Three of the largest stocks on planet earth (AMZN, GOOGL & MSFT) are gapping up 10% this morning, gaining more than $100 billion in market cap in a flash. What strikes me is that in …
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Shares of Citrix Systems (CTXS) are down today on a downgrade from buy to hold by top ranked software analyst Rick Sherlund of Nomura. Sherlund had the following to say for his re-positioning: Citrix shares …
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The VIX jumped to its highest level in a month. 30 day implied volatility in SPY jumped above 12 for the first time since early August: Puts were more active than calls as the CBOE …
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MorningWord 11/14/13: Longtime readers know that we take pride in our efforts to leg into directional options trades (some would say it is our special sauce), as was the case with CSCO over the last …
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News hit the tape a bit ago that AMZN is launching a new virtual desktop Amazon Workspaces, as well as Appstream (which competes with the Netscaler business for CTXS). They say they will be priced …
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Almost two weeks ago following CTXS’s negative pre-announcement I commented in the MorningWord (below) on the fairly dramatic technical damage done on the stock going from what was new 52 week highs to nearly new …
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MorningWord 10/10/13: With the rhetoric cooling in DC, and the S&P 500 futures up nearly 1% it would appear that we may be in for a less volatile period in the coming weeks, except for …
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MSFT reports tonight after the close. Expectations heading into it are low as many analysts have lowered numbers based on weak consumer PC data released by market researchers. INTC‘s commentary throws a bit of a …
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CTXS reports Q1 earnings tonight after the close. -Stock is trading within a few percentage points of the 11 year high and up 12.5% year to date, with half of those gains coming last week …
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