Having just broken out to new all time highs, the S&P 500 (SPX) is up 6.25% on the year, and up 20% from its 2016 lows at 1810, made on February 11th. It’ now 6.5% …
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Home improvement has been a bright spot in what has emerged as a fairly mixed domestic retail environment in 2015. The undisputed leader in the space has been The Home Depot (HD), a stock that is …
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Regular readers know that we try not to get sucked into investment ideas with buzz-phrases like cloud transition, upgrade cycles, back to school etc etc… that’s all mumbo jumbo that technology investors over-use in an …
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Back on April 28th shares of Whirlpool (WHR) declined 7% after the home appliance maker cut its full year earnings guidance to $9 to $10 a share vs $10.75 consensus, representing an 11% haircut. WHR gets …
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Full disclosure, my Mom is a long time fan of TJ Maxx (TJX). Me, not so much. I am sure there is plenty of good stuff in those stores, if you are willing to work …
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Last night, on CNBC’s Fast Money we discussed the management shake-up at TWTR. I mentioned that the company’s expected $2.2 billion in sales in 2015 is a drop in the bucket for both Google’s (GOOG) …
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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 …
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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. …
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We’ve decided to take this FB trade off after playing the roll game for the past few expiries. At this point, the October 38 call that we’re long doesn’t have much optionality left, so we’d …
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Selling the weekly 40’s worked well this week and made back the loss from gamma last week in the form of decay this week (about 30c.) With the long holiday weekend on the horizon and …
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