For four weeks from mid-February to mid-March my 13 and 15-year-old daughters were in a paper-trading stock competition with ten of their girlfriends set up by one of the mothers. My 15yo Alex won with …
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On March 15th I previewed FedEx’s (FDX) fiscal Q3 results reported last week (FedEx Q3 Earnings Preview) and offered a fairly downbeat near-term assessment of their ability to print a beat and raise: Maybe last …
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On February 8th (Citibank: The Bankers – Endgame) I detailed my bearish view on U.S. banks stocks discussing a recent turn of events in the group but mostly focusing on the pivot of the U.S. …
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Back in November, I took a look at the homebuilding space (Home is Where the Heart is?) highlighting a contrarian call from research house Funds that on the group: At the time I highlighted a …
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On February 15th, when shares of Nike (NKE) were near $85, and threatening a new all-time high, I detailed reasons why I thought their upcoming guidance would disappoint and why the stock might be on …
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Micron (MU) will report their fiscal Q2 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about a 7.5% move between now and next Friday’s close Most of that for the post-earnings reaction. With …
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FedEx (FDX) will report their fiscal Q3 results Tuesday after the close. The options market is implying about an $11 move or about 6% in either direction between now and next Friday, most of which …
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Tonight after the close Oracle Systems (ORCL) will report their fiscal Q3 results. The options market is implying about a 5% one day move tomorrow which is a tad rich to its 4 quarter and …
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Last night on CNBC’s Fast Money program we discussed different ways to play semiconductors: Despite being positively disposed to some names (Intel from Jan 4th – Chip Rip?) I am not exactly sure the group …
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Prior to this week’s broad stock market rally, last week was the worst week for most of the major averages in the U.S. down between 2% for the S&P 500 (SPX) and 4% for the …
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