Yesterday we previewed Workday (WDAY) and Priceline (PCLN) into their Q4 earnings. Today, WDAY is down sharply, and PCLN is higher. Let’s check in on those trade ideas and see how they worked. First in …
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It’s been a weird couple of weeks for shares of Kraft Heinz (KHC). The stock closed down 4.2% on Feb 16th, the day following fiscal Q4 results that on the surface appeared good, but as …
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Target (TGT) shares are being taken out to the woodshed after a massive guide down for 2017 profits, and it’s dragging the whole sector down with it. On that kind of day it makes sense …
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Following Target’s (TGT) negative pre-announcement of their fiscal Q4 results on Jan 18th I had the following to say on the stock: But what’s also shocking is that TGT’s market cap is now half of …
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Yesterday over at the Boock Report, Peter Boockvar highlighted the rising expectations for a Fed Fund rate hike at the March 15th FOMC meeting: The April fed funds futures contract which fully captures the March …
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Surprisingly in 2017, sectors deemed to be yield proxies like Utilities and REITS have faired pretty well despite the backdrop of economic reflation ruling the rhetoric in both economic and political circles. The S&P Utilities …
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The cloud-based applications software provider, Workday (WDAY) will report fiscal Q4 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about a 7.5% one day post earnings move which is shy to its 4 …
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Priceline (PCLN) reports their fiscal Q4 results tonight after the close, the implied one day move in the options market ~4.5%, well shy of the 4 qtr average post earnings one day move of about 7.3%. …
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Before we get to the week ahead, let’s do a quick recap of Friday’s Options Action on CNBC: We started the program by discussing the low levels of market volatility in 2017. The stock market is …
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Shares of Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) are up 6% on the year, slightly out-performing the S&P 500’s (SPX) 5.4% ytd gains. Surprisingly the stock is up 10% (in what feels like a straight line) since issuing …
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