Sell Alert: Shares of Green Plains

In the May 8 Distressed Investing report, “Cracking the Code,” we recommended the combined $1,000 purchase of one Green Plains 2.25% convertible bond, then trading at $774, and shares of Green Plain stock (Nasdaq: GPRE), then trading at $3.66. At the time this equated to one bond and 61.7 shares. Recently we recommended selling the

Trade Alert: Capitalizing On Volatility With Covered Calls 

On Friday, the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) jumped 30% from 16 to 21, as the S&P 500 fell 2.7% for its largest single-day decline since the Liberation Day tariff turmoil in April. The surge in the VIX has pushed up options prices across the board, creating an opportunity to capitalize on juicy premiums available from selling covered calls. 

The Ingredients Are In Place For A “Blow Off” Top

Every week, the team at Porter & Co.’s Sunday Investment Chronicles pores over thousands (and thousands) of articles, reports, social media posts, analyses, regulatory filings, and anything else we can get our hands (and eyes) on to understand what’s happening in the world of investing and finance – and to uncover the most original, compelling, and double-head-fake ideas…

The Emerging Lindy Screen

The Emerging Lindy Screen is not for the faint of heart. Finding enduring, forever-compounding businesses is difficult enough on its own. But this week, we’re taking it a step further – identifying the Lindys before they become household names, while they’re still misunderstood, contrarian, or dismissed as failures.

Venture Global Shares Drop 20% On Legal Setback

Shares of liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) exporter Venture Global (NYSE: VG), which we recommended in The Big Secret On Wall Street, fell 20% today on an adverse ruling in its arbitration case against oil giant BP.  The case deals with LNG supply contracts between the two companies during 2022, when LNG prices shot up following