Bloomberg U.S. stock futures rose, following yesterday’s slump in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, as a report may show that sales of new homes increased for the first time this year and concern about …
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MorningWord: 4/24/12: Yesterday’s action in Europe was about as bad as it gets and is very likely to portend a fairly rocky spring for the region, both politically and economically. On the flip side, our equity markets acted …
Continue readingNFLX reports their Q1 tonight after the close. -The Options market is implying about a 13% move following earnings vs the 4 qtr avg of about 17.5% and the 8 qtr avg of about 16%. …
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The big news this weekend was the poor showing in the first round of elections by center right French President Nicholas Sarkozy. Sarkozy actually took it on the chin from voters to his left and …
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Bloomberg U.S. stock futures fell, following last week’s advance for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, after data showed that manufacturing shrank in the euro-area and China while concern grew about Europe’s sovereign debt crisis. …
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MorningWord: 4/23/12: So much for all that enthusiasm early last week regarding Spain’s successful debt auction…..the bottom appears to be falling out with the Spanish 10yr yield briefly trading above 6% for the first time this morning since Nov. …
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Equities had a fairly odd 5 trading days last week with some fairly massive divergences within 2 sectors that drove much of the upside in Q1, Tech and Financials. The SPX closed up about …
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Original Post: Here is a quick preview of what I will be discussing tonight on Options Action on CNBC at 5pm: EVENT: AAPL will report their fiscal Q2 earnings on Apr 24th after the market …
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MorningWord: 4/20/12: I started the day yesterday discussing Tech and Bank earnings and fortunately or unfortunately (depending on your investment view) for most other sectors in the market, these 2 sectors appear to be driving the bus for the …
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Marketwatch U.S. stock-index futures gained ground Friday on an ongoing stream of positive earnings and as the world’s top finance officials gather in Washington. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJM2 +0.38% gained 73 …
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