July 16, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Event: Google reports Q2 earnings tonight after the close, the options market is implying about a 3.5% one day move. With the stock at $590, the July 590 straddle (call premium plus the put premium) …

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July 8, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Last night on CNBC’s Fast Money I highlighted unusually high call volume in Alcoa (AA) a day before the company was to report their Q2 results (watch here). Well, the report is tonight, and the …

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June 23, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

On Friday’s Fast Money program on CNBC, Tim Seymour answered viewer question with his thoughts on Apple (AAPL). I rudely interrupted Tim almost right off the bat when he mentioned valuation as justification to own …

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June 10, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

We have had our eye on MU in 2015. I last looked at it in mid May when the stock was $26.60 (read below). Despite some $50 billion in semiconductor m&a, and the Philadelphia Semiconductor …

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June 1, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Last Wednesday on CNBC’s Fast Money we had former star Casino/Gaming Analyst Jason Ader, now board member of Las Vegas Sands (LVS) on the program. It was a very interesting interview as he described the …

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May 14, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Last night on CNBC’s Fast Money we had a brief discussion about semiconductor stocks on the heels of Qualcomm’s (QCOM) $10 billion bond deal to fund its previously announced buyback. The feelings of the panelists were …

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April 16, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

A day after GE announced its plans to sell off parts of its finance and retail units, and the stock’s subsequent 11% one day gains, Barron’s ran the following story Time to Sell General Electric.  The …

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