Tag: Energy

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Thursday…

  1.  Trump meets with top trade advisers to strategize before major China tariff deadline (Fox Business)
  2. Saudi Aramco touches $2tn valuation on second day of trading (Financial Times)
  3. Why Exxon’s Stock Could Hit $100 In 2020 (Oil Price)
  4. The “Crazy Rich Asians” Stock Market (and Sentiment Results) (ZeroHedge)
  5. Continental Resources founder Harold Hamm steps down as CEO (Financial Times)
  6. U.S. producer prices unchanged; underlying inflation soft (Reuters)
  7. Oil prices rise on OPEC deficit forecast (Reuters)
  8. The Fed Did Everything It Needed To By Doing Nothing (Barron’s)
  9. The Fed could consider buying other short-term Treasuries, Powell says (Barron’s)
  10. Supercar maker McLaren to skip electric vehicles. Here’s why — and what it will build instead. (USA Today)
  11. Cisco says its new silicon, software, router products will ‘change the economics of the Internet’ (Yahoo! Finance)
  12. Apple (AAPL) China iPhone Shipments in Nov Declined Sharply – Credit Suisse (Street Insider)
  13. Japan and the Art of Making the Same Mistakes Over and Over Again (Wall Street Journal)
  14. Britain Votes in an Election That Will Set the Course of Brexit (Wall Street Journal)
  15. US weekly jobless claims race to a more than 2-year high (CNBC)

The “Crazy Rich Asians” Stock Market (and Sentiment Results)

“Crazy Rich Asians” is a 2018 American romantic comedy film directed by Jon M. Chu.  The film chronicles a Chinese-American professor who travels to meet her boyfriend’s family and is surprised to discover they are among the richest in Asia. Continue reading “The “Crazy Rich Asians” Stock Market (and Sentiment Results)”

Be in the know. 12 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. 6 Strong Buy Oil and Gas Stocks Called to Surge in 2020 (24/7 Wall Street)
  2. Here’s What It’s Like To Drive a $210,000 McLaren (Barron’s)
  3. The Time to Buy Home Depot Stock Is Now, Analysts Say (Barron’s)
  4. JP Morgan is bullish on Vietnamese banks, says sector offers high growth and profitability (CNBC)
  5. The Federal Reserve’s Meeting Starts Today. Here’s What You Need to Know. (Barron’s)
  6. The Fed will stay in hibernation until at least summer: CNBC survey (CNBC)
  7. Big-name US investors take aim at beaten-up energy sector (Financial Times)
  8. Democrats and the Trump administration near a tentative North American trade deal (CNBC)
  9. There’s no better place to put your money than the U.S., says hedge-fund manager Kyle Bass (MarketWatch)
  10. Ross: US close to largest trade deal in history of the world, 170,000 jobs (Fox Business)
  11. US and Chinese trade negotiators planning for delay of December tariff Fox Business)
  12. Next Oil Rally May Be Made in Texas, Not Vienna (Wall Street Journal)

Unusual Options Activity in Chesapeake Energy Corporation (CHK)

Data Source: barchart

Today some institution/fund purchased 1,505 contracts of July $1 strike calls (or the right to buy 150,500 shares of Chesapeake Energy Corporation (CHK) at $1). The open interest was 1,065 prior to this purchase.

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Be in the know. 15 key reads for Monday…

1. Hedge funds key in exacerbating repo market turmoil, says BIS (Financial Times)

2. RPT-U.S. banks’ reluctance to lend cash may have caused repo shock – BIS (Yahoo! Finance)

3. Now Repo Distortions Are Emerging in Europe’s $9 Trillion Market (Bloomberg)

4. Will sterling hold its gains through the UK general election? (Financial Times)

5. UK property investors pull cash at fastest rate this year (Financial Times)

6. Top DoubleLine investor sees opportunity in Brazil amid tariff threat (Yahoo! Finance)

7. Jeffrey Gundlach extended interview with Yahoo Finance [TRANSCRIPT] ()

8. The Taylor Swift “Bad Blood” Energy Market (and Sentiment Results) (ZeroHedge)

9. Big-name US investors take aim at beaten-up energy sector (Financial Times)

10. JPMorgan Sees $410 Billion Bump to Stocks’ Demand-Supply Balance (Bloomberg)

11. Japan’s economy expanded at a much faster-than-initially-reported pace in the third quarter. (Business Insider)

12. China says hopes it can reach trade agreement with US as soon as possible. (Business Insider)

13. Here’s the hard-money call for why the boom in the economy and stock market will continue (MarketWatch)

14. Not the sign of a Top: Investors Bail on Stock Market Rally, Fleeing Funds at Record Pace (Wall Street Journal)

15. Pound Rally Gets Nod From Signal That’s Been Right for a Decade (Bloomberg)

 

 

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Sunday…

  1. Big-name US investors take aim at beaten-up energy sector (Financial Times)
  2. The Taylor Swift “Bad Blood” Energy Market (and Sentiment Results) (ZeroHedge)
  3. Sweet Success: WhIsBe Is Bringing His $60,000 Vandal Gummy Bears To Art Week Miami (Forbes)
  4. ECRI Weekly Leading Index Update (Advisor Perspectives)
  5. Politics Aside, what could happen to markets in the event of impeachment in the House? (Almanac Trader)
  6. Episode 773: Slot Flaw Scofflaws (NPR Planet Money)
  7. Making Sense of the Genome, at Last (Nautilus)
  8. Fed Adds $72.8 Billion to Markets, Balance Sheet Moves to $4.07 Trillion (Wall Street Journal)
  9. This wealth manager picked a home-run stock in 2019. Here’s what he likes for 2020 (MarketWatch)
  10. S&P 500 Melt-Up Is So Hot It’s Making Cheerleaders Into Skeptics (Bloomberg)