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Industrials (top 30 weights) Earnings Estimates/Revisions

In the spreadsheet above I have tracked the earnings estimates for the Industrials Sector ETF (XLI) top 30 weighted stocks. The column under the date 4/18/2020 has a letter that represents the movement in 2020 earnings estimates since the most recent print (2/18/2020). Continue reading “Industrials (top 30 weights) Earnings Estimates/Revisions”

Be in the know. 30 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Seoul’s Full Cafes, Apple Store Lines Show Mass Testing Success (Bloomberg)
  2. Bank Earnings Were Terrible. It’s Time to Buy the Banks. (Barron’s)
  3. Energy Hedge Fund That Shorted Oil Sees Chance for $100 a Barrel (Bloomberg)
  4. Charlie Munger: ‘The Phone Is Not Ringing Off the Hook’ (Wall Street Journal)
  5. Opinion: Vitamin D and Coronavirus Disparities (Wall Street Journal)
  6. Opening Up America Again (CDC/White House PDF Plan)
  7. Here’s why sauerkraut and kimchi sales have surged during the coronavirus (New York Post)
  8. Coronavirus Ushered in Medicine’s Digital Revolution (Barron’s)
  9. Big Pharma Sees Its Strengths Surface ()
  10. Reasons to Gobble Up Kraft Heinz’s Battered Shares (Barron’s)
  11. 3 Former United Technologies Stocks That Are Ready to Fly (Barron’s)
  12. Union Pacific Sees Biggest Insider Stock Buy in Years (Barron’s)
  13. Trump Announces $19 Billion Relief Program for Farmers (Wall Street Journal)
  14. Here Are the Companies Getting Federal Funds for Covid Relief (Bloomberg)
  15. ‘MacGyvering’: A Modern ‘Can-Do’ Approach To Bad Situations (Wall Street Journal)
  16. Wells Fargo, J.C. Penney, Amazon.com: Stocks That Defined the Week (Wall Street Journal)
  17. Procter & Gamble Posts Biggest U.S. Sales Gain in Decades (Wall Street Journal)
  18. Leaked Research: This Drug May Be Saving COVID Patients’ Lives (Futurism)
  19. Coronavirus latest: Hong Kong shows no need for total lockdown, says study (Financial Times)
  20. The Day of Reckoning for Private Equity (Institutional Investor)
  21. Warren Buffett’s financial crisis bailouts inspired the US government’s ‘big 4’ airline rescue deals (Business Insider)
  22. Pro golf plans to be the first major sport to return during the coronavirus pandemic (CNBC)
  23. Macy’s reportedly looking to use real estate to come up with cash during coronavirus pandemic (CNBC)
  24. Fed Says It Will Disclose Borrower Information in Crisis Lending (Bloomberg)
  25. These Are the Drugs and Vaccines That Might End the Coronavirus Pandemic (Bloomberg)
  26. Google seeks to launch a debit card with banks (USA Today)
  27. Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: The Key to Innovation (Farnam Street)
  28. A Primer On Reading Annual Reports (docdroid)
  29. Have Small Value Stocks Become a Bargain? (Morningstar)
  30. Gilead increases enrollment target for remdesivir trial in COVID-19 patients (Reuters)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Friday…

  1. “Maybe He Doesn’t Want to Be the Hero”: In the COVID-19 Crisis, Warren Buffett is Lying Low (Vanity Fair)
  2. Virus Vaccine May Be Ready for Mass Production By Autumn, Oxford Professor Says (Bloomberg)
  3. Gilead Gains on Report Claiming Coronavirus Drug Working (Bloomberg)
  4. Covid Report: Gilead Pops On Promising Sneak Peek For Coronavirus Drug (Investor’s Business Daily)
  5. The Fear Gauge Is Sending False Signals (Barron’s)
  6. Why Emerging Market Currencies Are Cheap (Barron’s)
  7. Treasury yields follow stocks higher on hopes for coronavirus drug MarketWatch)
  8. AMC Entertainment’s stock rockets after liquidity update, private debt offering (MarketWatch)
  9. Schlumberger swings to large loss, misses revenue and cuts dividend by 75%; stock surges (MarketWatch)
  10. Trump administration working to ease drilling industry cash crunch (Reuters)
  11. Johnson & Johnson execs offer upbeat view of second-half recovery from COVID-19 pandemic (MarketWatch)
  12. Fed’s Bostic says watching closely for signs of ‘unbearable’ stress among mortgage servicers (MarketWatch)
  13. Boeing to Restart Jetliner Production (Wall Street Journal)
  14. Mnuchin Under Growing Pressure to Help Struggling Mortgage Companies (Wall Street Journal)
  15. Screening Rooms That Bring Hollywood Home (Wall Street Journal)

Unusual Options Activity – Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (HBAN)

Data Source: barchart

Today some institution/fund purchased 1,139 contracts of Jan 2022 $8 strike calls (or the right to buy 113,900 shares of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (HBAN) at $8). The open interest was just 195 prior to this purchase. Continue reading “Unusual Options Activity – Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (HBAN)”