Event: HLF reports its Q3 earnings Monday after the close. The options market is implying about a 16% move on the event, much higher than the 4 quarter average of 5% and the 8 quarter …
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Any trepidation caused by the U.S. Fed’s completion of QE for has been relieved almost immediately by more QE overseas. The surprise move by the BOJ overnight seems coordinated. It seems that our financial overlords were …
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Options volumes remained very light, even in the index ETFs, which are now near the highs of the year. The chip sector was the most active in options, even as most chip stocks have already …
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Precious metals are getting walloped again today, continuing a vicious downtrend that has been in place since July. That also happens to be when the U.S. dollar started on its very strong run, which has …
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Below we previewed LNKD’s Q3 results. I am hard pressed given the expectations, and investors sentiment toward large cap internet stocks that LNKD can rise on anything other than a sizable beat and raise. But …
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Event: LinkedIn (LNKD) reports Q3 results after the close tonight. The options market is implying about a 9% one day move in either direction, which is essentially inline with the 4 qtr average of about 9%, …
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Event: CVX reports its Q3 earnings tomorrow morning before the open. The options market is implying about a 1.75% one day move, which is in line with both the 4 qtr and 8 qtr averages …
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Event: XOM reports its Q3 earnings tomorrow morning before the open. The options market is implying about a 2% one day move, which is above both the 4 qtr avg of about 1.75%, and the …
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SodaStream is a controversial stock that we have followed closely in the past year. In fact, we actually had a profitable trade in SODA in the spring on the long side, though we quickly exited …
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The title of “Fed Whisperer” John Hilsenrath’s postmortem article on this week’s FOMC meeting is kind of amusing. Fed Closes Chapter on Easy Money. When I think about the word chapter, I think of just …
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