December 9, 2013 by Enis • Commentary

Event:  COST reports its fiscal Q1 earnings on Wednesday, Dec 11th before the open.  The options market is implying about a 2.25% one day move, which is above both the 4 qtr avg of about …

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December 3, 2013 by Dan • Commentary

Earlier this morning (below) I laid out some thoughts on the recent relative performance of TGT and WMT, given what appear to be similarly crappy results and guidance of late.  We’ve been wanting to leg …

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November 13, 2013 by Enis • Commentary

Event:  WMT will report their Q3 earnings on Thursday before the open.  The options market is implying about a 2.75% move vs the 4 qtr avg move of about 2.35%. Sentiment:  Wall Street analysts are …

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August 19, 2013 by Dan • Commentary

MorningWord 8/19/13:   This weekend the cover story of Barron’s Beware Falling Profit Estimates is definitely worth a read, no matter where you stand on the Sports Illustrated/ Barron’s cover curse. For the moment, investors are looking at …

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May 24, 2013 by Enis • Commentary

Target had its largest single volume day since Jan 2012 after a weak earnings report this week.  The stock closed 4% lower on Wednesday after earnings, just after making a new all-time high on Tuesday. …

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March 11, 2013 by Dan • Commentary

Event:  COST reports fiscal Q2 earnings tomorrow morning prior to the opening and will host their conference call at 11am.  The options market is implying about a 2.8% move vs the 4 qtr avg of …

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