Bubble Score Alert: This Hotel Stock is Not a Good Host for Capital

By Jim Rickards and Dan AmossPosted June 16, 2022

Inflation requires no statistics or explanation. High fuel prices make both automobile travel and air travel more expensive. The obvious remedy is to cut back on business and personal travel as well as most discretionary spending. Using the Bubble Score system, Jim and Dan recommend put options on one of the largest owners of luxury and upscale hotels in the U.S. as the best way to play the lethal combination of slowing growth, lower real incomes, and rising prices that puts the hotel business in jeopardy.

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James G. Rickards is the editor of Strategic Intelligence, Crash Speculator, Gold Speculator and Tactical Currency Profits. An Ex-CIA insider, he is also an American lawyer, economist, government advisor and investment banker with 40 years of experience working in capital markets on Wall Street. He was the principal negotiator of the...

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Bubble Score Alert: Gain 50% as Fed Flattens Treasury Yield Curve

By Jim Rickards and Dan AmossPosted May 23, 2022

As the Federal Reserve fights inflation by multiple rate hikes this year, threats of recession come into play as the economy slows due to higher interest rates. This situation creates a change in the yield curve as time goes on. Using the Bubble Score system, Jim and Dan recommend call options on this ETF that is leveraged to result in significant gains on the likelihood of a decline in intermediate term rates.

Bubble Score Alert: Kitchen Equipment Roll-Ups Don’t Work in 2022

By Jim Rickards and Dan AmossPosted June 29, 2022

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No sooner did the pandemic end in the U.S. than the triple-whammy of supply chain dysfunction, inflation, and demand destruction hit with full force as companies that offer discretionary goods have struggled. Using the Bubble Score system, Jim and Dan recommend put options on one of the largest manufacturers of food service equipment as the company is most likely to suffer in the coming recession.

Bubble Score Alert: Short the Stale Starbucks Stock Story

By Jim RickardsPosted May 18, 2022

Fed tightening along with other headwinds in the economy has put pressure on the bottom line of major retailers around the country. With a slowing economy, discretionary spending also slows which spells trouble for retailers selling non-essential items. Using the Bubble Score system, Jim and Dan recommend put options on this major coffee retailer as negative news both in the economy and continued pandemic fears in China will depress its stock price.

Bubble Score Alert: A Stock on the Wrong Side of Three Powerful Trends

By Jim RickardsPosted April 21, 2022

As Fed tightening continues with multiple rate hikes throughout the year, threats of both inflation and recession will lower consumer discretionary spending. This will affect the travel industry as well as its suppliers. Using the Bubble Score system, Jim and Dan recommend puts on this aerostructure manufacturer as multiple bearish catalysts bring a highly negative outlook for its stock price.

Sell Alert: Take Gains on Block Puts

By Dan AmossPosted April 25, 2022

Almost every stock that floated higher on easy Fed policy was clobbered in trading sessions last Thursday and Friday. SQ now looks oversold, so let’s take gains on this position. SQ may go lower in the near-term. But the bid for our puts is now so large that we should hit it and sell.

Bubble Score Alert: This Airline Is Not Scheduled For Liftoff In 2022

By Jim Rickards and Dan AmossPosted March 29, 2022

Oil prices will go much higher despite Fed tightening throughout the year. This is a major headwind (among several) to airlines as higher fuel costs impact their profitability. Using the Bubble Score system, Jim and Dan recommend put options on this major airline stock as inflation continues to curtail discretionary spending and recession fears will put pressure on its stock price.