December 19, 2016 by riskreversal • Trade Ideas

The semiconductor space has been enveloped by an epic spat of M&A for the better part of the last two years, equaling nearly $200 billion in deals. Much of this urge to merge has been …

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November 10, 2016 by riskreversal • Chart of the Day

Event: Nvidia (NVDA) report their Q3 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about a 8% one day move tomorrow, which is shy of the average over the last 4 quarters of about …

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September 30, 2016 by riskreversal • Trade Ideas

The biggest news in tech this week was merely rumor, that Qualcomm (QCOM) is in talks to pay $30 billion for NXP Semiconductor (NXPI), a company which just last year spent $12 billion to buy Freescale …

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September 27, 2016 by riskreversal • Big Printin'

Here are a few apparently directional options trades that caught my eye in today’s trading: XLK: There appeared to be an opening bullish bet in the S&P Technology Select etf when the etf was trading $47.70, …

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April 20, 2016 by Dan • Commentary

Intel (INTC) reported Q1 results and forward guidance last night after the close. While the Q1 results hit the previously lowered estimates, Q2 sales were guided to $13 to $14 billion, below the consensus of …

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December 14, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Qualcomm, both the company and its stock have had a bad year (QCOM). The company has been hit with threats from both China and European regulators regarding their selling practices in those regions, while they …

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June 26, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Back in late April I initiated a bearish position (read here) in Intel (INTC) shortly after their weak Q1 results and Q2 guidance, along with similar from Texas Instruments (TXN) and Qualcomm (QCOM), here was …

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June 2, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Shortly after NXPI’s takeover offer for Freescale I took a look at Ambarella (AMBA), the chip supplier to GoPro (GPRO) (read here), and concluded: The stock is not cheap, and its future for the time being is …

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June 2, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

There are specific themes that seem to dominate the various stages of a bull or bear market.  For the better part of 2013 and 2014 capital return in lieu of top line growth was the theme. …

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