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Hot Options Report For End Of Day – Thursday, Nov. 15

Hot Options Report For End Of Day – Thursday, Nov. 15

Top tickers for end of day: F, AUY, AAPL, KR, M  Data Courtesy of Trade Alert 
Laugh… Cry… Profit Your Way To “Normal”

Laugh… Cry… Profit Your Way To “Normal”

“So, ‘Count’ and ‘Recount’ are sitting at a bar in Florida…” By now, of course, that joke really needs no punch line. Ballots in the Sunshine State – and neighboring Georgia, too – are still being counted… and re-counted. As if more of that kind of uncertainty weren’t enough, equity markets took a steep plunge Monday. The Dow Jones […]
ETFs To Watch On Cisco’s Solid Results

ETFs To Watch On Cisco’s Solid Results

After the closing bell on Wednesday, tech prime Cisco Systems (CSCO – Free Report) reported robust fiscal 2019 first-quarter results. The networking giant topped estimates on both revenues and earnings and provided an upbeat outlook. Results in Detail Earnings of 68 cents per share outpaced the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a couple of cents and improved from […]
Here’s Why The Oil Price No Longer Matters

Here’s Why The Oil Price No Longer Matters

iStock.com/LIgorko A Low Oil Price No Longer Favors the Markets and Growth It’s “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” when it comes to the oil price. Contrary to what logic might suggest, there’s a good chance that the falling oil price will not stimulate demand and will instead send the world economy into […]
Shocking Nat Gas Price Swings Prompt “Emergency Action” By CME

Shocking Nat Gas Price Swings Prompt “Emergency Action” By CME

Yesterday’s furious short squeeze in natural gas has seen an equal and opposite sell-off today, with Natgas now unchanged from before yesterday’s sharp ramp that sent the front contract higher by 20% only to see a 15% drop today. In addition to the pairing of positions, Thursday’s decline was likely exacerbated by a report showing that producers […]
Weekly Heating Oil Prices – Thursday, Nov. 15

Weekly Heating Oil Prices – Thursday, Nov. 15

We’ve used data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), which publishes price data weekly on home heating oil in 38 states by dollar-per-gallon before taxes. Unlike natural gas and electricity, home heating oil is provided by independent retailers. The latest price of home heating oil nationwide is $3.35, unchanged from last week and up 6 cents since […]
5 Cheap Large Cap Stocks To Buy Now

5 Cheap Large Cap Stocks To Buy Now

Audio Length: 00:20:41 The stock market volatility of October has continued into November. But don’t let a pullback scare you out of stocks. Value investors rush in looking for deals. But if the small caps are too volatile for you, what about the large caps? They’ve outperformed the last few years and some have seen […]
Institutional And Individual Investors More Bearish On Equities

Institutional And Individual Investors More Bearish On Equities

At the end of October, the American Association of Individual Investors reported individual investor bullish sentiment was 28.0%, one standard deviation below the bullishness average. Sentiment measures are contrarian ones and are most actionable at their extremes. October’s reading was certainly not an extreme level; however, the reading was at a low level of bullishness for the […]
The Odd Couple Trade And Is Powell Going To Backtrack?

The Odd Couple Trade And Is Powell Going To Backtrack?

Chris Temple took some time today to share his thoughts on the odd couple trade which has been relevant recently. With safe havens like the USD, Yen, treasuries, and gold moving higher maybe this is just the start of a longer-term move. Also of note were some recent comments by Powell addressing the weakness from […]
Six UK Government Ministers Quit Over Brexit: Pound Slammed, Deal In Doubt

Six UK Government Ministers Quit Over Brexit: Pound Slammed, Deal In Doubt

After digging into the 585-page Brexit document, Theresa May’s ministers came to the right conclusion: The deal stinks. The Wall Street Journal reports U.K.’s Brexit Deal in Jeopardy as Senior Ministers Resign. Six government ministers, including Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab, one of the architects of the deal, quit Thursday as the prime minister faced a barrage of […]