You know the old bear market saying, sell the rumor and buy the news. Overnight China released economic data that whiffed across the board and included the lowest GDP print since 2009. A good bit of …
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This is some fairly old school Wall Street sell-side research stock picking, per Bloomberg: Priceline Cut at Deutsche Bank on Limited Upside; Expedia Upped 07:57 Priceline cut to hold from buy by Deutsche Bank analyst …
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European stocks are partying today on news from an ECB executive board member that they will “front load” bond purchases in May and June in front of what they expect to be poor liquidity in …
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When this bull market comes to an end, the immediate cause will not likely be from our shores as was the case in 2000 and 2007. Despite most major equity indices in the U.S. closing at …
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While there have been no shortage of reasons for investors to sell stocks in the last few weeks, it’s safe to say that a brewing credit crisis in China has not been on the top …
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A couple of weeks ago we initiated a slightly bearish play in BAC that looked to finance puts that would catch the impending Q2 earnings release (Aug regulars) with a sale of puts in the week …
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Bank stocks have lagged the broad market in 2014 as money-center and investment banks fend off of a whole host of challenges from increased regulatory scrutiny that appears to be resulting in no shortage of multi-billion …
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Last July, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp Vice Chairman Thomas Hoenig referred to Deutsche Bank as “horribly undercapitalized” and that the largest European banks has “no margin of error”. Since that time the bank has raised billions in …
Continue readingYUM stock has been on a roller coaster ride over the past 2 months, since its October earnings report. The stock missed earnings, dropping 7% to a 5 month low after the results. But after …
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Undercapitalization of the European banking system has been a lingering concern for the European economy for several years now. While the U.S. banks undertook a major capital raising program in 2008 and 2009 to replenish …
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