Be in the know. 8 key reads for Monday…

  1. A $100 Billion Fund Manager Is Debunking Stock-Bubble Theories (Bloomberg)
  2. How Big Investors Cash In on ‘Alternative Data’ (Bloomberg)
  3. Aston Martin’s DBX Could Be Game-Changing for Stock, HSBC Says (Bloomberg)
  4. Barron’s Picks And Pans: Honeywell, Oshkosh, Uber, Walgreens And More (Yahoo! Finance)
  5. The Rust Belt Is the Next Hot Spot for Stocks. Check Out Cummins and 3 More. (Barron’s)
  6. Pound Jumps After Nigel Farage Promises Not to Contest Tory Seats (Bloomberg)
  7. 3 Merrill Lynch US Stocks That Could Rule for Investors in 2020 (24/7 Wall Street)
  8. Florida’s Sunshine and Tax Benefits Beckon Billionaires (Wall Street Journal)

 

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Sunday…

  1. Psst! Want the Secret to Picking Winning Stocks? Keep Reading. (Barron’s)
  2. What is indicator “PINNING” and how does it apply right now? (ZeroHedge)
  3. Opinion: These battered biotech stocks are now buying opportunities even as Elizabeth Warren climbs in the polls (MarketWatch)
  4. Edward Norton Has Figured Some Things Out (GQ)
  5. Get Ready as ‘Beta-Chasing’ Stock Managers Try to Make Up Ground (Bloomberg)
  6. Pound Outlook Gets Brighter From Here in Most Election Scenarios (Bloomberg)
  7. Buffett vs Icahn rematch: Is history on Icahn’s side? (FoxBusiness)
  8. Is It Time to Shop for Stocks in Europe and Japan? (Barron’s)
  9. Issues 2020: Drug Spending Is Reducing Health-Care Costs (Manhattan Institute)
  10. Gene Therapy: For Investors, a Source of Dreams—and Duds (CIO)
  11. The Rig Count Collapse Is Far From Over (OilPrice)
  12. Bond Women: How Rising Stars Lashana Lynch and Ana de Armas Are Helping Modernize 007 (Hollywood Reporter)
  13. The Drilling Frenzy Is Over For U.S. Shale (OilPrice)
  14. Miranda Lambert’s ‘Wildcard’ Is a Country-Rock Masterpiece (RollingStone)
  15. China’s Ultrawealthy Catch the Family Office Bug (OZY)
  16. HFT VideoCast – Stock Market Commentary and Weekly Recap – Episode 2 (Hedge Fund Tips)
  17. Value Stocks Have Another Big-Name Bull in Their Corner (Barron’s)
  18. Repo Fragility Exacerbated by a Hot New Corner of Funding Market (Bloomberg)
  19. Chesapeake Energy: Going Concern Worries Out Of Control (Seeking Alpha)
  20. Companies run by billionaires performed twice as well as the market average in the last 15 years and it’s part of the ‘billionaire effect,’ new study says (Business Insider)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Leon Cooperman – Looking For More For Less (Podcast)
  2. Illusion of Transparency: Your Poker Face is Better Than You Think (Farnam Street)
  3. Hedge Fund and Insider Trading News: David Einhorn, Ken Fisher, Tom Steyer, Jim Simons, QAD Inc. (QADA), Chesapeake Energy Corporation (CHK), and More (Insider Monkey)
  4. Carl Icahn Renews Attack on Occidental Petroleum (Barron’s)
  5. Elon Musk Is in a Twitter Fight With Hedge Fund. Both Sides Could Be Right. (Barron’s)
  6. Joe Biden allies are worried that a Mike Bloomberg candidacy could clinch the nomination for Elizabeth Warren (CNBC)
  7. Get ready for another Santa Claus rally: Fundstrat’s Tom Lee (MarketWatch)
  8. Kolanovic Says Value Renaissance Will Live Beyond Short Covering (Bloomberg)
  9. Trump Advisers Want to Get WiFi, Amazon Deliveries in National Parks (Futurism)
  10. Michael Bloomberg Earned $48 Billion and Eternal Adoration From Wall Street. But Does Anyone Else Want Him to Be President? (Institutional Investor)
  11. Is Buying Stocks at an All-Time High a Good Idea? (Meb Faber)
  12. The Four Most Important Market Indicators (The Reformed Broker)
  13. Why You Shouldn’t Bet Against Warren Buffett (Forbes)
  14. the rolls-royce cullinan uses 1344 lights to create ‘starry sky’ effect inside (designboom)
  15. How Billionaire Jim Simons Learned To Beat The Market—And Began Wall Street’s Quant Revolution (Forbes)
  16. ECRI Weekly Leading Index Update (Advisor Perspectives)
  17. The American Dream And The Children Of Immigrants (NPR Planet Money)
  18. How Seriously Should We Take Michael Bloomberg’s Potential 2020 Run? (FiveThirtyEight)
  19. Boys Will Be Boys in “Ford v Ferrari” (The New Yorker)
  20. Why The Repo Markets Went Crazy (Podcast) (Bloomberg)

Unusual Options Activity – Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY)

Data Source: barchart

Today some institution/fund purchased 13,839 contracts of December $42.50 strike calls (or the right to buy 1,383,900 shares of Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY) at $42.50). The open interest was just 2,067 prior to this purchase. Continue reading “Unusual Options Activity – Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY)”