Morning Update
This morning stocks look set to open lower on poor trade numbers out of China. Chinese exports grew only 1%, well of economists estimates of 5% growth and down from 11.9%…
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Morning Update
Chinese CPI was reported at 1.8% annualized versus 2.2% in June and 1.7% expected. Chinese PPI fell 2.9% versus a 2.1% contraction in June and 2.5% expected. Chinese indu…
Read full article →Unusual Trading in RIMM
This morning Research in Motion ($RIMM) is up over 5% on heavy volume. Stock volume is 7x greater than usual and options volume is heavy as well: 64,000 calls and 94,000 …
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Overnight news out of Europe once again is full of lowered expectations of future growth. The Bank of England, in its quarterly inflation report cut its 2012 GDP forecast…
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Spanish 2-year yields initially traded down yesterday before reversing to end 60 bps higher on the day. This morning 2-year yields are again down 28 bps and 10-year yield…
Read full article →VIX Up, Market Up?
Today we are getting lots of questions about why the VIX is up 3.0% while the S&P 500 is up 0.5%.The VIX measure implied volatility in the S&P 500 (SPX) options. When the…
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Spanish and Italian yields, especially in the short end of the yield curve where the ECB has said it would concentrate its purchases, have continued last week’s slide. Sp…
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Is Risk Really On?
This morning the Russell 2000, a small-cap index, is leading the S&P 500 and DJIA up 2.5% in a broad based stock rally. The US Dollar Index is down over 1% and US 10-year…
Read full article →Joe Tigay on Trading Next Week
Check out Joe Tiday thoughts on the week ahead: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYegs7pTXLc&list=UUdWfm3zOoZUrf5X4TLd4CPA&index=4&feature=plcp…
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Yesterday markets tumbled as Mario Draghi, president of the ECB, left rates unchanged and did not announce the immediate beginning of a bond buying program. The market wa…
Read full article →Why on earth is the Vix Down today?
This is quite an unusual day, we had a highly anticipated news event which the market was expecting a move. We got the move and now with the confidence of Drabhi and the …
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Join Me Live at The Forex & Options Expo You're invited to attend The Forex & Options Expo, September 13-15, 2012 at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel & Casino. Take control of y…
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US Continuing jobless claims rose less than expected to 370,000 versus the consensus estimate of 365,000 and last week’s reading of 357,000. This initially sent S&P 500 f…
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China’s June PMI reading came in at 50.1, showing narrow expansion in the manufacturing sector. The HSBC manufacturing PMI was reported at 49.3, up 1.1 M/M. This report i…
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Yesterday stocks traded in a tight range on exceptionally low volume ahead of a series of central bank meetings this week. NYSE total volume was two standard deviations b…
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This week traders will be focusing on two main events: the FOMC meeting kicking off Tuesday and ending Wednesday with an announcement from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, and …
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Spanish unemployment hits a new high of 24.6%. The silver lining is that job losses totaled only 15,000 versus 870,000 last quarter. Today the Bundsbank reiterated its op…
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Early this morning ECB president Mario Draghi said “Within our mandate, the ECB is ready to do whatever it takes to preserve the Euro. And believe me, it will be enough”.…
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Yesterday after the close Apple delivered a rare earnings miss, coming short on both revenue and EPS. This is only the second quarter of the past 39 in which the company …
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Moody’s lowered its outlook on AAA rated Germany, Netherlands, and Luxembourg to negative. Finland, the most financially isolated of the Euro-zone countries, was kept on …
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This week a troika of international inspectors will come to Athens. The inspectors, from the European Commissions, the IMF, and the ECB will formally appraise Greece’s de…
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With no economic news scheduled today markets are likely to be driven primarily by earnings news. Internationally, Germany approved a bailout of Spanish banks, which occu…
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Jobless claims for the week of July 14th were 386,000. Initial claims for the week of July 7th were revised down a sharp 26,000 to 350,000. This has brought the four week…
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In his semi-annual testimony before the Senate yesterday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke delivered a bleak view of the US economy. The two major near-term risks to…
Read full article →Options Action: Intel
CNBC's Herb Greenberg has the update on GMCR's conference call, and an options play on Intel, with Brian Stutland , Stutland Equities Archived video: the original player …
Read full article →Options Action: Trading Europe's Trouble
Brian Stutland, Stutland Equities, with an options play on European currencies. Archived video: the original player is no longer supported. Original source (may no longer…
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Brian Stutland, Stutland Equities, with a strategies to hedge your bets against European uncertainties. Archived video: the original player is no longer supported. Origin…
Read full article →Options Action: Microsoft
Brian Stutland, Stutland Equities with an options play on Microsoft. Archived video: the original player is no longer supported. Original source (may no longer be availab…
Read full article →Time to Sell Treasuries?
The yield on the U.S. ten-year note has fallen sharply over the past 3 months even as investors have flocked to Treasuries. Could now be the time to exit your position in…
Read full article →After Hours Action: Baidu
A big move for Baidu after hours, with CNBC's John Fortt and Brian Stutland , who discusses how to trade from an options standpoint. Archived video: the original player i…
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