With retail stocks getting slammed today as result of poor results and guidance from Macy’s (M) I wanted to take the opportunity to update a bearish leaning options trade discussed on CNBC’s Options Action on Friday April …
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Shares of Walmart are having their worst day today since its February 18th 3% decline following Q4 results that capped their first annual sales decline since 1980, and guided down for the current fiscal year 2017 vs …
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I’m on vacation this week and won’t be in front of my screens for the most part. CC and I will continue to post but some days may be slightly lighter on content. [hr] Here …
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On Wednesday we previewed Intel’s (INTC) Q4 earnings. Here were some of our thoughts: While management will go out of their way to highlight future diversification from PC chips, in Q3 their were few segments …
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Event: Intel (INTC) reports their Q4 results tomorrow after the close. The options market is implying about a 4.5% one day move which is rich to the 4 qtr average one day post earnings move …
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Earlier today (here), Dan took a look at the phenomenon that is Under Armour (UA) . It’s one of the first large cap stocks in our market to not only retake its 2015 highs but …
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Under Armour (UA), wow! You’d be hard-pressed to find many $22 billion market cap stocks that have not only made back their August losses, but have also just made new 52 week and all time …
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Unlike most stocks with significant Chinese exposure, NKE has held up remarkably well in this but of volatility. NKE saw significant selling on Monday morning but is back to 105, almost directly between the stocks …
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A couple of weeks ago we looked at the set-up in Caterpillar (CAT). Here are some highlights: CAT’s fundamentals remain challenged with greater exposure outside of North America than DE (55% vs 35%), and far …
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Its been a fun parlor game since the start of the Fed’s unprecedented policy of QE and ZIRP to predict what will happen to risk assets here in the U.S. once the central bank moves …
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