Event: Nike (NKE) reports their fiscal Q4 results tomorrow after the close. The options market is implying about a 5.5% one day post earnings move in either direction. With the stock just below $52 the …
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HAL has had a very steep fall from grace in the past 4 months, going from an all-time high of $74.33 on July 23rd to yesterday’s intraday low of $47.74, just a touch above the …
Continue readingWhile we have certainly had our share of sensational global events this year – with videotaped murders by terrorists, mass kidnappings of schoolgirls in Africa, mass killings by a dictator in the Middle East, civil war …
Continue readingCIEN has been under pressure ever since its earnings gap higher in early June, back near the 52 week low of $18: Back in early June, we entered a slightly bullish call calendar that we …
Continue readingLast night on CNBC’s Fast Money we had the founders of Aviate, a company that has developed a mobile home-screen that was recently acquired by Yahoo for $80 million, watch the interview here: I had a …
Continue readingJust now, I was talking to a smart trader at a large institution on instant message as we do most mornings. Part of most traders pre-open morning routine is to digest the news between the …
Continue readingMorningWord 12/18/13: A number of large industrial companies have provided us with business updates and 2014 guidance in the past week. While industrial stocks have generally performed well in 2013, their outlook for 2014 is …
Continue readingAfter detailing some of the global economic weakness shown by CAT and FDX this week, NKE reminded us that there are some bright spots as well. The stock is trading up almost 8% in the …
Continue readingTrade Update Dec 11th, 2012 at 3:21 pm: Costco is finally seeing some profit taking with less than an hour to the markets close prior to tomorrow’s Q1 earnings report. With the market kind of bailing …
Continue readingUpdate Dec 11th, 2012: COST reports fiscal Q1 earnings tomorrow before the opening. The options market is implying about a 2.25% move following the report, which is rich to the 4 qtr avg and …
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