Hedge Fund Tips

Earnings Update

Per Factset:

EPS and revenues continue to beat by 71% and 62% respectively (after 66% of S&P 500 companies have reported). The earnings growth rate has increased to 13.3% for Q4 2018 from 12.4% last week (and 12.1% on 12/31). Continue reading “Earnings Update”

Insider Buying

Investing legend, Home Depot HD co-founder, and Billionaire Philanthropist – Ken Langone purchased 40,000 shares of Unifi, Inc UFI on 2/6-2/7/2019. Mr. Langone sits on the Board of Unifi. His out of pocket cost was $850,400.

Be in the know. 7 key reads for Friday…

How Facebook’s Tiny China Sales Floor Helps Generate Big Ad Money (New York Times)
New White House message on China is that there’s a long way to go before striking trade deal (Market Watch)
How the European economy is raising fresh global growth fears (Market Watch)
Buying the Dow Stocks With the Highest Dividends Is a Winning Strategy (Barron’s)
The Hedge-Fund Bond Trade That Keeps on Giving (Bloomberg)
Trump is reportedly expected to ban Chinese telecommunication equipment from US networks (CNBC)
Merrill Lynch Has 5 Safe Growth Stocks to Buy That All Yield 5% or More (24/7 Wall Street)

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Insider Buying

On February 6, 2019, Nelson Obus– Director of Landec Corp. LNDC – purchased 20,000 shares at $12.38 through is fund – Wynnefield Capital, Inc. – at a total cost of $247,600.

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Unusual Options Activity

Today some institution/fund purchased 10,015 contracts of August 12.50 strike calls (or the right to buy 1,001,500 shares of Antero Resources AR at $12.50). The open interest was just 170 prior to this purchase. Continue reading “Unusual Options Activity”

DOW + (8 S&P 500 top weights) Earnings Estimates/Revisions

In the spreadsheet above I have tracked the earnings estimates for the DOW 30 PLUS 8 of the S&P 500 top 30 weights [that are not either included in the DOW 30 or in the top 30 weights of the Nasdaq]. The new 8 companies are at Continue reading “DOW + (8 S&P 500 top weights) Earnings Estimates/Revisions”

Hedge Fund Trade Tip – Position Idea Notification (PIN)

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Be in the know. 8 key reads for Thursday…

Twitter stock falls after light outlook, plans to phase out monthly-active-user metric (Market Watch)
Why liberal billionaire Warren Buffett is not likely to be a big fan of the new Democratic Party war on stock buybacks (CNBC)
Trump Loves the New Nafta. Congress Doesn’t. (New York Times)
Theresa May’s demands to renegotiate Brexit deal rejected by EU (Business Insider)
Tesla Cuts the Model 3 Price Again (Wall Street Journal)
Pound Tumbles After BOE Slashes GDP Forecast, Warns Of Rising Brexit Damage (Zero Hedge)
Trump Preparing Plan to Boost AI, 5G Technology (Wall Street Journal)
NXP Semiconductors Falls After ‘Worse-Than-Feared’ Forecast (Bloomberg)

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AAII Sentiment Indicator

Last week we said we wanted to see an AAII sentiment reading ~40 in order to lighten up longs and add some shorts: https://www.hedgefundtips.com/aaii-sentiment-indicator-4/#more-703. This morning we got that read Continue reading “AAII Sentiment Indicator”

Unusual Options Activity

Today some institution/fund purchased 8,532 contracts of March 97.5 strike puts (or the right to short 853,200 shares of Texas Instruments TXN at $97.5). The open interest was just 509 prior to this purchase. Continue reading “Unusual Options Activity”