Here is some untied apparently directional options activity that caught my eye in today’s trading: INTC: yesterday in this post I highlighted some out of the money call buying in November expiration (here), and today …
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The financial media has spilled a lot of ink on the growing gap between GAAP and Adjusted Earnings. I’ve also written on the subject at times, choosing to focus on a stock by stock basis …
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Shares of Walmart (WMT) are up a whopping 8% this morning after reporting Q1 sales that beat expectations with a same sales stores sales comp of a 1%. The stock is making back a good …
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Event: IBM reports Q1 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about a 4.5% one day move tomorrow, which is about inline with the 4 qtr one day avg move. With the …
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If you’re like me, and you watched the final round of the Master’s golf tourney on Sunday, then you were subjected to what might be considered cruel and unusual punishment at the hands of IBM’s …
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I hate to quote this guy, cause I generally think he is full of it, but the old market adage often attached to Warren Buffett, “Be Fearful When Others Are Greedy and Greedy When Others …
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The turmoil in the U.S. stock the past week came from fears of slowing global growth and emerging market contagion. U.S. economic data has been generally strong in the past 3 months (particularly the employment …
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Shares of Exxon (XOM) is down 7.5% ytd, and down 18% from its 52 week and all time highs last year. To suggest that sentiment is bad is an understatement, but this week’s blockbuster deal …
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Ford and GM have had a disappointing start to 2014, after a strong run in 2013 that had attracted a good amount of attention. Well known investors like Warren Buffett, David Einhorn, and Kyle Bass …
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The social media bubble has been all the rage over the past year. Yes, I called it a bubble. Trying to time when a bubble will pop is a very difficult game, which is why …
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