December 6, 2016 by riskreversal • Trade Ideas

Back in early August, we attempted to lay out a bullish case for shares of IBM: IBM is a cheap stock at 12x expected 2016 eps and pays a dividend with a current yield of …

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November 16, 2016 by Dan • FREE ACCESS

Yesterday IBM’s CEO Ginni Rometty wrote an open letter to President-elect Trump offering: ideas that I believe will help achieve the aspiration you articulated and that can advance a national agenda in a time of profound …

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August 17, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Back in late May I made the case why NetApp (NTAP) could find itself in the sights of potential acquirers (here): investors are already speculating who can be on HPE’s shopping list.  NTAP has long …

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August 5, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

With the the S&P 500 breaking out to new all time highs after its recent consolidation on the heels of the second consecutive better than expected non-farm payrolls number this am, it makes sense to …

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June 6, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

We spend a lot of time on RiskReversal discussing implied event moves. We do this not try to predict the unpredictable, but mostly use it as an input to help gauge the sentiment of investors …

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May 25, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Shares of NetApp (NTAP) opened up about 4% this morning (they have since given back half the initial gains) possibly on speculation that the company could find itself in the sights of Hewlett Packard Enterprises …

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May 23, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Event: Hewlett Packard Enterprises (HPE) reports their third quarter as a standalone company tomorrow after the close.  The options market is implying about a 7% one day move following results.  Back in early March the …

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April 12, 2016 by Dan • Trade Updates

If you’re like me, and you watched the final round of the Master’s golf tourney on Sunday, then you were subjected to what might be considered cruel and unusual punishment at the hands of IBM’s …

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