Another day, another proposed mega-deal. M&A is the big story of this stage of the bull run. Market participants became too familiar with special dividends in 2013, and corporate financiers moved towards massively increasing share buybacks …
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Despite Herbailfe (HLF) being cut in half in 2014, losing more than $3 billion in market cap from the all time highs made in January, the story is far from over. Today we should be …
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Herbalife (HLF) is down 14% this morning after the company issued their second consecutive earnings miss and guided down the current quarter eps and sales estimate (Per Bloomberg: Sees 4Q adj EPS $1.30-$1.40, est. $1.69; sees 4Q …
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Herbalife reports earnings today after the close. We previewed the earnings event on Friday, with the following conclusion: The earnings event itself is not justifying the elevated vol in the options. Likely the option premium …
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The WSJ is reporting that Burger King (BKW) is considering buying Tim Hortons (THI) despite having fairly similar market capitalizations. While a deal would likely have strategic value in terms of broadening THI’s footprint globally, the primary …
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Here are some large options trades and/or activity that caught our eye today: 1. FB – the stock had a very volatile session, after opening up in the morning it traded off almost 3% and …
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MorningWord 2/8/13: Last night LNKD reported Q4 sales and earnings that handily beat Wall Street expectations and raised Q1 guidance which could prove to be conservative if the company maintains current quarter over quarter growth rates. …
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MorningWord 2/7/13: With S&P 500 earnings more than two thirds complete for Q4, the data suggests a fairly healthy beat rate by most of the super-sectors in the index. Yesterday, Bespoke ran a chart showing 64% of the companies …
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MorningWord 2/6/13: Since the June 2011 announcement that AAPL’s retail head, Ron Johnson was leaving to become JCP’s CEO, the stock and its investors have been on a wild ride. The announcement alone sent the …
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What a crazy stock. With HLF having rebounded from its open under 31 yesterday to about 36.50 as I write this (don’t blink) it’s time to look at possible exit strategies and the potential of …
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