Today after the close Starbucks (SBUX) will report their Q1 earnings. The options market is implying about a 3.8% move in either direction tomorrow. With the stock at $77, the April 26th weekly 77 straddle …
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Global equity markets today are cheering a pickup in Chinese manufacturing data in March, per Bloomberg: The manufacturing purchasing managers index rose to 50.5 from 49.2 last month, the biggest increase since 2012 and exceeding …
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Data regarding the health of the U.S. consumer have been mixed so far this year as the hangover from the government shutdown in December and January lingered, possibly offset a bit from the sharp rebound …
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Quick serve restaurant stocks have some of the most constructive looking charts in the U.S. market. Let’s start with the Big Kahuna Burger, McDonald’s (MCD), which is approaching its prior all-time highs from last fall …
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Lululemon (LULU) reports their fiscal Q4 results tonight after the close, the options market is implying about a 10% one day move tomorrow that is shy to its average one-day post-earnings move over the last …
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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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