Yesterday shares of Target (TGT) declined 5.5% on a disappointing Q4: I think Jeff Macke’s tweet speaks to the magnitude of the pre-announcement and the sell-off: $TGT guides lower 2mo 2 days after guiding higher. Ecommerce …
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Last night on CNBC’s Fast Money I highlighted some unusual call options activity on shares of Alibaba (BABA) on a day that Chinese Internet ADRs went nuts here in the U.S., and BABA closed up …
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Last night on CNBC’s Fast Money they asked me to take a quick look at the VIX (CBOE Volatility Index) trading at 2016 low, briefly below 11 for the first time since Aug 5th, 2015: …
Continue readingRemember when Chinese equities (Shanghai Composite) inflated 180% from their June 2013 lows to their June 2015 highs: Then the index got cut in half. It put in lows earlier this year, before regaining some …
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Investors in U.S. equities have been buying stocks based on an assumption that the incoming administration will be “pro-business” (lower corporate taxes and less regulation). For the most part, investors are correct to assume that, …
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Event: Broadcom (AVGO) reports their fiscal Q4 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about a 5.5% one day post earnings move tomorrow, which is essentially in line with the average over the …
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Metals and Mining stocks, measured by the etf XME, is one of the best performing groups in the S&P in November, up nearly 25%. Its two largest components, AK Steel (AKS) & US Steel (X) …
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It’s been a newsy year for Facebook (FB). In the Spring, at the height of the presidential election primary period, a former employee made news by stating that curators routinely suppressed conservative news stories in their …
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You know the old expression, and Apple a day keeps the doctor away… well I had some thoughts on the stock on Friday (Home for the Tax Holidays) as it relates to some hot-button political …
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On November 3rd, Starbucks (SBUX) issued fQ4 results that were better than expected, despite U.S. same-store sales missing expectations for the fourth consecutive quarter (4% vs 4.8%), with CEO Howard Schultz citing a “high degree of …
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