Event: FedEx (FDX) reports their fiscal Q1 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying nearly a 5% post earnings move tomorrow in either direction, which is shy of the 4 qtr one day average …
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Will they? Won’t they? The financial press (and it seems the political press too) can’t stop with this. Yep, because it’s election season, everyone is playing the guessing game on a possible Fed rate hike …
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In the last month and change we’ve focused some short delta ideas that have some similar themes (e.g. increased chances of recession Europe post Brexit). We expressed those views in 3 etfs in particular that …
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I don’t have much to add about the horrific attack in Nice last night. It saddens me as it saddens you. In the immediate aftermath of 9/11 the world grappled with the threat of large scale, …
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We’ll be fighting in the streets With our children at our feet And the morals that they worship will be gone And the men who spurred us on Sit in judgement of all wrong They …
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I had been skeptical of the S&P 500 (SPX) ability to make a new high and establish a new range above the prior highs. It has done that now. And any the confirmation of the …
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A couple of weeks ago we expressed our gloomy view of U.S. bank stocks with a put purchase in Bank of America (BAC ) expiring in August. We chose that expiration because it captures BAC’s …
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I wanted to highlight a few interesting reads from the last couple days. I think these are fairly important for U.S. investors looking at the relative strength of U.S. stocks and the yield differential between our …
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Regular readers are familiar with my views on bank stocks (from April here and early June here). Given the weakness of most into and out of the Brexit vote late last week we took the opportunity …
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Back in early April I laid out my bearish view on U.S. banks stocks (XLF – Bank Shot), It was largely based on comparison to the price action of their European peers, and the reasons …
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