Hello Mooers,
For the week ended March 6, U.S. equities turned defensive. The Dow fell 3.0%, its worst weekly drop since early April, the S&P 500 lost 2.0%, its biggest weekly decline since mid-October, and the Nasdaq shed 1.2%. Friday’s selloff was driven by two forces: a sharp jump in oil prices as the Middle East conflict intensified, and a much weaker-than-expected February jobs report, with nonfar...

You're about to interact with a new DeFi application. You click 'Authorize.' Done. But what exactly just happened?
When you 'authorize' a token, you're not just approving that single transaction – you're giving that smart contract a 'permission slip' to move that specific token on your behalf.
Here's the scary part: Some contracts request unlimited authorization. This means that if the dApp is malicious or gets hacked, attackers can drain all of that token from your wallet. Not just the amount you intended to trade – but all of it.
Best practice? Regularly check your authorizations using tools like Revoke.cash. Look for contracts that only request exact amounts rather than 'unlimited' access. Think of it like a valet parking ticket: you want them to park your car, not keep a spare key forever.

Hello Mooers,
U.S. equities finished last week on a softer note, with investors increasingly rotating away from crowded risk and re-pricing both AI winners/losers and the rate path. For the week ending Feb. 27, the S&P 500 fell 0.4%, the Dow lost 1.3%, and the Nasdaq slipped 1.0%, while Friday’s session saw another broad decline as inflation worries and geopol...

In the previous posts, we analyzed strategies and key considerations for buying options for trading earnings. Overall, buying options during earnings season is generally a “low win-rate, low payout” game, which in theory is not very cost-effective.
That naturally leads to the next question: If we use options selling strategies to trade earnings, can we improve the win rate and make money more easily?
In theory, yes — but there are severa...