The Euro crisis has reared its ugly head again, but this time around the market is saying, “Not going to be fooled by the boy who cried wolf.” In the last 3 years, the market …
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1. JCP – there was a buyer of at least 8000 Feb08 weekly straddles for $1.24 with stock trading $19.12. Stock quickly went up over $20. IV30 is up 4.5%. Stock had been down on …
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The CBOE Put/Call Ratio closed at 1.05 today (according to Bloomberg), which is the highest close so far for 2013. Otherwise, relatively quiet day in the options market. AAPL – Stock closed lower for the 4th …
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MorningWord 1/18/13: INTC’s Q4 report and Q1 /full year 2013 guidance issued last night was nothing short of a mixed bag for investors. For the quarter, eps was higher than expected largely as a result of …
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MorningWord 1/17/13: As I write, investors are digesting 2 earnings reports that on the surface appear to be disappointing (C missed on earnings & BAC on revenues), which I would say were against fairly divergent …
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Another nothing day in the major indices but some fun things happening in individual names with AAPL’s break below 500 now a reality and investors’ shrug off of the Facebook announcement. Here are the options …
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Dan mentioned several times in October, both on the site and on CNBC, that the financial sector could be in for a rude awakening after the elections if the status quo remained in tact. Financials …
Continue readingHere’s a preview of what I’ll be discussing on Talking Numbers today around 3:30 pm EST on CNBC: The 1 year chart of XLF shows a nice uptrend over the last year, with new highs …
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Here’s a preview of one of the things we’ll be discussing on the Fast Money Halftime report today: Even before today’s news, the market had gradually removed the potential for a systemic banking crisis from …
Continue readingTrade Update May 18th, 2012 at 11:50am: You guys know the drill here……With the XLF down more than 6.5% since buying the July 14/12/10 Put Fly last Friday I just sold half of this position at …
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