Yesterday, on CNBC’s Fast Money I highlighted some substantial bearish activity in Freeport-McMoRan (FCX). Specifically short-dated puts traded over 81,000 contracts, well above the 31,600 20 day average put volume. Most of the activity was …
Continue readingFor Gap, Inc. Slow and Steady Wins the Race Gap, Inc. (GPS) is a worldwide apparel retailer. Most if not all of us have shopped at one of their stores at one time or another. …
Continue readingIs the Optimism in Emerging Market Equities Justified? A very curious phenomenon is taking place in the equity markets right now. Emerging market equities are performing quite nicely and have been doing so since the …
Continue readingMosaic (MOS) Why Can’t this Fertilizer Grow The Mosaic Company is a very simple one. It manufactures fertilizer and markets it worldwide. The base minerals, phosphate and potash, come from the company’s mining operations. They …
Continue readingShould We Be Nervous About the Auto Sector? The economic recovery is now 7 years old. By historical standards, this one is getting a bit long in the tooth. The National Bureau of Economic Research …
Continue readingGilead & The Art of Guidance Yesterday after the close, Gilead Sciences (GILD) reported their financial results for the Q4-2016 and the year as a whole. This report was a classic good news / bad …
Continue readingIs There Enough Economic Growth to Push Stock Prices Higher? For stock to continue to rise, we think the economy needs to accelerate to drive earnings growth and/or interest rates need to fall. Since we …
Continue readingWill Silver Lead a Precious Metals Advance? We like to take about opportunities wherever we can find them. On 19-January-2017 we discussed the precious metals market. In that note we showed that platinum is trading …
Continue readingOverwrite a Call on Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG) on Favorable Valuations & Volatility The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (IPG) is a global advertising agency. Businesses large and small use IPG’s services to communicate …
Continue readingFind an Undiscovered Gem in Discovery Communications Discovery Communications Inc., (DISCA) is a company we all know, but one that rarely shows up on the average investor’s radar screen. DISCA is a global media company …
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