January 12, 2017 by riskreversal • Trade Ideas

Bank of America (BAC) reports Q4 results tomorrow before the open. The options market is implying about a 3.3% move tomorrow, which is rich to the 4 qtr one day average post earnings move of …

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December 20, 2016 by Dan • FREE ACCESS

Back in the late 1990s, the higher a tech stock went, the more bullish sell side analysts and investors would get. And in many instances, analysts would set ridiculous price targets that quickly turned out to …

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September 7, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

The Home Depot (HD) has been the poster-child for the re-emergence of the U.S. housing market and the resilience of the U.S. consumer.  Despite the stock being flat on the year, it is up 650% from its …

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August 29, 2016 by Dan • FREE ACCESS

On Friday Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen said what we already knew: “In light of the continued solid performance of the labor market and our outlook for economic activity and inflation, I believe the case for an …

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August 5, 2016 by Dan • FREE ACCESS

This morning’s July non-farm payrolls report came in better than expected for the second consecutive month. That brings the average monthly gains to 186,000 for 2016. The unemployment rate stayed put at 4.9%.  The July …

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August 29, 2013 by Dan • Commentary

Last night URBN announced that they had authorized a share repurchase program for up to 10 million shares, as there prior buyback from Aug 2011 had been fulfilled.   Back on Aug 19th, URBN reported …

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June 7, 2013 by Dan • Commentary

Webinar Reminder:   Summer Trading Strategies – A Return to Volatility? – Mon, Jun 17, 6:00 PM EDT      Register here:  https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/84096497664919552 [hr] Earlier in the week I wrote a post previewing AAPL’s Word Wide Developers …

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June 5, 2013 by Dan • Commentary

Webinar Reminder:   Summer Trading Strategies – A Return to Volatility? – Mon, Jun 17, 6:00 PM EDT Registration URL: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/84096497664919552   MorningWord 6/5/13:   This coming Monday in San Francisco, AAPL CEO Tim Cook will …

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