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Citigroup rallies leaving cautious put plays in its wake
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:05:18 +0000Today’s tickers: C, AIG, XLF, DELL, NCX, XLK, MRVL, VPRT, FNM, PMCS, AFL
C – Citigroup Inc. – Despite a 4.1% rally to $18.87 at Citigroup option traders are still in defensive mode perhaps adopting a ‘once bitten, twice shy’ attitude.…
Friday Already?
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:34:53 +0000
What an exciting week this has been.I’m very bullish today after hearing Obama’s speech last night (and here’s a cool view of it) as it’s very exciting to have the prospect of a leader who can actually inspire people. Whether you…
Thrilling Thursday Wrap-Up
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:46:39 +0000
That was fun!We got everything we wanted today - good, solid moves in the financials, a decline in oil and good breadth to a strong rally that hit all our modest level. Unfortunately, the volume was low and we are…
Kill or cure for AIG?
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:32:08 +0000Today’s tickers: AIG, XLK, MRVL, VPRT, FNM, XLF, PMCS, AFL
AIG – American Insurance Group Inc. – It’s kill or cure for AIG according to options patterns evident on Thursday. With shares higher by 2.3% at $20.45 we’re sniffing out what…
GDPhursday
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:24:57 +0000
Oil’s back at $120 - Yipee!We’ll see if they can hold it there but the CNBC weather team is on the ball with the most pessimistic possible forecasts, repeating Katrina over and over like a mantra even though Gustav is projected…
Wednesday Weather Report
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:16:23 +0000
Gustav!!!!We had fantastic economic news today but TROPICAL STORM Gustav rained on Haiti and that was enough to send oil prices flying up $1.88 in what we will call "focused" trading on the NYMEX as 105% of the October contracts…
A new twist for options in Lehman
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:30:52 +0000Today’s tickers: LEH, MTH, AMLN, XLE, NTAP, CLNE & HOS
LEH – Lehman Brothers – A more positive tone for Lehman’s today has shares knocking on the door of the $15.00 mark having rallied by 6.3% so far Wednesday. Options volume…
Which Way Wednesday?
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:14:25 +0000
Well, I’m in a better mood.We did hold our levels yesterday and I did my review of housing and the GDP last night and it left me still fairly bullish on the long-term economy. Oil is up to $117 pre-market (7:30)…
Crisis - What Crisis?
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:03:58 +0000
Barry Rhitholz had this image of the House Price Index on his blog today:
Wouldn’t you think it would be redder? Why are there green areas? How can home prices be rising in 14 states - don’t these people know we are in…
Rising VIX masks some improved market tone – for options at least
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:39:49 +0000Today’s tickers: VIX, XLF, GE, LEH, C, RIMM, AMD, STI, TLAB, ALO
VIX – CBOE Volatility index – It used to simply be the case that when markets plunged, volatility spiked and it was easy to lay the claim that the option…
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