by John Archbold | Jan 30, 2025 | Blog, Investment Concepts
Speedman: In a weird way, I had to sort of just free myself up to believe that it was okay to be stupid or dumb. Lazarus: To be a moron. Speedman: Yeah. Lazarus: To be moronical. Speedman: Exactly, to be a moron. Lazarus: An imbecile. Speedman: Yeah. Lazarus: Like the...
by John Archbold | Jan 3, 2025 | Blog, Investment Concepts
For many, the world of options can be daunting for those who feel that they do not have the right experience. Certainly, the terminology used by options traders can be confusing for those who aren’t fully familiar. Our language primer is meant to translate how options...
by John Archbold | Nov 11, 2024 | Blog, Investment Concepts
Options can be a very challenging concept for investors to get their minds around, particularly given some of the complex math involved in trading and hedging positions. Before we even get going, rest assured in this piece there will be no math. Rather, what we would...
by John Archbold | Oct 14, 2024 | Blog, Investment Concepts
“This guy is throwing a two-hit shutout and he’s shaking me off. You believe that? Charlie here comes the deuce. And when you speak of me, speak well.” – Bull Durham (1987) In the NL Wild Card round, something happened that has never happened before in the...
by John Archbold | Sep 16, 2024 | Blog, Investment Concepts
There has been much ink spilled on the topic of the explosive growth in the ETF space over the last few years. For this author who came into the profession when the mutual fund was still King (and I still had hair), it has been astonishing to watch that regime shift....