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Big Printin’ – AAPL Accelerated Repurchase?, XOP puts

November 16, 2016 by riskreversal • Big Printin'

AAPL: The largest single stock options trades today were in Apple:

Big Printin’ – $AAPL Accelerates….Buybacks?

May 26, 2016 by Dan • Commentary

In Apple’s (AAPL) fiscal Q2, the company bought back shares at its slowest pace in 5 quarters, about $7 billion, bringing the grand total of shares bought back since the start of their $200 billion capital …

MorningWord 9/25/15: $CAT Scratch Fever

September 25, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

In case you missed it, Caterpillar (CAT) was down 6.25% yesterday making a new 5 year low after pre-announcing results that were much worse than expected. CAT is now down 42% from its 2014 high: …

New Trade – $CAT Scratch Fever

June 11, 2015 by CC • Commentary

A couple of weeks ago we looked at the set-up in Caterpillar (CAT). Here are some highlights: CAT’s fundamentals remain challenged with greater exposure outside of North America than DE (55% vs 35%), and far …

Name That Trade: $CAT Scratch Fever

May 29, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

While the weakness in the Transports has caught a lot of attention of late, the relentless selling in some Industrial stocks may be more important for the direction of the broad market in the near future. …

New Trade – $PEP: Pepsi Challenged

September 29, 2014 by Dan • Commentary

I think it is safe to say that the Federal Reserve’s policy of zero interest rates was largely intended to stimulate economic activity. However, another consequence for corporate America was the potential for massive financial engineering …

Trading Diary: Sept 22nd – Sept 26th

September 28, 2014 by Enis • Commentary

Here is a quick recap of all of the trades that we initiated, closed, managed, expired and considered (Name That Trades) in the week that was Sept 22nd – Sept 26th:

Trade Update – $CAT: Selling Put Spread for More Than a Double

September 22, 2014 by Enis • Commentary

Caterpillar has sold off nearly 10% from the start of the month as the negative headlines surrounding China’s macro situation have intensified. The stock is within 1% of its rising 200 day moving average, which …

New Trade – Stray $CAT

September 9, 2014 by Enis • Commentary

Dan wrote a Name That Trade post on Thursday discussing the setup in CAT, emphasizing the vol dampening impact of the aggressive buyback program: Unfortunately for CAT, this earnings recovery doesn’t have a whole heck of …

Name That Trade – $CAT Scratch Fever

September 4, 2014 by Dan • Commentary

After what can only be described as a massive under-performance for Caterpillar (CAT) in 2013 (up 1% vs the SPX up 30%), the stock is making up for lost ground in 2014, up about 20% …

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