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Unusual Options Activity – Wells Fargo & Company (WFC)

Data Source: barchart

Today some institution/fund purchased 1,659 contracts of June 2021 $50 strike calls (or the right to buy 165,900 shares of Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) at $50). The open interest was just 119 prior to this purchase. Continue reading “Unusual Options Activity – Wells Fargo & Company (WFC)”

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. Investors Got the Fed’s Rate Cut Wrong. ‘Putting Some Money to Work Isn’t a Bad Idea.’ (Barron’s)
  2. The Fed Just Cut Interest Rates. Get Ready to Refinance Your Mortgage. (Barron’s)
  3. This $5 Billion Stock Fund’s Manager Thinks Like a Founder. It’s Working. (Barron’s)
  4. Saudis Want OPEC+ to Cut More Than 1 Million Barrels a Day (Bloomberg)
  5. Here’s how billionaire investor Howard Marks is telling clients to ride out coronavirus volatility (MarketWatch)
  6. Warren Buffett Can’t Resist This Bargain As He Buys Amid Coronavirus Correction (Investor’s)
  7. Fed rate cut to boost homebuyers’ spending power (Fox Business)
  8. iPhone Maker Foxconn Expects 15% Q1 Revenue Hit From Coronavirus, Says Production Rebounding (Benzinga)
  9. US Fed’s coronavirus rate cut is first move in a dance with markets (Financial Times)
  10. Private payrolls up 183,000 as hiring shows no signs of coronavirus scare (CNBC)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. Chevron to Give Up to $80 Billion to Investors Over 5 Years (Bloomberg)
  2. OPEC’s oil cut proposal would boost price to $60 a barrel – Russia’s Lukoil (Yahoo! Finance)
  3. 4 Stocks Yielding 6% or More to Buy Now as Yields Plunge to Historic Lows (24/7 Wall Street)
  4. Jack Welch, G.E. Chief Who Became a Business Superstar, Dies at 84 (New York Times)
  5. OPEC Tries to Head Off Oil Glut as Coronavirus Saps Demand (New York Times)
  6. Luke Bryan gets into the beer game with new Two Lane American Golden Lager (USA Today)
  7. Gilead Sciences to Buy Forty Seven for $4.9 Billion (Wall Street Journal)
  8. G-7 Pledges to Fight Virus, Stops Short of Specific Action (Bloomberg)
  9. Executives are buying their own companies’ beaten-down stocks — here are nine with large purchases (MarketWatch)
  10. Pfizer Announced a Plan to Identify a Possible Coronavirus Treatment (MarketWatch)

 

 

Be in the know. 17 key reads for Monday…

1. Didn’t Sell Before the Big Plunge? Here’s the Good News. (Barron’s)
2. Why U.S. Markets Could Recover Quickly From Coronavirus Hit (Barron’s)
3. Energy Stocks Have Plunged. Here’s an ETF to Play a Rebound. (Barron’s)
4. A China Expert Explains Why Coronavirus Fears Are Overblown (Barron’s)
5. Immigration Is Helping Shield Canada From Global Slowdown (Wall Street Journal)
6. Archery Dodgeball Delivers Exactly What It Promises (Wall Street Journal)
7. Wall Street Has Lost Its Nerve. What Will It Take to Get It Back? (New York Times)
8. Central Banks Pledge to Ensure Stability as OECD Sounds Alarm (Bloomberg)
9. Boeing Goes on Hiring Spree in High-Stakes Gamble on 737 Max (Bloomberg)
10. Italy Shows How to Tackle the Coronavirus Impact (Bloomberg)
11. Investors cannot sit on the fence after coronavirus stock rout — it’s time to buy stocks, Bernstein says (MarketWatch)
12. Surgeon general wants you to stop buying masks to protect yourself from coronavirus: ‘They are not effective’ (MarketWatch)
13. ‘Once you really hate yourself, buy lower than you thought was possible’ — history suggests this approach pays off (MarketWatch)
14. Oil rebounds sharply as traders pin hopes on OPEC cuts this week (MarketWatch)
15. Italy unveils €3.6bn stimulus to tackle coronavirus (Financial Times)
16. Energy Stocks Kinder Morgan, Energy Transfer See Big Insider Buys (Yahoo! Finance)
17. Market Technicians Think the Selloff Isn’t Over (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 25 key reads for Sunday…

  1. Singapore Emerges as Litmus Test for Coronavirus Containment by Philip Heijmans (Bloomberg)
  2. What will ‘Super Tuesday’ mean for US investors? (Financial Times)
  3. Here’s A List Of Who Was Puking Stocks This Week (ZeroHedge)
  4. Jim Rogers Says Investors Should Buy Now! (The Street)
  5. Typical March Trading: Slow Start, Mid-Month Surge & Uninspiring Finish (Almanac Trader)
  6. No, You DO NOT Need Face Masks For Coronavirus—They Might Increase Your Infection Risk (Forbes)
  7. Daily Oversold Readings Could Support Rebound (John Murphy)
  8. Stock market coronavirus drop was painful, but buying opportunities may arise (New York Post)
  9. ‘SNL’ Cold Open (Daily Beast)
  10. 2020 Corvette Stingray: First Drive Review (Maxim)
  11. Danielle DiMartino Booth on the Federal Reserve (Podcast) (Bloomberg)
  12. Options markets point to a potential bounce for U.S. stocks (Reuters)
  13. Apple glasses could solve one of VR’s biggest issues, patent suggests (techradar)
  14. Fox Business Skips Commercial Breaks to Cover Coronavirus (But Still Has a Sponsor) (Variety)
  15. Phil Knight on the Surprising Origin Story of Nike’s Name and Swoosh (Medium)
  16. The Rise And Fall (And Rise?) Of NASCAR (NPR Planet Money)
  17. What Biden’s Big South Carolina Win Might Mean For Sanders (FiveThirtyEight)
  18. Inside The Crazy Story of Iraq’s Debt (Podcast) (Bloomberg)
  19. Powell: Fed poised to act if needed on ‘evolving’ virus risk (Pensions & Investments)
  20. A Morgan Stanley Manager Who Sold Before Rout Says He’s Buying (Bloomberg)
  21. WHO chief on coronavirus: Global markets ‘should calm down and try to see the reality’ (CNBC)
  22. OPEC may fight coronavirus price slide with deeper oil supply cuts (Fox Business)
  23. Thomas Lee, founder of Fundstrat Global Advisors is forecasting a “V”-shaped, or sharp, recovery for the market (MarketWatch)
  24. The Mystery of What Drives Bob Iger (Wall Street Journal)
  25. Jim Cramer: I Don’t Know Where It Will Bottom, I Do Know What to Buy and Sell (TheStreet)