General Electric (GE) is scheduled to report Q3 results Friday morning, Oct 21st before the open. The options market is currently implying a 2% one day move which is a tad rich to its 4 qtr …
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Event: Apple (AAPL) reports fiscal Q4 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about about a 6.5% one day move, which is greater than the implied move prior to their Q3 report of 5%, that subsequently …
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If the last 20 years have taught investors anything, it’s that economic and market shocks are very unlikely to remain contained to their region of origin. For better or worse the global economy is an intricate …
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Back in November 2014, when crude oil was down about 50% from its prior 52 week high, the number two oilfield services company Halliburton (HAL) agreed to acquire number three in the space, Baker Hughes (BHI) …
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In 2012, I had a very bad trade in Apple (AAPL). On a few occasions I tried to short the stock for a whole host of reasons that ultimately could be explained as an unusual sentiment …
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This tweet from Jim Cramer caught my attention this morning.: Is it me or has http://t.co/2U0CAxmyIb just become the house of gloom. Every article negative spin today. Amazing.. — Jim Cramer (@jimcramer) August 19, 2015 …
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If you are looking at the recent new all time highs in Disney (DIS), Facebook (FB), Nike (NKE), Starbucks (SBUX) and of course Apple’s (AAPL) 15.5% year to date gains to glean the health of …
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Yesterday in this space (The Year of the PBOC) I discussed the difficulty assessing the health of the Chinese economy for those of us who are not on the ground, and who generally rely on …
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As regular readers of Risk Reversal know we like to find opportunities to short bad, or what we deem to be misunderstood stories in any sort of market. But how we use the term “short” …
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