Shares of Goldman Sachs are up nearly 35% on the year, most of it since Nov 8th, and up nearly 75% from its late June post Brexit lows, and now just 3% from its all …
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On a day that it is announced that the President-elect will nominate Goldman Sachs (GS) alum Steve Mnuchin to head the Treasury, and is considering with GS’s current COO for a senior role in the administration, …
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In the wake of the Wells Fargo’s (WFC) fraudulent account scandal, the company’s new (kind of old) President & CEO Tom Sloan issued a statement on their retail banking operations “as part of our ongoing …
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There is little doubt that Salesforce.com (CRM) has been a pioneer of one of the largest secular shifts in enterprise computing in decades, and is helmed by a guy who has the potential to be the next …
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After the close last night, Disney (DIS) announced that COO Thomas Staggs, long thought to be the successor for current CEO Bob Iger, has left the company after 26 years. Shares of DIS are down nearly …
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Stock and options volumes were near their lowest of the year on a quiet Monday. VIX options continued to be the most active. 1. VIX – Options volume was about 1.5x the average 1 month daily …
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This past Friday I detailed my thoughts on NLY in a Deep Dive post (below), following news that the company’s COO and Co-Chief Investment Officer were resigning. In that post, I analyzed the details of the …
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Annaly caught my attention this morning when I saw the headline that the COO and the Co-Chief Investment officer were both resigning from the firm. That would be major news for any company, but more …
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GME has been attempting to hold the $45 support level (from December as well as the rising 200 day moving average). The stock was down 8% on Tuesday after news of Sony’s potential new streaming …
Continue readingOn a day when stock volume was above average, options volumes were actually relatively light. Single stock volumes were dominated by AAPL weekly options. AAPL – 6 of the top 10 most traded options lines …
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