Yesterday we previewed Visa (V) earnings and detailed a mildly bullish spread, looking for the stock to go higher, but find some resistance at 100. Following the report the stock did just that, now trading …
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Netflix (NFLX) will report Q2 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about an 8% one-day move tomorrow, which is a tad shy of the 7.1%* average over the last four quarters, …
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Microsoft (MSFT) will report their fiscal Q4 results on Thursday after the close. The options market is implying about a $2.80 move between now and next Friday’s close or about 3.8% in either direction, most …
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On May 19th we checked in on beaten up retail stock Target and looked for an inexpensive way to go contrarian and play for a bounce in the second half of the year. Here was …
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U.S. bank stocks get Q2 earnings season in full swing tomorrow with reports from Citigroup (C), JP Morgan (JPM) and Wells Fargo (WFC). The options market is implying the following one moves in either direction: …
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On June 9th we took a look utilities etf (and bond proxy) XLU. At the time XLU was trading 53.55 following a bit of a breakdown. We felt the breakout was likely to fail and …
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On Monday morning shares of Best Buy (BBY) gapped down 5% and closed the day down 6.4% on news reports that Amazon.com (AMZN) has launched a service to compete to set up gadgets at home, …
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