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BAC, Looking Ahead to Earnings April 15th…..3 Ways to Play Potential Volatility
6:14 am EDT - March 31, 2011 By Dan
The duration and magnitude of the rally back from the lows made on March 16th has caught some (namely ME) by surprise, as I have written on this site on numerous occasions over the last couple weeks, … [Read more...]
Let’s Make A Deal: BinShopping Edition
Since the SPX's intraday low on March 16th we have seen a bunch of M&A activity that has certainly helped buoy the recent enthusiasm in the market and helped propel the major indexes within … [Read more...]
AMZN- 2nd UPDATE: New Trade – Roll Long APR Put Spreads to May and Capture Q1 Earnings Event
2:32 pm EDT - March 29, 2011 By Dan
UPDATED March 29th 2011 @ 3:20pm & 8pm: AMZN up 3% today on a William Blair upgrade (who?). I guess this sort of price action just shows you that when a stock is ready to rally after … [Read more...]
LENAR Reports Surprise Profit….Really? Opportunities in the XHB?
8:28 am EDT - March 29, 2011 By Dan
In the wake of the past weeks dismal housing starts, new and existing home sales data, LEN this morning managed to report better than expected earnings and slightly higher revenues. Upon further … [Read more...]
AMZN UPDATE: New Trade – Roll Long APR Put Spreads to May and Capture Q1 Earnings Event
6:02 am EDT - March 29, 2011 By Dan
UPDATED March 29th 2011 @ 7:00am: I am in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil this week, and well, you're not. But I would be a little careful taking the other side of my trades this week, because I literally … [Read more...]
VIX (17.91) – Probably A Bit More Downside Before The Next Spike
7:21 am EDT - March 28, 2011 By Dan
There was a lot of talk in the mainstream financial press over the weekend about the recent rise and fall of the VIX over the last 2 week. To most investors the VIX is just another one of those … [Read more...]
UPDATED: ORCL Reports FY Q3 Earnings after the Bell Mar 24-If Long Consider Stock Replacement Strategies
10:45 am EDT - March 25, 2011 By Dan
UPDATED Mar 25th @ 11:40am: ORCL is up 3.5% this morning after handily beating estimates and raising guidance. Stock is under-performing the implied move and the avg move over the last 4 qtrs, but … [Read more...]
UPDATED: RIMM Earnings Mar 24-Express Bearish Views Through APR Put Spread–Define Risk
7:42 am EDT - March 25, 2011 By Dan
UPDATED 3/25/11 at 8:40am: RIMM is down in the pre-market almost 12% largely as a result of their guidance for FY Q1 that badly missed wall street expectations....Additionally the company did … [Read more...]
Sprint Cheaper Than 99% of S&P 500 Signaling Merger-Bloomberg WAYS TO PLAY
8:29 am EDT - March 24, 2011 By Dan
Sprint $4.50 Top Bloomberg story this morning getting some play (below) that in the wake of AT&T's $39bln bid for T-Mobile, and Sprint's ~10% sell off that the market is valuing Sprint's … [Read more...]
Updated: RHT Reports Tonight After the Close- An Options Trade for the Bear and the Bull and the Prudent Long
9:43 am EDT - March 23, 2011 By Dan
Updated 2nd time March 24, 2011 @ 12.03 pm: REVIEW OF SUGGESTED TRADE STRUCTURES; 1st- Buy May 40/43 Call Spread for 1.05: this spread can now by sold for ~2.10, so double your money. If you did … [Read more...]
A”DOH”BE (ADBE) Offers “Prudent” Forecast on Japan Disruption……Get Ready To See A Lot More Of This In The Coming Weeks
6:36 am EDT - March 23, 2011 By Dan
What I find most interesting about ADBE's guidance (and that of ORCL, RIMM and RHT to be issued later this week) is that their quarter end was almost 2 weeks prior to the earthquake and tsunami in … [Read more...]
BBY Report FQ4 Earnings Mar 24 (pre-open), 2 Ways to Play
7:41 am EDT - March 22, 2011 By Dan
EVENT(S): March 24th (pre-open) company reports fiscal Q4 earnings and Q1 guidance and Apr 14 Analyst Meeting. -options market implying about a 7% move post earnings vs 4 qtr avg of ~7.5% PRICE … [Read more...]
S&P 500 at Key Resistance, Now What?
12:39 pm EDT - March 21, 2011 By Dan
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RIMM Earnings Mar 24-Express Bearish Views Through APR Put Spread–Define Risk
8:04 am EDT - March 21, 2011 By Dan
RIMM $61.20 -company reports mar 24 after the close -options market implying about 7% move -avg 4 qtr move ~5.5%, over the last 8 qtrs almost 9.25%....Given the increased volatility we have seen of … [Read more...]
ORCL Reports FY Q3 Earnings after the Bell Mar 24-If Long Consider Stock Replacement Strategies
2:28 pm EDT - March 18, 2011 By Dan
ORCL ($30.90) reports earnings Mar 24th after the close and i have to think that this will be a closely watched report as investors will want to get a sense for IT demand since the disasters that were … [Read more...]
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