December 2, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

This morning I used Apple Pay for the first time. I  loaded money on my Starbucks App on my iPhone to pay for my morning fix.  Seemed a bit nonessential, at least one too many intermediaries …

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November 17, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

2015 may be remembered as the year the U.S. consumer Netflix’d and Chilled.  In between episodes of House of Cards and Orange is the New Black, Americans bought their organic foods from their Instacart app, their …

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November 17, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Event: Target (TGT) reports Q3 results tomorrow before the open. The options market is implying about a 5.5% one day move, which is rich to the 4 qtr avg of only 2.25% and the 10 …

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November 15, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Here is a quick recap of trades that we initiated, closed, or debated in the week that was Nov 9th to Nov 13th: Monday Nov 9th: Trade Idea – $XLU: Utility Playa *Trade: XLU ($42.25) Buy …

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November 12, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Event: Cisco Sytems (CSCO) reports fiscal Q1 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about a 5.5% one day move tomorrow, which is rich to the 4 qtr average of about 4%, …

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