Unusual Options Activity – Wells Fargo & Company (WFC)

Data Source: barchart

Today some institution/fund purchased 1,659 contracts of June 2021 $50 strike calls (or the right to buy 165,900 shares of Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) at $50). The open interest was just 119 prior to this purchase. Continue reading “Unusual Options Activity – Wells Fargo & Company (WFC)”

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. Investors Got the Fed’s Rate Cut Wrong. ‘Putting Some Money to Work Isn’t a Bad Idea.’ (Barron’s)
  2. The Fed Just Cut Interest Rates. Get Ready to Refinance Your Mortgage. (Barron’s)
  3. This $5 Billion Stock Fund’s Manager Thinks Like a Founder. It’s Working. (Barron’s)
  4. Saudis Want OPEC+ to Cut More Than 1 Million Barrels a Day (Bloomberg)
  5. Here’s how billionaire investor Howard Marks is telling clients to ride out coronavirus volatility (MarketWatch)
  6. Warren Buffett Can’t Resist This Bargain As He Buys Amid Coronavirus Correction (Investor’s)
  7. Fed rate cut to boost homebuyers’ spending power (Fox Business)
  8. iPhone Maker Foxconn Expects 15% Q1 Revenue Hit From Coronavirus, Says Production Rebounding (Benzinga)
  9. US Fed’s coronavirus rate cut is first move in a dance with markets (Financial Times)
  10. Private payrolls up 183,000 as hiring shows no signs of coronavirus scare (CNBC)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. Chevron to Give Up to $80 Billion to Investors Over 5 Years (Bloomberg)
  2. OPEC’s oil cut proposal would boost price to $60 a barrel – Russia’s Lukoil (Yahoo! Finance)
  3. 4 Stocks Yielding 6% or More to Buy Now as Yields Plunge to Historic Lows (24/7 Wall Street)
  4. Jack Welch, G.E. Chief Who Became a Business Superstar, Dies at 84 (New York Times)
  5. OPEC Tries to Head Off Oil Glut as Coronavirus Saps Demand (New York Times)
  6. Luke Bryan gets into the beer game with new Two Lane American Golden Lager (USA Today)
  7. Gilead Sciences to Buy Forty Seven for $4.9 Billion (Wall Street Journal)
  8. G-7 Pledges to Fight Virus, Stops Short of Specific Action (Bloomberg)
  9. Executives are buying their own companies’ beaten-down stocks — here are nine with large purchases (MarketWatch)
  10. Pfizer Announced a Plan to Identify a Possible Coronavirus Treatment (MarketWatch)