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Benzinga Contributor

Investors Flee To The Safety Of Peloton--Why We're Still Short Puts On The Stock
Flight To Peloton
Off To A Good Start With Our New Security Selection Factor--Embracing The Power Of Mean Reversion
An Investing Note
Expect Threats Of Renewed Lockdowns To Drive Increased Rates Of Vaccinations -- A Boon For BioNTech.
Return Of The State Of Fear At the beginning of the year (New Year, State Of Fear), we referred to Michael Crichton's observation about fear being used to facilitate control:  We concluded that COVID restrictions would linger for that reason: 
Betting On A Bitcoin Breakout With A Hedged Bet On Riot Blockchain. Heads You Win, Tails You Don't Lose Too Much.
Stonetoss's classic comic on Bitcoin volatility. Bitcoin Attempts Another Breakout
A Forgettable Week For Alzheimer's Treatment Stocks: Two Of Our Top Names Come Back To Earth. This Is Why We Hedge.
Screen capture via Cassava Sciences' video for their Simufilam Alzheimer's disease treatment.  Two Alzheimer's Names Come Back To Earth
Coffee Heats Up: The Coffee ETN JO Was Our Top Name In May; It's Up 37% Since, But We're Bullish On It Again. What To Do If We're Wrong About It This Time.
Coffee more expensive? As Jeremy Irons' character in "Margin Call" says, "I'll have to pay".  Coffee Heats Up 
Bitcoin Excitement Extends To Stocks; Now It's Time For MicroStrategy Longs To Add Some Downside Protection
Pseudonymous cartoonist "Stonetoss" on Bitcoin volatility. More Sunday-Monday Excitement For Bitcoin
An Unforgettable Week For Alzheimer's Treatment Stocks: Two Of Our Recent Top Names Spike On News Of Potentially Promising Treatments
Screen capture via IGC's healthcare subsidiary Hyalolex. "Drops of Clarity" is their just-patented Alzheimer's treatment. Two Stocks Spike On Alzheimer's News
Update On A Bear-Proof Portfolio: The Portfolio We Presented Earlier This Week Is Off To A Fast Start
Japanese gameshow contestant versus bear. Image via TMZ. Bear-Proof Portfolio Update
Building A Bear-Proof Portfolio: Investing Safely Up As The Fear & Greed Index Approaches Early 2020 Levels.
Market Fear Gauge Approaches 2020 Levels As ZeroHedge reported on Monday, the Fear & Greed gauge has approached early 2020 levels.  Screen capture via ZeroHedge. 
Hedging Inflation Risk: With Inflation Spiking 5.4% Year-Over-Year In June, A Look At How To Protect Your Stock Portfolio.
The Inflation Threat
Instead Of Gold: Consider Iron. With Industrial Commodities In Demand, Here's A Hedged Bet On Our Top Iron Miner, Cleveland-Cliffs
Iron ore: not as pretty as gold, but in demand now. Photo by Peter Craven, Wikimedia Commons.  The Post-COVID Reflation Trade
Republic Of The Savior: The Downsides Of El Salvador As A Poster Boy For Bitcoin
El Salvador's Chaparrastique (San Miguel) volcano with Bitcoin "laser eyes" added. Image via Twitter user @Alexa_Alexa____. Bitcoin's New Plunge Protection Team
AMC Goes Parabolic: Looking For The Next Short Squeeze Candidate.
Moviegoers at an AMC theater waiting for a showing of the last Fast & Furious movie (photo via author). 
AMC: Return Of The Meme Stock. As Crypto Crabs, Wall Street Bets Roars Back. How AMC Longs Can Lock In Most Of Their Gains.
Technical analysis by Swan Financial Studios on AMC. As Crypto Crabs, A Meme Stock Comes Back
Ideas For Bitcoin Bulls: Taking Advantage Of Fear, Uncertainty, And Doubt By Selling Cash-Secured Puts On These Two Stocks
Pseudonymous cartoonist "Stonetoss" on Bitcoin volatility. Taking Advantage Of FUD
Crypto: Look Out Below -- Three Market Technicians See Further Downside, But There's A Potential Bright Spot In The Crypto Orbit
H-USD, BNB-USD Credit to Oliver Renick for the clever "laser eyes" bear meme, more on which below.  Laser-Eyed Tom Brady
Too Much Crypto, Not Enough Stuff: We Have 9,888 Different Cryptocurrencies, But The World Economy Is Running Low On Everything From Coffee To Steel
Coffee is one of the commodities the world economy is running low on, per Bloomberg.  Too Much Crypto, Not Enough Stuff
Elon Musk Causes Another Crypto Correction: Where Bitcoin Might Go From Here After Musk Rattles Crypto Again
Twitter meme illustrating Elon Musk's power over crypto.  Oliver Renick Calls A Top
Tesla Stops Taking Bitcoin. What Elon Musk Is Up To And Why He Will Likely Transition To Ethereum
Meme via the Portfolio Armor art department and Imgflip.  Elon Musk Discovers Bitcoin Mining Burns Coal