Over the last few weeks, we have had a few things to say about the underperformance year to date from stocks in the banking sector (read here and here). On the desk on CNBC’s Fast …
Continue readingNike (NKE) will report their fiscal Q4 results today after the close. The options market is implying about a 5% move in either direction which is in line with its 10-year average one-day post-earnings move, …
Continue readingTomorow after the close, the Federal Reserve will announce the results of their annual stress tests, known as CCAR, that they conduct on all major banking institutions to gauge their resilience in the face of …
Continue readingIn March we checked in on the Semiconductor space a couple times, with some events on the docket from large omponents like Micron (MU) and Applied Materials (AMAT). After detailing an initial short biased trade …
Continue readingShares of Lennar (LEN) are up 6% as I write after the company reported better than expected earnings this morning, with their executive Chairman Stuart Miller suggesting: “Concerns about rising interest rates and construction costs …
Continue readingOn Friday June 15th I detailed a bearish strategy in the FXI, the etf that tracks large-cap Chinese stocks (read here: YUAN TRADE WAR?) suggesting… looking at the FXI, the iShares Large Cap China etf, …
Continue readingOn Friday’s Options Action on CNBC my co-panelist Mike Khouw took a look at Nike (NKE) into their fQ3 print Thursday afternoon, watch here: The options market is implying about a 5% move in either direction …
Continue readingStarbucks (SBUX) is down about 10% on the week following Wednesday night’s preannouncement calling for global same-store sales to come in well below the 2.9% expectation for the quarter at just 1%, citing weakness not …
Continue readingIn mid May we checked in on emerging market stocks and detailed a way to position for the etf EEM to break support at some point this summer. Here was the original trade, a put …
Continue readingMicron (MU) will report their fiscal Q3 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about a 7.5% move between now and Friday’s close. With the stock at $59.50, the June 22nd weekly …
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