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- 25 Billion Quarterly Loss for Berkshire Hathaway as Buffett Abandons Book Value Focus: (24/7 Wall Street)
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Unusual Options Activity
Today some institution/fund purchased 35,173 contracts of April 20 strike calls (or the right to buy 3,517,300 shares of Amarin Corporation plc (AMRN) at $20). The open interest was just 427 prior to this purchase. Continue reading “Unusual Options Activity”
Insider Buying
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Margins Shrinking and Expectations Subdued
The big story for our Earnings Update this week is margins shrinking materially year on year (per Factset):
Continue reading “Margins Shrinking and Expectations Subdued”
Be in the know. 7 key reads for Friday…
- Closely watched Atlanta Fed GDP model now sees growth at just 1.4 percent for fourth quarter (CNBC)
- Quantum Computing Companies Aim To Go Where No Computer Has Gone Before (Investor’s Business Daily)
- U.S., China haggle over toughest issues in trade war talks (Reuters)
- Pimco: The ‘sugar rush’ is almost over, so it’s time to ‘de-risk’ and raise cash (MarketWatch)
- Natural Gas Price Rises on Another Big Storage Drawdown (24/7 Wall Street)
- Kraft Heinz discloses SEC probe, $15 billion write-down; shares dive 20 percent (Reuters)
- A currency war would be one-sided if US/China trade dispute escalates (HedgeWeek)
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Unusual Options Activity
Today some institution/fund purchased 15,223 contracts of September 5 strike calls (or the right to buy 1,522,300 shares of Alamos Gold Inc. (AGI) at $5). The open interest was just 341 prior to this purchase. Continue reading “Unusual Options Activity”