- The Big Picture: Calm Settles Over Stock Market, Buying Time For Bulls (Investor’s Business Daily)
- This Single Variable Explains What Drives Managed Futures Performance (Institutional Investor)
- September Macro Update: Rising Possibility of a Recession in 2020 (The Fat Pitch)
- Permian Basin natural gas prices up as a new pipeline nears completion (EIA)
- “Where Did I Find This Guy Jerome?” Trump Asks of Hand-Selected Fed Chief (Vanity Fair)
- The Eternal Pursuit of Unhappiness (Farnam Street)
- Powell Says Fed Will Sustain Expansion, Reinforcing Rate-Cut Bet (Bloomberg)
- The 2020 Evora GT Is the Best Lotus We’ve Seen in Decades (Bloomberg)
- Investors flocked to bonds and away from stocks in August at the fastest pace on record, says TrimTabs (MarketWatch)
- Opinion: Gold’s big drop is just the beginning of a longer slide (MarketWatch)
- U.S.-China trade conflict could take years to resolve: Kudlow (Reuters)
- Small-cap stocks could jump if a trade deal is signed (Barron’s)
- Stock dividends are Japan’s latest export (Barron’s)
- Mallinckrodt Bankruptcy Fear May Be Premature (Barron’s)
- Eddie Murphy Says He’s Doing A Stand-Up Comedy Tour in 2020 (Maxim)
2020 Earnings Estimates – “Strong Like Bull”
Unusual Options Activity – Dow Inc. (DOW)
Today some institution/fund purchased 1,279 contracts of Jan 2021 $42.50 strike calls (or the right to buy 127,900 shares of Dow Inc. (DOW) at $42.50). The open interest was just 114 prior to this purchase. Continue reading “Unusual Options Activity – Dow Inc. (DOW)”
Where is money flowing today?
Hedge Fund Trade Tip (PIN) – Position Idea Notification
Hedge Fund Trade Tip (PCN) – Position Completion Notification
Be in the know. 8 key reads for Friday…
- Stocks will ‘rally into the end of the year’ after upside earnings surprise, says J.P. Morgan’s Matejka (MarketWatch)
- The explosion of ‘alternative’ data gives regular investors access to tools previously employed only by hedge funds (MarketWatch)
- China cuts banks’ reserve ratios, frees up $126 billion for loans as economy slows (Reuters)
- New Schlumberger CEO Outlines Strategic About-Face (24/7 Wall Street)
- Christine Lagarde and the Case for More QE (Bloomberg)
- Buy-the-Dip Bond Traders Are Scared of Momentum (Bloomberg)
- Trump Moves to Send Mortgage Giants Back to Private Sector (New York Times)
- Seth Klarman’s 3 Secrets to Value Investing (Yahoo! Finance)
Hedge Fund Trade Tip (PCN) – Position Completion Notification
Hedge Fund Trade Tip (PMN) – Position Management Notification
Unusual Options Activity – Schlumberger Limited (SLB)
Today some institution/fund purchased 4,002 contracts of Jan 2021 $42.5 strike calls (or the right to buy 400,200 shares of Schlumberger Limited (SLB) at $42.5). The open interest was just 1,458 prior to this purchase. Continue reading “Unusual Options Activity – Schlumberger Limited (SLB)”