If you’re like me, and you watched the final round of the Master’s golf tourney on Sunday, then you were subjected to what might be considered cruel and unusual punishment at the hands of IBM’s …
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Event: Tesla (TSLA) reports Q4 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about a 15% one day move which is rich to the 4 qtr avg of about 7% and the long the …
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Bear with me on this one, as it won’t exactly help you make money, but may help you lose less in the future. Larry McDonald, the Head of U.S. Strategy at Societe Generale Tweeted the …
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Last Monday we took a look at IBM following the announcement of DELL and EMC’s intention to merge. While IBM could be a candidate to split some its faster growing cloud based businesses from their slower …
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I assure you this post is NOT a victory lap. But over the past couple years we have had some choice words as it relates to the guidance given by Yum Brands (YUM), and specifically …
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Here is some generally directional, untied options activity that caught my eye during Tuesday’s trading: 1. LL – rallied sharply mid-day Monday on what smelled like BS rumors that Carl Icahn was looking at the company. By the end …
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Shares of Facebook (FB) have been in a seven month base, trading between $70 and $82 with the most of the price action between $74 and $78: During this period, options prices have ground down …
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This morning Coupons.com (COUP) is down 30% in the pre-market after guiding the current quarter sales to $53 million missing the consensus estimate of $66 million, or by 20%. I don’t know jack about COUP, but …
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Since last summer we have posted our share of cautious comments (below) on YUM Brands given their heavy exposure to China, and what appeared to be weakening trends for fast service restaurants in the U.S. …
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