Yesterday, Richard Kinder – Executive Chairman of Kinder Morgan KMI – purchased 65,260 shares of his company’s stock at $17.95/share for a total out of pocket cost of $1,171,410. This is on top of $8,776,500 he purchased Continue reading “Insider Buying”
Be in the know. 5 key reads for Thursday…
- Tesla Stock Waffles On Earnings, Another Executive Departure (Investor’s Business Daily)
- Intel Slumps as Wall Street Scrutinizes New CEO Swan’s Pedigree (Bloomberg)
- Pelosi: ‘There’s Not Going to Be Any Wall Money’ (CNS News)
- Trump Today: President conditions China trade deal on opening up markets to U.S. farm, manufactured goods (Market Watch)
- The Threat of a Eurozone Recession (Project Syndicate)
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AAII Sentiment indicator
I was a little surprised to see the AAII sentiment survey results this morning. I had expected to see the Bullish Sentiment back over 40 giving reason to lighten up a bit – but it has dropped down to 31.76%. This could Continue reading “AAII Sentiment indicator”
Insider Buying
Director Michael Schmertzler purchased $1,999,995 (66,225 shares) of PTC Therapeutics, inc. PTCT stock through his fund Sections Six Partners, LP on 1/25/2019. The stock was down ~40% off of its Oct 1 peak at purchase.
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Unusual Options Activity
Today some institution/fund purchased 8,005 contracts of March 8 strike calls (or the right to purchase 800,500 shares of Chinese electric car maker Nio, Inc. NIO at $8). The open interest was 5,583 prior to this purchase. Continue reading “Unusual Options Activity”
Be in the know. 5 key reads for Wednesday…
- Boeing Sales Top $100 Billion for First Time (Bloomberg)
- ‘Bad news is over’ — here’s what every major analyst says about Apple’s earnings (CNBC)
- Powell to Stress Fed Patience on Rate Hikes: Decision Day Guide (Bloomberg)
- A New Round of Trade Talks Could Be Just Enough to Keep Markets Calm (Barron’s)
- Roomba Maker iRobot Expands Fleet With Terra Lawn-Mowing Bot (Investor’s Business Daily)
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Insider Buying
Unusual Options Activity
Today some institution/fund purchased 7,606 contracts of August 12 strike calls (or the right to purchase 760,600 shares of Freeport-McMoRan FCX at $12). This is a larger sized bet for this stock and contract as the open Continue reading “Unusual Options Activity”
European (Stoxx 600) Earnings UP year on year
source: Thomson Reuters
With all of the pessimism about European earnings/economy, the facts are that they are UP year on year. So far Q4 2018 earnings (of those reported) Continue reading “European (Stoxx 600) Earnings UP year on year”
Be in the know. 5 key reads for Tuesday…
- In Unloved Dell, Investors Can Find a Silver Lining in Its VMware Stake (Barron’s)
- Apple iPhone outlook has nowhere to go but up: analyst (New York Post)
- A $4 Trillion Scapegoat for Market Volatility: the Fed’s Shrinking Portfolio (Wall Street Journal)
- Biogen (BIIB) Tops Q4 EPS by 25c, Offers Guidance (Street Insider)
- Experts are throwing cold water on a ‘housing collapse’ (ITB) (Business Insider)
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