aggressive plays or gigantic folds. Televised poker tournaments show only the most…
It’s Not Easy Going Green
Copious torque and a clear environmental conscience can’t compensate for Tesla’s painfully high price, mediocre interior appointments and that uneasy feeling called range anxiety “When…
Traders, Speculators & Gamblers: Season 3 Is Here!
The Prediction Trade returned this week, kicking off its third season with trade ideas in PredictIt’s Brazilian election markets, bets on the NCAA March Madness…
Trades
Gasoline prices in the U.S. have reached record highs during…
Only 0.014% of the solar energy reaching Earth is converted into usable power. That leaves plenty of room for improvement, and companies are rushing to…
Europe’s energy shortfall will boost Norway’s currency The Norwegian krone tends to rise against the euro when crude oil prices are on the upswing. Indeed,…
While debate continues on the transition from fossil fuels to green energy, the nation will rely on oil and gas for the foreseeable future In…
Cryptocurrency may seem less attractive these days as the invasion of Ukraine increases the volatility of crude oil As war rages in Ukraine, crude oil…
Crude oil prices of more than $100 a barrel are boosting stock prices in the petroleum sector, but the effect on the S&P 500 is…
Tactics
Active investors can use beta and implied volatility together to cover systematic and unsystematic risks in the market.
Here’s how to size up equities in the new, sustainable energy companies Renewables still account for a mere 12.6% of U.S. energy consumption even after…
Day traders shoot for frequent gains in multiple positions across a spectrum of asset classes by utilizing strategies revolving around scalping, news, trends, mean reversion…
When trading options and/or volatility, it’s prudent to leverage a systematic approach to trade entry and trade exit because a so-called “mechanical approach” can help…
As fear builds in the stock market, the stampede to buy puts can set off a chain reaction in the marketplace that can exacerbate the…
Cryptocurrency futures were first introduced in 2017, and these instruments can be utilized to speculate on the sector or to hedge other cryptocurrency exposures within…
Hyped-up stocks can have unusual option pricing with atypical option skew Look at prices of the Nasdaq ETF (QQQ) out-of-the-money (OTM) strikes for the April…
To predict next year’s stock prices, look where investors are putting their money New variants of COVID-19 might drive stock prices lower, or President Joe…
Looking to take the sting out of an investment’s shrinking value? Ethereum and bitcoin have been anything but stable. Think gold. Is cryptocurrency the new…
