Today some institution/fund purchased 2,811 contracts of Dec $57.5 strike calls (or the right to buy 281,100 shares of Dell Technologies Inc. (DELL) at $57.5). The open interest was just 750 prior to this purchase. Continue reading “Unusual Options Activity – Dell Technologies Inc. (DELL)”
Where is money flowing today?
Retail Sector Earnings Estimates/Revisions
In the spreadsheet above I have tracked the earnings estimates for the Retail Sector ETF (XRT) top 30 weighted stocks. Continue reading “Retail Sector Earnings Estimates/Revisions”
Be in the know. 8 key reads for Monday…
- The S&P 500 Earnings Outlook Is Terrible. It’s Not as Bad as It Looks. (Barron’s)
- China September exports, imports in deeper contraction as tariffs take toll (Reuters)
- Peak Shale: How U.S. Oil Output Went From Explosive to Sluggish (Yahoo! Finance)
- Private-equity deals depress worker wages, study finds (MarketWatch)
- ‘If You Ever Do That to Me Again, I’m Going to Kill You.’ (Institutional Investor)
- Blackstone Talked With Ken Griffin’s Citadel About Buying Stake (Wall Street Journal)
- Apple’s ‘key growth driver’ in 2020 will be a new $399 iPhone, top analyst says CNBC)
- Western Digital upgraded to Buy from Hold at Loop Capital (TheFly)
Be in the know. 10 key reads for Sunday…
- What The %!&# Is The Repo Market? (NPR Planet Money)
- ‘El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie’ Review: Fan Service Firing on All Cylinders (Rolling Stone)
- ECRI Weekly Leading Index Update (Advisor Perspectives)
- The Best of Goethe’s Aphorisms (Farnam Street)
- Is Amazon Unstoppable? (New Yorker)
- How Florida Georgia Line Helped Country Music Reinvigorate Itself (GQ)
- Wells Fargo report: A.I. will cut 200,000 American bank jobs over next decade (Big Think)
- Why Governments Haven’t Learned The Lessons Of Japan (Podcast) (Bloomberg)
- Mini Trade Deal Could Be Huge Catalyst For Oil (Oil Price)
- GE and 4 More Favorite Stocks From a Fan of Disruption (Barron’s)
Snake OIL? How Portfolio Managers View Exploration & Production Stocks…
I was doing my normal stock, earnings and sector research over the weekend and I came across this Exploration and Production Sector chart XOP (above). The 2007-2009 financial crisis was a “once in a generation” collapse similar to 1973-1974 and prior to that the Great Depression. The implication of this sector trading at 2009 levels today – is that Oil and Gas Exploration and Production stocks are “snake oil” as defined by Dictionary.com as: a product of little real worth or value that is promoted as the solution to a problem. Continue reading “Snake OIL? How Portfolio Managers View Exploration & Production Stocks…”
Be in the know. 10 key reads for Saturday…
- Federal Reserve Gives Large Banks a Break on Postcrisis Rules (Wall Street Journal)
- New Cocoa-Pricing Method Makes for a Hot Commodity (Wall Street Journal)
- U.S. Steel Boosts Revenue Outlook (Wall Street Journal)
- Millennials Are Making Babies. These Stocks Could Bounce. (Barron’s)
- Porsche and Boeing Want to Build This Sexy Flying Car Together (Futurism)
- When EBITDA Is Just BS (Institutional Investor)
- U.S. and China Reach a Truce on Trade (Wall Street Journal)
- Fed’s Plan to Buy Treasury Bills ($60B/month) (Bloomberg)
- Frank & Jerome (The Chairmen) agree: The Best is Yet to Come (AAII Sentiment Results) (Hedge Fund Tips)
- No, SoftBank Won’t Go Down in Flames: Term Sheet (Fortune)
Unusual Options Activity – CBS Corporation (CBS)
Today some institution/fund purchased 5,228 contracts of Jan $45 strike calls (or the right to buy 522,800 shares of CBS Corporation (CBS) at $45). The open interest was just 1,158 prior to this purchase. Continue reading “Unusual Options Activity – CBS Corporation (CBS)”
