In the spreadsheet above I have tracked the earnings estimates for the Exploration & Production Sector (XOP). I have columns for what the 2020 and 2021 estimates were: 8/10/2020 and today. Continue reading “Exploration & Production Sector (XOP) – Earnings Estimates/Revisions”
Be in the know. 30 key reads for Saturday…
- Energy Stocks Are Down Almost 50% This Year. Time to Buy. (Barron’s)
- 33 Undervalued Stocks for the Fourth Quarter (Morningstar)
- Industrial Stocks Are Getting Ready for 10 Years of Outperformance. Here’s How to Play It. (Barron’s)
- Opinion: Get ready for a good earnings season for big U.S. banks (MarketWatch)
- Fed’s Bullard Says Enough Resources With Expected Labor Rebound (Bloomberg)
- Natural Gas Could Rise Fast, and One Producer is Poised to Gain (Barron’s)
- Bankruptcies Show a Surprising Decline (Bloomberg)
- Earnings Season Is About to Start. It Could Be Better Than You Think (Barron’s)
- Never Mind the Narratives: ‘This Market Wants to Go Higher’ (Never Mind the Narratives: ‘This Market Wants to Go Higher’ (Bloomberg)
- The Bull Case for Bank of America (Barron’s)
- Eaton Vance Deal Presages More Money-Manager M&A (Barron’s)
- Those Earnings Calls Better Be Upbeat (Bloomberg)
- Berkshire Hathaway’s R. Ted Weschler Bought Up Dillard’s Stock (Barron’s)
- Dow notches best week since August even as stimulus progress stalls (MarketWatch)
- Why an Activist Took Aim at Disney’s Dividend (Barron’s)
- The American Dream: Bringing Factories Back to the U.S. (Barron’s)
- The Trump administration makes a $1.8 trillion stimulus offer to Democrats, which includes $400 federal unemployment benefits and $1,200 direct payments (Business Insider)
- Deciphering what Nelson Peltz is up to in the investment management space (CNBC)
- Facebook, Amazon, Google and Apple refute House Judiciary report suggesting Big Tech restraints (USA Today)
- Waymo Ditches Human Safety Drivers in Its Self-Driving Taxis (Futurism)
- Adam Grant — How to Remember Anything (#471) (Tim Ferriss)
- Anti-monopoly vs. Antitrust (stratechery)
- How Comfortable Are You Holding Stocks For 30 Years? (awealthofcommonsense)
- Dividend Growth Investing Principles (dividendgrowthinvestor)
- Why Life Can’t Be Simpler (Farnam Street)
- From the Bronx to Billions: What 50+ Years in the Markets will Teach You with Leon Cooperman (Prime Quadrant)
- Navigating Big Debt Crises by Ray Dalio (Ray Dalio)
- Activist Investor Dan Loeb on Why Disney Needs to Double Its Streaming Spending (EXCLUSIVE) (Variety)
- China: The Dragon in Winter (First Eagle)
- Warren Buffett bought Microsoft stock after meeting Bill Gates and made a $37 billion acquisition thanks to a chance encounter. Here are his 10 best quotes from an interview in a new book. (Business Insider)
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Unusual Options Activity – Phillips 66 (PSX)
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Today some institution/fund purchased 3,642 contracts of Feb $60 strike calls (or the right to buy 364,200 shares of Phillips 66 (PSX) at $60). The open interest was just 1,237 prior to this purchase. Continue reading “Unusual Options Activity – Phillips 66 (PSX)”
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Be in the know. 25 key reads for Friday…
- Icahn sees energy sector rebound but urges patience (StreetInsider)
- Don’t miss out on this ‘generational opportunity’ in the stock market, hedge-fund manager says (MarketWatch)
- GE Stock Could Gain 50%. Goldman Sachs Explains Why. (Barron’s)
- Gilead’s remdesivir shaved five days off COVID-19 recovery time, reduced risk of death in some (StreetInsider)
- Gilead (GILD) Has Enough Remdesivir Supply on Hand to Treat All Hospitalized U.S. COVID Patients (StreetInsider)
- ValueAct’s Morfit says Citigroup positioned for growth, sees higher share price (StreetInsider)
- BofA Securities Upgrades Franklin Resources (BEN) Two-Notches to Buy on LM Deal, Strong Balance Sheet (StreetInsider)
- Goldman Sachs Reinstates General Electric (GE) at Buy (StreetInsider)
- Coronavirus mortgage bailouts fall below 3 million in pandemic’s biggest decline (CNBC)
- A breakdown of whether the Democrats’ stimulus bill is actually a ‘bailout’ of blue states (CNBC)
- Cheapest Small-Cap Stocks in 20 Years Shows Rally Can Keep Going (Bloomberg)
- U.S. bank stocks are fine, if you are rich in patience (Reuters)
- Opinion: Value stocks are poised to crush growth stocks after the presidential election (MarketWatch)
- Waymo Begins Fully Driverless Rides for All Arizona Customers (Bloomberg)
- Rich Americans Are Protecting Their Fortunes From a Possible Biden Win (Bloomberg)
- ‘A paradise for growth investors’: A Baillie Gifford fund manager overseeing almost $2 billion explains why investors are underestimating Japanese stocks – and shares his 3-part strategy for picking winners. (Business Insider)
- Coca-Cola, AMEX and Moody’s: Warren Buffett doubles his money on these stocks every 2 to 5 years (USA Today)
- Bullish signal suggesting further market upside (Business Insider)
- Renminbi jumps by most in more than 4 years as China returns to work (Financial Times)
- Domestic travel over Golden Week boosts China’s economic recovery (Financial Times)
- Why BofA Securities Income and Growth Portfolio Stocks May Be the Best 2021 Picks (24/7 Wall Street)
- Stimulus Talks Resume, but a Deal Remains Elusive (Wall Street Journal)
- IBM to Spin Off Services Unit to Accelerate Cloud-Computing Pivot (Wall Street Journal)
- Wells Fargo CEO Finds Himself on Defense After a Tough First Year (Wall Street Journal)
- Indonesia Has 270 Million People—and One of the World’s Lowest Covid-19 Testing Rates (Wall Street Journal)
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Unusual Options Activity – American Airlines Group Inc. (AAL)
Data Source: barchart
Today some institution/fund purchased 5,222 contracts of May $16 strike calls (or the right to buy 522,200 shares of American Airlines Group Inc. (AAL) at $16). The open interest was just 100 prior to this purchase. Continue reading “Unusual Options Activity – American Airlines Group Inc. (AAL)”