Sirius XM Holdings was a darling of the late 1990’s internet bubble, when the stock rallied from single digits to almost $70 over the course of the cycle. Satellite radio was a novel idea, with …
Continue readingThe price of U.S. dollars is perhaps the most important single price in the world. The reserve currency status of the dollar encourages governments, businesses, and consumers worldwide to borrow and transact in dollars as …
Continue readingTwitter dominated options volumes, trading almost 10x its 1 month average call volume. The stock had its largest volume day since its IPO, trading over 82 million shares (vs. a total float of 80 million). …
Continue readingNasdaq stock (ticker NDAQ) is in the same place it was 8 years ago, in late 2005. At the time, the stock had ripped from around $10 to around $40 in 2005 as the stock …
Continue readingIt’s hard to talk about the internet stock darlings of 2013 and not mention the 150% gains in GRPN, a stock that caught notoriety last year after its initial IPO success, only to lose close …
Continue readingTwitter’s stock run in the past month has been a sight to behold. IPO at $26, trade at $50 on day one. Back off to below $40 over the next few weeks. Then burst higher …
Continue readingEarlier in the fall there seemed to be a little bubble forming in the financial press about the need to label the stock market, or any market for risk assets a “bubble”. Back in …
Continue readingQuiet volumes on the half day session on Christmas Eve, with a few tech standouts for options. 1. EBAY – Trader sold more than 50k of the Jan18th 55 calls to close at an average price …
Continue readingBack in early September, TV host extraordinaire, Regis Philbin called into CNBC’s Fast Money to discuss his investment in MU that he bought in early 2013 in the high single digits and suggested the stock …
Continue readingThe solar stocks have relinquished their leadership position ever since winter arrived. However, given our long-term optimism on the sector (see our post from April), I wanted to do a quick chart check before the …
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