Tag: Warren Buffett

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Saturday…

  1. It’s Time to Build a Stake In Caterpillar (Barron’s)
  2. Wells Fargo Agrees to Pay $3 Billion to Settle Fake-Account Claims (Barron’s)
  3. Stocks Drop on the Week but Still Look Bubbly. Time to Prepare for a Correction. (Barron’s)
  4. What the E*Trade Deal Tells You About the New Investing Game (Wall Street Journal)
  5. Hot Wheels launches Cybertruck toy — with optional cracked window (New York Post)
  6. America’s Coal Country Isn’t Dead — It’s Preparing for a Comeback (Bloomberg)
  7. Warren Buffett just became the longest-serving CEO of an S&P company. Take a look inside his incredible life and career. (Business Insider)
  8. Richard Branson launches his luxury, adults-only cruise ship (CNN Business)
  9. Richard Turner — The Magical Phenom Who Will Blow Your Mind (#411) (Tim Ferriss Podcast)
  10. Yale Activists Want Divestment. David Swensen Isn’t Budging. (Institutional Investor)
  11. Election Year March: Performance Haunted By Steep 1980 Declines (Almanac Trader)
  12. In next downturn, Fed may opt for quick, strong action (Reuters)
  13. 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds: 2019 Q4 Rankings (Insider Monkey)
  14. Maserati’s New Mid-Engine Supercar Is Called the MC20 and It’s Coming This Spring (Robb Report)
  15. Where to Eat, Drink, Stay and Play in the Maldives (Maxim)

Unusual Options Activity – Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY)

Data Source: barchart

Today some institution(s)/fund(s) purchased 10,614 contracts of Sept $42.5-47.5 strike calls (or the right to buy 1,061,400 shares of Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY) at ($42.5-47.5). Continue reading “Unusual Options Activity – Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY)”

The ‘Short Term’ 10:3 (Risk to Reward) Stock Market

For those of you who have followed us for some time, you know we have been putting out bullish notes since the August 2019 lows.  You can review each weekly note under the “Sentiment” category of the site.  We called for the end of year “melt-up” just a few weeks after the 2/10 yield curve inverted in early August 2019. Continue reading “The ‘Short Term’ 10:3 (Risk to Reward) Stock Market”

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. Leon Cooperman says the market has become too pessimistic on energy stocks, too euphoric on Tesla (CNBC)
  2. Junk bond king’s pardon ‘is spectacular’ for Wall Street (Financial Times)
  3. Record Wall Street rally triggers boom in options (Financial Times)
  4. Q4 13F Roundup: How Buffett, Einhorn, Ackman And Others Adjusted Their Portfolios (Benzinga)
  5. The Michael Milken Project (Institutional Investor)
  6. ‘Very Big Trade Deal’ With India In Progress Ahead Of Visit, Trump Says (Benzinga)
  7. Building Permits Surge To 13 Year Highs Thanks To Warm Weather In Northeast (ZeroHedge)
  8. China’s virus-hit industrial cities start to ease curbs, restore production (Reuters)
  9. Oil up on slowing pace of coronavirus, Venezuela sanctions (Reuters)
  10. It’s Michael Milken’s World. The Rest of Us Just Live in It. (Barron’s)
  11. Hedge Funds Keep Backpedaling From S&P 500’s Biggest Winners (Bloomberg)
  12. What Warren Buffett Might Tell Investors in His Annual Letter This Week (Barron’s)
  13. Gilead’s Coronavirus Drug Trial Slowed by Lack of Eligible Recruits (Wall Street Journal)
  14. Fed’s Balance Sheet Dominates What to Watch For in FOMC Minutes (Bloomberg)
  15. Why Teva’s Grand Turnaround Could Just Be Getting Started (24/7 Wall Street)
  16. Pound Climbs After Inflation Tempers Risk of a Rate Cut (Bloomberg)
  17. SoftBank plans to borrow up to $4.5 billion using its domestic telecom’s shares as collateral. (Business Insider)
  18. Billionaire investor Leon Cooperman ramps up his criticism of Bernie Sanders, calling him a ‘bigger threat’ to the stock market than coronavirus (Business Insider)
  19. February Bank of America Global Fund Manager Survey Results (Summary) (Hedge Fund Tips)
  20. It’s never been this hard for companies to find qualified workers (CNBC)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Saturday…

  1. 5 Blue Chip Stocks in Wall Street’s Penalty Box Have Massive Upside Potential Bottom ofTop of FormBottom of Form (24/7 Wall Street)
  2. Warren Buffett Is One of a Kind. What That Will Mean for Berkshire Hathaway When He’s Gone. (Barron’s)
  3. Warren Buffett more than doubled its investment in Occidental Petroleum (OXY) In Q4 (MarketWatch)
  4. Musk’s Boring Co. Celebrates Breakthrough at Las Vegas Tunnel (Bloomberg)
  5. Boeing Argues It Doesn’t Need to Move 737 Max Wiring Bundles (Bloomberg)
  6. Short-Sellers Give Oil a Break Following Coronavirus Concerns (Bloomberg)
  7. Kraft Heinz Stockholders Find Good News Can Be Bad News (Barron’s)
  8. Hedge-Fund Investor Dan Loeb Bought Stock in Amazon and 2 More Companies (Barron’s)
  9. Consumer sentiment hits highest level since 2018 despite coronavirus outbreak (Business Insider)
  10. White House considering tax incentive for more Americans to buy stocks, sources say (CNBC)
  11. Stocks are near record highs, but people are still not investing (CNN Business)
  12. Hedge Fund and Insider Trading News: Ken Griffin, Dan Loeb, Ray Dalio, Davidson Kempner, PCB Bancorp (PCB), Taylor Morrison Home Corp (TMHC), and More (Insider Monkey)
  13. Hedge Fund ‘Cubs’ Share Information — And Alpha (Institutional Investor)
  14. An Astronaut’s Guide to Mental Models (Farnam Street)
  15. Brookfield: inside the $500bn secretive investment firm (Financial Times)

Be in the know. 12 key reads for Friday…

  1. Top financiers want Biden to drop out so Bloomberg can win: ’He has no chance’ (Fox Business)
  2. Oil prices steady but set for weekly gain on supply cut optimism (Business Insider)
  3. How a Small-Cap Fund Finds Exceptional Growth Overseas (Barron’s)
  4. Labor Force Participation Rate Mystery: Why Have So Many Americans Stopped Working? (Investor’s Business Daily)
  5. Veteran strategist eyes health care and financials in anticipation of ‘choppy and frustrating’ markets (MarketWatch)
  6. FC’s celebrity investors have a chokehold on $300M dividend (New York Post)
  7. Judy Shelton, Trump’s Fed Nominee, Faces Bipartisan Skepticism (New York Times)
  8. Doubting America Can Cost You a Lot of Money (Bloomberg)
  9. EXCLUSIVE: Kudlow reveals when middle class can expect ‘tax cuts 2.0’ (Fox Business)
  10. Investor complacency sets in while coronavirus spreads (Financial Times)
  11. Warren Buffett loves using Valentine’s Day to explain why See’s Candies is his ‘dream business’ (Business Insider)
  12. Value Investing’s Time to Shine Again Is Approaching (Bloomberg)