Today’s tickers: TLB, PFCB, VZ, NDAQ, MTL & HSNI TLB – Talbots, Inc. – Bearish traders donning Talbots put options this afternoon appear to be positioning for shares of the women’s apparel, shoes and accessories...
Read More2011 continued to show strength as the market rebounded off midday lows to finish neutral. The major news on the day was that the Fed has announced they will continue $600B treasury bond buying program that is supposed to help...
Read MoreI still like the Wall Street Journal. While they often infuriate me with their new editorial policies and slanted news coverage, they still have some of the best reporters and best graphics people out there. I think it’s...
Read MoreToday’s tickers: KBH, BAC, LNG & ZION KBH – KB Home – With markets in buoyant mood to start a New Year, investors continue to buy into the homebuilding sector. On Friday we noted bullish options activity on Toll...
Read MoreThe futures are so bright, we have to wear shades this morning. Those shades would be blinders, like we put on horses to keep them from being distracted by reality while they race forward as we left 3 of our jockeys – Japan,...
Read MoreI am still trying to get more bullish. I was thinking about writing something cute like I resolve to get more bullish but that would be wrong. I try, in my own humble way, to “get” the market right. That means I...
Read MoreToday’s tickers: IMAX, HIG, VRGY, TOL & WM IMAX – Imax Corp. – Earlier today you’d have needed more than just 3D-glasses to see the trail left behind by a near 20% surge in shares of the movie-theater corporation....
Read MoreHappy New Year! It’s going to be a slow trading day most likely. Europe has been trending down all morning (7am) with no one wanting to be bullish into early closes and it looks like we’re down about 1% over there for the...
Read MoreToday’s tickers: XLB, XLF, VRGY & STJ XLB – Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF – Options traders are initiating bearish strategies on the XLB, an exchange-traded fund designed to track the performance of the Materials...
Read MoreUS Corporations are hiring – they are just not hiring you! The Economic Policy Institute, a Washington think tank, says American companies have created 1.4 million jobs overseas this year, compared with less than 1 million in...
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