Last night on CNBC’s Fast Money Meg Tirrell interviewed Merck CEO Ken Frazier. As usual, Meg ran a great interview. Since healthcare related stocks are not my forte I found myself looking down at my Bloomberg …
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Today is the last major options expiry of 2013. Options traders, including ourselves, will mostly be left with options positions in 2014 after today. In preparation for the start of the new year, I wanted …
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MorningWord 2/01/13: At one point in the last decade, the Blackberry was the best thing to come out of the “Great White North” since Pamela Anderson, backbacon, and obviously the Mackenzie Brothers. RIMM for all intents and …
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MorningWord 1/31/13: I think it would be a fair assessment that Q4 Technology earnings have been a bit of a mixed bag with more than 50% of the S&P 500 having already reported. Pre-announcements prior to Jan …
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MorningWord 1/29/13: Last night YHOO reported it’s first anual revenue increase (up 2%) since 2008, not particularly a huge accomplishment considering that sales have been stuck btwn $4.38 billion and $4.48 billion for the last 4 years, …
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MorningWord 1/28/13: The SPX’s close above 1500 Friday, a new 5 year closing high, is fairly remarkable when you consider that one of its largest components, AAPL, over the last few years made a new …
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