Shares of Intel (INTC) made a new 52 week high last week following the companies positive pre-announcement for their current quarter: The company now expects third-quarter revenue to be $15.6 billion, plus or minus $300 …
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By now we probably sound like a broken record when it comes to unusual options activity. But for the post I am going to write, our usual disclaimer makes a ton of sense: without intimate …
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Here is some (apparently) directional options activity that caught my eye in today’s trading: Apple (AAPL): the stock continues its insane weekly gains, nearing 12% from Monday’s lows, with the stock up 3% at a new …
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This morning I had some thoughts on interest rates (MorningWord 9/14/16: Basket of Predictables). To recap, I don’t think they are going meaningfully higher anytime soon. Maybe we get back to 2.25% in the 10 …
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Here is some decent size apparently directional options trades in sector etfs that caught my eye in today’s trading: XLF – rate sensitive stocks are getting nailed today despite the 10 year yield trading at the …
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A combination of the ECB not as dovish as some would expect yesterday, and increased expectations for a U.S. Fed rate increase in September have stocks and bonds falling today, while the U.S. dollar and rates …
Continue readingDespite the S&P 500 (SPX) very near all time highs, up nearly 7% on the year, Biotech stocks are one of the only S&P sectors down on the year, with the S&P Biotech etf (XBI) down a whopping …
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Shares of Alibaba (BABA) are up more than 4% today, trading at a new 52 week high. BABA is up 28% on the year, and up 82 from its 52 week and all time lows …
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This morning CNBC’s David Faber spoke of the possible interest of activist investors in Twitter (TWTR), watch here: .@davidfaber : Next week on Sept. 8 there will be an important board meeting for this company …
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Shortly after the open today there was a good size roll down in Tesla (TSLA) calls. When the stock was $210.20, a trader sold to close 10,000 of the October 255 calls at 52 cents …
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