Stop Buying the Dip: Why This Market Demands Defense, Not Hope
In this week’s Market Pulse, Mark Yegge explains why “buy the dip” may be one of the most dangerous habits investors can follow in the current market. With major indexes weakening, volatility rising, and macro pressu
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Why the Federal Reserve May Be Entering One of Its Toughest Positions in Years
In this week’s Market Pulse, Mark Yegge breaks down why the Federal Reserve may be entering one of its most difficult positions in years. With inflation staying elevated, oil moving higher
...Insider Tips — March 16, 2026
This week’s message is simple: this is not a market for bravado. The major indexes are weakening, volatility is elevated, and too many stocks are breaking down at the same time. When the tape looks like this, I do not try to fight it. I respect the trend, I protect cap...
GLD Covered Calls: How to Create Passive Income From Gold in an Inflationary Market
Have you ever wanted to own gold?
A lot of people do. Gold feels “solid.” It feels like something that can hold value when the world gets messy. The problem is, physical gold isn’t always practical. You have to ...
Stop Letting Headlines Control Your Money: A Systematic Covered Call Plan for Fear Markets
Right now, the financial media is running wall-to-wall coverage designed to make you do one thing: be afraid.
Fear sells. Panic sells even better.
But fear is also one of the most reliable wealth transfe...
Red Market Playbook: Fortress Covered Calls, Bearish Watchlist, and Bullish Setups
When the market turns red, a lot of traders try to be heroes. They try to pick bottoms. They guess. They hope.
That’s usually how people get hurt.
In this update, Mark Yegge walked through what he showed his fri...
Tariff Refund Chaos and Market Volatility: A Clear Way to Think About Your Portfolio
$166 billion. That’s about how much U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) collected from a set of tariffs that courts have now said should be refunded. (AP News)
Here’s the wild part: CBP told the court they...
Most investors spend their entire careers chasing the market.
They buy late when things feel “safe.”
They panic sell when things feel scary.
They hope this year is finally the year everything clicks.
But there’s a different way—a systematic way. A method that turns your portfolio into something...
Insider Tips — March 09, 2026
In this week's Insider Tips, I’m calling it straight: the market has flipped risk-off. My dashboard is showing four red lights, and the tape is behaving like it—major indexes are breaking down under key moving averages, volatility is rising into “panic” territory, and ...
There’s a time of day most traders don’t respect enough: the first 45 minutes to an hour after the market opens.
Some call it “amateur hour.” Not because you’re dumb—because the structure of the open is emotional, messy, and dominated by players with deeper wallets, better tools, and more patien...
Oil is pushing higher. War headlines are flashing. Tariffs are kicking in. Open any financial news app and it’s easy to feel like the sky is falling.
Most investors respond the same way: they do nothing. They sit on cash, refresh headlines, and wait for someone to say it’s safe.
In a recent mar...
Imagine you’re driving a trolley at high speed. Your brakes fail. Straight ahead are five workers on the track. You know they’ll die if you hit them.
Then you spot a switch. If you turn the trolley onto a side track, you’ll kill one worker—but you’ll save the five.
What’s the right thing to do?...
