- A Dozen Stocks That Will Make Both Growth and Value Investors Happy (Barron’s)
- 7 Value Stocks With Morningstar ‘Buy’ Ratings (Yahoo! Finance)
- Bank of America Beat Earnings Forecasts. Why Its Stock Is Dropping. (Barron’s)
- Goldman Sachs’s Third-Quarter Profit Nearly Doubles (Wall Street Journal)
- Exxon’s Dividend Is Still a Concern. Goldman Sachs Upgraded It Anyway. (Barron’s)
- Wells Fargo Profit Slumps on Severance, Remediation Charges, Revenue Beats (Bloomberg)
- Wells Fargo returns to profit after painful second quarter (Financial Times)
- A Wall Street chief strategist says US lawmakers need a deal on fiscal aid – even a small one will help save consumer spending. (Business Insider)
- Failure to provide more fiscal stimulus is a ‘significant mistake’ that could cause more businesses to fail, Moody’s chief economist says. (Business Insider)
- Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is in talks to partner with Mitsui, the Japanese trading group’s CEO says (Business Insider)
- Should Fiscal Policy Get More Chinese? (Wall Street Journal)
- Hedge fund short sellers target pandemic winners (Financial Times)
- Derivatives trading surges for big US tech companies (Financial Times)
- Study of Eli Lilly Covid-19 Drug Paused Due to Safety Concern (Wall Street Journal)
- Regeneron’s Coronavirus October Surprise (Wall Street Journal)
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Financials (top 30 weights) Earnings Estimates/Revisions
In the spreadsheet above I have tracked the earnings estimates for the Financials Sector ETF (XLF) top 30 weighted stocks. Continue reading “Financials (top 30 weights) Earnings Estimates/Revisions”
Unusual Options Activity – EOG Resources, Inc. (EOG)
Data Source: barchart
Today some institution/fund purchased 1,454 contracts of Jan $42.5 strike calls (or the right to buy 145,400 shares of EOG Resources, Inc. (EOG) at $42.5). The open interest was just 408 prior to this purchase. Continue reading “Unusual Options Activity – EOG Resources, Inc. (EOG)”
Where is money flowing today?
Data Source: Finviz
October Bank of America Global Fund Manager Survey Results (Summary)
~224 Managers overseeing ~$600B AUM responded to this month’s BofA survey. Continue reading “October Bank of America Global Fund Manager Survey Results (Summary)”
Be in the know. 25 key reads for Tuesday…
- Dimon Signals The All Clear: JPMorgan Earnings Smash Expectations As Loss Provisions Plummet 94% (ZeroHedge)
- Exxon Mobil upgraded to Neutral from Sell at Goldman Sachs (TheFly)
- Citi Posts Biggest Quarterly Profit of Pandemic (Bloomberg)
- Day-Trader Options Action Is Spotted Yet Again in Nasdaq Surge (Bloomberg)
- Desperate Americans hit by pandemic beg Congress, Trump to pass economic relief bill (Reuters)
- U.S. small business confidence at highest since February (Reuters)
- China’s imports, exports surge as global economy reopens (Reuters)
- Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine study paused due to illness: report (FoxBusiness)
- “Nancy Pelosi take this deal!” Andrew Yang, a former Democratic presidential candidate, tweeted on Saturday. “Put politics aside people are hurting.” (FoxBusiness)
- Why You Didn’t Notice a Japanese Stock Index Beating the Nasdaq This Year (Wall Street Journal)
- JPM: Credit costs of $611 million included $569 million of net reserve releases (Street Insider)
- Ford and General Electric are headed back to the double digits, Jim Cramer says (CNBC)
- JPMorgan’s Earnings Were Better Than Expected. Here’s How the Bank Did. (Barron’s)
- A New Roaring ‘20s Is Coming for Industrial Stocks (Barron’s)
- The American Dream: Bringing Factories Back to the U.S. (Barron’s)
- Lotus Goes Electric With a US$2.1 Million Hypercar (Barron’s)
- Oil bounces after sharp jump in Chinese imports (MarketWatch)
- JPMorgan beats analysts’ profit estimates as the bank sets aside less for loan losses (CNBC)
- Disney Elevates Streaming Business in Major Reorganization (Wall Street Journal)
- BofA Survey Shows Investors Braced for Contested U.S. Election (Bloomberg)
- Natural Gas Surges as Traders Brace for Cold Winter (Wall Street Journal)
- Key U.S. Inflation Gauge Rises at Slowest Pace in Four Months (Bloomberg)
- Warren Buffett once used LeBron James to explain the risk of diversification, and compared his return to Cleveland to new Coke’s demise (BusinessInsider)
- Top Analyst Raises Price Targets on 4 High Dividend-Paying Bank Stocks (24/7 Wall Street)
- Citi Posts Biggest Quarterly Profit of Pandemic. Loan provisions return to normal after surging in first half. (Bloomberg)
Unusual Options Activity – Citigroup Inc. (C)
Data Source: barchart
Today some institution/fund purchased 6,945 contracts of March $52.50 strike calls (or the right to buy 694,500 shares of Citigroup Inc. (C) at $52.50). The open interest was just 3,217 prior to this purchase. Continue reading “Unusual Options Activity – Citigroup Inc. (C)”
Where is money flowing today?
Data Source: Finviz
Be in the know. 20 key reads for Monday…
- This Quarter Will Test Bank Stocks. Here’s How to Find Good Buys in the Sector. (Barron’s)
- Opinion: Get ready for a good earnings season for big U.S. banks (MarketWatch)
- Is The Next “October Surprise” An Unexpected Moment Of Clarity? (ZeroHedge)
- If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Rich? (Bloomberg)
- Banks Have a Chance to Come Up for Air (Wall Street Journal)
- JPMorgan Upgrades Rocket Cos Inc. (RKT) to Overweight; ‘Bringing Scale and Efficiency to Massive and Fragmented Market’ (Street Insider)
- BofA Securities Upgrades Franklin Resources (BEN) Two-Notches to Buy on LM Deal, Strong Balance Sheet (Street Insider)
- Gilead’s remdesivir shaved five days off COVID-19 recovery time, reduced risk of death in some (Street Insider)
- Goa Game Changer: Indian State’s Health Authority Approves & Distributes Ivermectin & Doxycycline to Treat COVID-19 as Prophylaxis (TrialSiteNews)
- Danbury, Connecticut officially naming sewage plant after John Oliver (Fox Business)
- Earnings Season Is About to Start. It Could Be Better Than You Think. (Barron’s)
- How to Fix Industrial Stocks’ Underperformance, With One Simple Move (Barron’s)
- Investors Are Betting Corporate Earnings Have Turned a Corner (Wall Street Journal)
- Inhaled Vaccines Aim to Fight Coronavirus at Its Point of Attack (Bloomberg)
- The Fed Still Has a Powder Keg at Its Disposal (Bloomberg)
- Chinese shoppers spend big during the Golden Week holidays (CNBC)
- Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chair’s Foundation Sells Stock (Barron’s)
- Warren Buffett phoned Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson with a stimulus idea when the 2008 financial crisis erupted. It may have saved the US economy (Business Insider)
- UBS lays out 3 reasons why the stock market will continue to rise – and breaks down how investors should position their portfolios for the next leg of the rally (Business Insider)
- A chief investment strategist explains why making short-term bets ahead of the election is a risky strategy Business Insider)
Industrials (top 30 weights) Earnings Estimates/Revisions
In the spreadsheet above I have tracked the 2020 and 2021 earnings estimates for the Industrials Sector ETF (XLI) top 30 weighted stocks. The column under the date 10/11/2020 has a letter that represents the movement in 2020 earnings estimates since the most recent print (8/11/2020). Continue reading “Industrials (top 30 weights) Earnings Estimates/Revisions”