⚾ Two Ways Baseball Can Show You How to Improve Your Investment Process

Personal income data shows a 0.3 percent increase in September—a sign that workers are being paid more, likely thanks to low unemployment making for a tight job market. You’re receiving this email because you are subscribed to Trading Tips, if you no longer wish to receive these emails you can [Manage Subscriptions](. [Trading Tips] Good morning.. Personal income data shows a 0.3 percent increase in September—a sign that workers are being paid more, likely thanks to low unemployment making for a tight job market. Spending rose just 0.2 percent, slightly below expectations. Some see that as a sign of a slow economy. However, if workers are making more but also saving more, we avoid some of the problems with consumers being overly leveraged than we’ve seen in the past. In fact, the personal savings rate, which was negative in the mid-2000’s when housing was booming, sits at a respectable 8.1 percent right now. 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[This free video explains why.]( MARKETS DOW 27,046.23 -0.52% S&P 3,037.56 -0.30% NASDAQ 8,292.36 -0.14% *As of market close • Stocks headed down yesterday, as a scheduled trade deal signing was cancelled. • Oil declined 1.8 percent, to $54.07 per barrel. • Gold rose 1.1 percent, to $1,513 per ounce. • Cryptocurrencies generally traded flat, with Bitcoin hovering around $9,250. Today’s TOP TIPS [Two Ways Baseball Can Show You How to Improve Your Investment Process]( Investing can be a lot like a game of baseball. There are moments of incredible excitement, often interspersed between many calm, even boring moments. Over an investment lifetime, a trader can amass a great highlight reel of their best trades. But, while baseball fans see it this way, professional players actually out there on the field see it differently. For them, it’s their job. » [FULL STORY]( [Insider Activity: Tile Shop Holdings (TTS)]( Peter Kamin, a director and major holder with over 10 percent of shares in Tile Shop Holdings (TTS), recently bought another 426,295 shares. This increased his stake by over 7.7 percent, and came to a total just over $750,000. Insiders have been net buyers in the past year, largely by Karmin and another director that also has a stake over 10 percent. All told, insiders own just under 80 percent of shares. » [FULL STORY]( [Unusual Options JD.Com (JD)]( Over 6,050 contracts traded on the November 15th, 2019 $30.50 put option on JD.com (JD). That’s a 17-fold surge in volume against the prior open interest of 354 contracts. The option has 14 days left before expiration, and shares of JD are at $31.24, so they’d still need to drop for the option to close in-the-money. Adding in the $0.80 option premium, and traders are betting on a drop under $30. » [FULL STORY]( IN OTHER NEWS • A [trade resolution could allow the economy to expand]( for years. • Protests send [Hong Kong into a recession](—with a 3.2 percent decline in the most recent quarter. • [Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot announce a “merger of equals”]( to create the world’s 4th largest automaker. • Twitter announces it will [ban political ads](. • [Facebook, however, defends political ads](, even though they’re 0.5 percent of 2020 revenue. • In earnings, [Altria shares rise after the company writes down part of its Juul investment](. • [Kraft-Heinz moves higher by double-digits]( on a big earnings win. • Facebook surprises on [better-than-expected earnings](. • [Apple likewise beats on earnings](, although iPhone sales were lighter than expected. • Royal Dutch Shell sees [profits decline by 15 percent](. S&P 500 MOVERS TOP ABMD 14.199% KHC 13.439% LKQ 7.973% BWA 6.245% TFX 5.327% BOTTOM WDC 16.908% XYL 8.768% LNC 8.431% CHD 7.254% FLIR 6.272% Quote of the Day This is appropriate strategy and despite the “pause” has created a runway for risk assets to continue to rally into [year-end]. The Fed has done a much better job in 2019 of understanding the market’s risks. Last year the Fed committed one of the largest policy errors in history raising in December. - Tom Lee, founder and head of research at Fundstrat Global Advisors, on the Fed’s “insurance” rate cut this week and what it means for markets for the rest of the year Sponsored Content [The Only 8 Stocks to Own Today - FREE Research Report]( Of the nearly 4,500 publicly traded stocks on the market, only 8 are now trading at an attractive price. These "8 Power Elite" stocks knock it out of the park year after year because they've tapped into the 3 most powerful forces in the global economy. 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