- Berkshire Buys Passive Stakes in 5 Japanese Trading Houses (Barron’s)
- FDA willing to fast track coronavirus vaccine before phase three trials end (CNBC)
- Coronavirus Has Left Banks With Lots of Cash and Little to Do With It (Wall Street Journal)
- China’s Theme Parks Ride a Boom as Tourists Have Nowhere to Go (Wall Street Journal)
- Shinzo Abe’s Unfinished Revolution Hangs in the Balance (Wall Street Journal)
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Be in the know. 10 key reads for Sunday…
- FDA Expands Emergency Use of Gilead’s Remdesivir in All Covid-19 Hospitalizations (Barron’s)
- Citigroup Economic Surprise Index (Yardeni)
- Inside A Billionaire’s Fight With A Small Town Over A Tiny Vacant Lot (Forbes)
- Wall Street Week Ahead: Value bulls bang drum for cheap stock resurgence on Fed, vaccine hopes (Reuters)
- ECRI Weekly Leading Index Update (Advisor Perspectives)
- How Tom Cruise Made This Impossible Movie Stunt Possible (digg)
- Is A Major Oil Price Breakout On The Horizon? (Oil Price)
- Tiffany Reports 90% Sales Jump in China: First real sign of Pandemic Luxury Recovery (Luxuo)
- 5 of the World’s Most Exclusive Private Island Resorts (Just Luxe)
- The Most Beautiful Golf Clubhouses in the U.S. (Just Luxe)
Be in the know. 20 key reads for Saturday…
- Warren Buffett and the $300,000 Haircut (Wall Street Journal)
- Fed’s Bullard says the recession is over but rates will ‘stay low for a long time’ (CNBC)
- Activists May Focus on Energy and Health Care Next Year (Barron’s)
- Losing the extra $600 unemployment benefit may not have stopped Americans from spending money, J.P. Morgan credit card data shows (MarketWatch)
- The U.S. Housing Market Is on Fire. Two Ways to Play It. (Barron’s)
- Get Ready for a Crazy Wave of IPOs (Barron’s)
- New York City’s Offices Are Empty. How to Gamble on a Recovery. (Barron’s)
- The Secrets of Elite College Admissions (Wall Street Journal)
- Elon Musk unveils working prototype of ‘brain-implant’ device (New York Post)
- This Market Rally Has Legs, Six Strategists Say. Here’s Proof (Bloomberg)
- A Simple Recipe for Oyster-Sauce Scallops to Make at Home (Bloomberg)
- Why One Analyst Has His Eyes Set on Singapore’s Virus-Hit Small Caps (Bloomberg)
- Warren Buffett’s 90th birthday is on Sunday. Here are 5 of the legendary investor’s best birthday stories. (Business Insider)
- Opinion: The stock market is on a tear, but now comes September, the worst month of the year. However, something curious happens in presidential-election years (MarketWatch)
- Cruise operators took a deep bruising from COVID-19, but history says they will recover (MarketWatch)
- Utz, maker of Zapp’s and Boulder Canyon chips, is going public (CNN Business)
- The United States set record for daily natural gas power burn in late July (EIA)
- Yield curve steepens after Fed policy shift (Financial Times)
- The Public and Private Markets (Investor Amnesia)
- Why Bank of New York Mellon Is Worth a Second Look (Barron’s)
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Unusual Options Activity – JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM)
Data Source: barchart
Today some institution/fund purchased 6,127 contracts of Sept. 2021 $170 strike calls (or the right to buy 612,700 shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) at $170). The open interest was 6,127 prior to this purchase. Continue reading “Unusual Options Activity – JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM)”
Insider Buying in Black Hills Corporation (BKH)
On Aug 26, 2020, Richard Mills – Director of Black Hills Corporation (BKH) – purchased 5,000 shares of BKH at $54.63. His out of pocket cost was $273,156.
Where is money flowing today?
Data Source: Finviz
Be in the know. 10 key reads for Friday…
- Yield curve steepens after Fed policy shift (Financial Times)
- This New Valuation Gauge Sees Earnings Upside, Says Stocks Have Room to Run (Barron’s)
- US hedge fund managers raise fees even as the rest of the world cuts them (fn London)
- Dell Profit Tops Estimates on Cost Controls and PC Demand (Barron’s)
- Why Bank of New York Mellon Is Worth a Second Look (Barron’s)
- Fed Chair Sets Stage for Longer Periods of Lower Rates (New York Times)
- Fed’s Elevation of Employment Goal Reflects a Changed World (Wall Street Journal)
- The US economy needs more stimulus to slash the risk of a ‘double dip’ recession, former Fed official says. (Business Insider)
- U.S. antitrust cases against Google (GOOGL) zeroes in on ‘tying’ products – Bloomberg (Street Insider)
- Fed’s Harker says it will take ‘a while’ for jobs market to heal, would be OK with inflation at 2.5% (CNBC)
Unusual Options Activity – JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM)
Data Source: barchart
Today some institution/fund purchased 5,119 contracts of Sept. 2021 $200 strike calls (or the right to buy 511,900 shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) at $200). The open interest was just 646 prior to this purchase. Continue reading “Unusual Options Activity – JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM)”