Apple (AAPL) has been at the forefront of technological innovation for the last three decades. But this past Summer, European Union competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager claimed that their financial innovation shielded profits from taxes over …
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Earlier Josh Brown blogged and tweeted about the S&P Metals and Mining (XME) ratio chart to the S&P 500 (SPX), saying: Ten years of underperformance. A long-term downtrend now being snapped, the year to date …
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Event: Walmart (WMT) is scheduled to report their Q3 results on November 17th before the open. The options market is implying about a 4% move in either direction between now and Nov 18th expiration close. …
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Apple (AAPL) reported their fiscal Q4 results last night. In a quarter whose last two weeks benefited from pre-orders and initial sales of their highly anticipated iPhone 7 & 7+, the company’s press release instead highlighted …
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Event: Apple (AAPL) reports their fiscal Q4 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about a 4% move in either direction, which is shy to the average of 5.85% over the last …
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Event: Nike (NKE) reports fiscal Q1 results Tuesday after the close. The options market is implying about a 4.25% one day post earnings move. With the stock at $55.50, the Sept30th weekly 55.50 strangle (the …
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On September 13th in this space (The Silicon Stock Exchange) I had some thoughts on private tech market valuations: For the first time in a very long time (or at-least in the modern investment era) …
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By now you have probably read a handful of articles recapping what happened in financial markets a year ago today. While we are on anniversaries, today also marks the 5 year anniversary of Tim Cook as …
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A year ago yesterday, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) devalued their currency in dramatic fashion in reaction to deteriorating export data. The unexpected policy move was a spark that lit the global risk asset bonfire …
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In many ways the confusion of U.S. citizens relating to political allegiances in this presidential election cycle, and the difficult choice many will have to make, country over party, resembles the consternation many investors have faced in 2016 as …
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