August 11, 2015 by CC • Commentary

Event: Macy’s (M) reports their Q2 results tomorrow before the open, the options market is implying about a 5% one day move which is rich the 4 qtr average of about 4%.   Estimates & Forecasts From …

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October 22, 2014 by Dan • Commentary

Back in early August (original post below), I initiated a long position in AT&T with the thought that their generally poor Q2 results were reflective of an increasingly competitive mobile landscape, and that the iPhone …

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August 8, 2014 by Dan • Commentary

For a sleepy stock, AT&T (T) has had an active past few weeks, trading in a nearly 10% range: The stock broke out to new 52 week highs late last month when Winstream (telco provider) …

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July 3, 2014 by Enis • Commentary

It’s no secret that utilities and REITs have been two of the best-performing sectors in the market this year.  They’ve been highly correlated to rates, generally rallying when rates moved lower as investors added high-yielding …

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February 19, 2014 by Enis • Commentary

This past Friday I detailed my thoughts on NLY in a Deep Dive post (below), following news that the company’s COO and Co-Chief Investment Officer were resigning. In that post, I analyzed the details of the …

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February 14, 2014 by Enis • Commentary

Annaly caught my attention this morning when I saw the headline that the COO and the Co-Chief Investment officer were both resigning from the firm.  That would be major news for any company, but more …

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