YUM stock has been on a roller coaster ride over the past 2 months, since its October earnings report. The stock missed earnings, dropping 7% to a 5 month low after the results. But after …
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CBOE composite put/call ratio closed at 0.75 on Friday. It has not closed at 1.00 or higher since October 15th, as bullish enthusiasm reigns. EWJ – Buyer of around 70k of the Dec 12 puts for …
Continue readingRetail weakness has been a fairly unfortunate theme at this stage of the economic recovery. Not surprising, since August there has been disappointing same store sales and earnings results from retailers and apparel suppliers to …
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Event: WFC reports its fiscal Q3 earnings on Friday, Oct. 11th before the open. The options market is implying about a 2.75% one day move, which is above both the 4 qtr avg of about …
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MorningWord 10/9/13: Despite some fairly high profile Q2 earnings misses from retailers in August (COH, M, RL, TGT & WMT) the XRT and the XLY nearly matched and made new all-time highs respectively with …
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White House officials indicated last night that President Obama is set to announce Janet Yellen as the new Federal Reserve Chairman nominee. She is expected to be confirmed in the Senate. Markets took on a …
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Event: COST reports its fiscal Q4 earnings on Wednesday, Oct. 9th before the opening. The options market is implying about a 2.75% one day move, which is above both the 4 qtr avg of about …
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Asset prices for the most part are little changed from where they were as U.S. traders left their desks yesterday. Not much progress on the U.S. political negotiations, which continue to dominate the headlines. Asian …
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We previewed YUM this morning ahead of its Q3 earnings on Tuesday afternoon. Feel free to read the whole preview, since this is a company that has had an interesting experience in China over the …
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Event: YUM reports its fiscal Q3 earnings on Tuesday, Oct. 8th after the close. The options market is implying about a 3.25% one day move, which is below the 4 qtr avg of about 4.5%, …
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