The Nasdaq Composite is trading back at levels it has not seen since the year 2000, just before the index was about to enter a very dark period where it would lose almost 80% from …
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With the help (agitation) of activist investor Carl Icahn, EBAY is up 9% on the week, making new 9 year highs and quickly approaching the all time highs made in late 2014. While EBAY’s …
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Here’s our next addition to our investment portfolio:
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The S&P 500 made a new closing high yesterday, a frequent phenomenon since the index broke out to new all-time highs last spring. Interestingly, ever since that breakout to a new all-time high, VIX spot …
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Below is a list of some of the more interesting options blocks that traded today: 1. PFE – the Big Pharma company takes the prize for the single largest block of single stock options that traded …
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After closing at the dead highs for 2013, also a 5 year high, GE has been a fairly dramatic under-performer in 2014, still down about 9% despite the S&P 500 back in the green and …
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Medtronic is one of the rare companies that has grown earnings in each of the past 10 years (it has grown sales in 9 of the past 10 years – was down 0.1% in 2012). …
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Bloomberg News had an article this morning with the headline, “IBM Begins Cutting U.S. Jobs in $1 Billion Restructuring” – what a surprise. The article states: IBM is aiming for $20 a share in adjusted …
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In case you missed it, things continue to heat up in the Ukraine. Here is the headlines we woke up to this morning from the WSJ.com: With the last couple weeks’ violence in the Ukraine …
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Janet Yellen speaks at 10:00 am in front of the Senate today. Traders will hang on her every word, trying to discern what it means for financial assets across the world. However, two assets will …
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