Data regarding the health of the U.S. consumer have been mixed so far this year as the hangover from the government shutdown in December and January lingered, possibly offset a bit from the sharp rebound …
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Quick serve restaurant stocks have some of the most constructive looking charts in the U.S. market. Let’s start with the Big Kahuna Burger, McDonald’s (MCD), which is approaching its prior all-time highs from last fall …
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Lululemon (LULU) reports their fiscal Q4 results tonight after the close, the options market is implying about a 10% one day move tomorrow that is shy to its average one-day post-earnings move over the last …
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For four weeks from mid-February to mid-March my 13 and 15-year-old daughters were in a paper-trading stock competition with ten of their girlfriends set up by one of the mothers. My 15yo Alex won with …
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On March 15th I previewed FedEx’s (FDX) fiscal Q3 results reported last week (FedEx Q3 Earnings Preview) and offered a fairly downbeat near-term assessment of their ability to print a beat and raise: Maybe last …
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On February 8th (Citibank: The Bankers – Endgame) I detailed my bearish view on U.S. banks stocks discussing a recent turn of events in the group but mostly focusing on the pivot of the U.S. …
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Back in November, I took a look at the homebuilding space (Home is Where the Heart is?) highlighting a contrarian call from research house Funds that on the group: At the time I highlighted a …
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On February 15th, when shares of Nike (NKE) were near $85, and threatening a new all-time high, I detailed reasons why I thought their upcoming guidance would disappoint and why the stock might be on …
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On March 12th’s Fast Money one discussion was on the semi conductor stocks. Dan mentioned Applied Materials (AMAT) and the next day wrote here on RiskReversal with two different ways to express a bullish idea. …
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Micron (MU) will report their fiscal Q2 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about a 7.5% move between now and next Friday’s close Most of that for the post-earnings reaction. With …
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