Today some institution/fund paid up to purchase 8,495 contracts of July $18 strike puts (or the right to sell short 849,500 shares of Cronos Group Inc. (CRON) at $18). The open interest was just 465 prior to this purchase. Continue reading “Unusual Options Activity – Cronos Group Inc. (CRON)”
Insider Buying in Continental Resources, Inc. (CLR)
Hedge Fund Trade Tip (PIN) – Position Idea Notification
UPDATE (newest data): Bull vs. Bear Death Match: Why Q1 Operating Earnings are “Make or Break”
Historical Data Source: S&P Global – Howard Silverblatt
In the past 30 years, we have had 7 instances of sequential S&P operating earnings drops of 6% or greater (data table below highlights sequential Continue reading “UPDATE (newest data): Bull vs. Bear Death Match: Why Q1 Operating Earnings are “Make or Break””
Be in the know. 8 key reads for Wednesday
- Likely Fed nominee Stephen Moore thinks rates should be cut by half a percentage point (CNBC)
- Turkey On Verge Of Collapse As Overnight Swaps Hit 700%, CDS Soar (ZeroHedge)
- One Way Stocks Go Up Is if Wall Street Sets the Earnings Bar Really, Really Low (Barron’s)
- Here’s Why U.S. Bond Yields Plunged So Much Over the Past Week (Bloomberg)
- US efforts to cut trade deficit show biggest win in almost a year (CNBC)
- Lennar, KB Home Earnings Boosted by Falling Mortgage Rates (Bloomberg)
- Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Alcoa, Apple, Autodesk, BB&T, Bed Bath & Beyond, Camping World, Nvidia, Vertex, Voya and More (24/7 Wall Street)
- Neiman Marcus, in Debt Talks, Makes It Easier to Bet It Will Fail (Wall Street Journal)
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Unusual Options Activity – Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (TEVA)
Today some institution/fund purchased 60,253 contracts of January 2020 $22.50 strike calls (or the right to buy 6,025,300 shares of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (TEVA) at $22.50).  The open interest Continue reading “Unusual Options Activity – Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (TEVA)”
Insider Buying in Revlon, Inc. (REV)
Be in the know. 7 key reads for Tuesday…
- Home prices in January see smallest gain in nearly 4 years: S&P Case-Shiller (CNBC)
- US auto sales are falling, and cars are more expensive than ever (CNBC)
- Housing starts drop 9% in February and show little sign of perking up (MarketWatch)
- Pentagon authorizes $1 billion for Trump’s border wall (MarketWatch)
- Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Alcoa, Apple, Autodesk, BB&T, Bed Bath & Beyond, Camping World, Nvidia, Vertex, Voya and More (24/7 Wall Street)
- World of Negative Debt Expands to One-Fifth of Global Market (Bloomberg)
- Hedge Funds Boost Shorts as Gains in March Reward Caution (Bloomberg)
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Be in the know. 7 key reads for Monday…
- Survey shows German business mood brightening (MarketWatch)
- Yields Below Zero Spell Trouble for Hedge Funds (Bloomberg)
- Mueller finds no Trump collusion with Russia (Business Insider)
- Theresa May’s future in doubt as MPs prepare to seize control of Brexit (Business Insider)
- Companies all across America are warning business is slowing down (Business Insider)
- Trump push for China trade reform draws wide support at home, abroad (Reuters)
- JPMorgan: “A Bad Omen For Risky Markets Is Resurfacing” (ZeroHedge)
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Be in the know. 17 key reads for Sunday…
- Goldman Just Put On The Next “Big Short” Trade (ZeroHedge)
- Don’t Panic Over Inverted Yield Curve; Here’s The Key Chart For Dow Jones (Investor’s Business Daily)
- THE RICHEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD (Forbes)
- How to take the ‘outside view’ (McKinsey & Company)
- The Risk of Low Growth Stocks Part 2: Prestige Brands Case Study (Intrinsic Investing)
- How an App for Gamers Went Mainstream (The Atlantic)
- Was Starboard Value’s Jeffrey Smith Wrong about Newell Brands (NWL)? (Insider Monkey)
- Roger Ibbotson Discusses the History of Finance (Podcast) (Bloomberg)
- Film Review: ‘The Dirt’- A Mötley Crüe biopic on Netflix (Variety)
- Why Your Next Cocktail Will Be Premixed (Fortune)
- This 150-Day Dry Aged Beef Burger Shows How the Luxury Hamburger Has Simplified (Robb Report)
- ECRI Weekly Leading Index Update: All Measures Up Again (Advisor Perspectives)
- Formula 1 is putting data in the driver’s seat, and not all racers are happy (Digital Trends)
- Yes, It’s All Your Fault: Active vs. Passive Mindsets (Farnam Street)
- Money-losing companies that went public in 2018 did better than profitable ones (recode)
- The Complex Fortune Growing Inside World’s Most Valuable Startup (Bloomberg)
- Richard Branson calls for new Brexit vote (BBC)
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