One big trader has come up with an interesting way of playing Facebook in the run up to the social network’s earnings announcement. The trader has sold 17,000 Facebook 100-strike puts expiring on April 29 for $1 each, to use […]
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GMO Q1 Letter: The Case For And Against European Equities
GMO International Active Update First Quarter 2015 REGIONAL COMMENTARY On the global menu of asset classes, European equities are the flavor du jour. A more generous QE package from the ECB than discounted by the markets coupled with tentative signs of economic […]
Bank Of America Corp Beats Earnings Estimates
Bank of America released its first quarter earnings report before opening bell this morning, posting earnings of 27 cents per share, including 9 cents per share of one-time items. Net revenue was $21.4 billion for the quarter. Analysts had been […]
Largest Cuts To S&P 500 Estimates In First Half of A Quarter since Q2 2009 Due To Energy
The price of oil dropping from over $100 a barrel to below $50 a barrel over the last eight months has had a major impact on perceptions of future U.S. economic activity. A February 13th report from FactSet Insight highlights […]
Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA) Q1 Impresses Analysts
While Tesla Motors Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) announced that it will soon break ground to build one of its two gigafactories, this month the buzz is all about Tesla’s Q1 results. Tesla in the News Tesla Motors Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA)’s Q1 […]
J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (JCP) Buy-Side Pessimistic About Q1
First quarter comps are just around the corner, and investors are bracing for bad news about how much damage the harsh winter did to retail stores earnings. According to a Sterne Agee report, buy-side analysts are consistently in line or […]
Earnings – Will We Finally See Some Sunshine?
Will We Finally See Some Sunshine? The focus this week is on the economy, with a number of top-tier economic reports dominating the market’s attention. But the earnings season is slowly gaining attention as well. We don’t have that many […]
Adobe Systems Incorporated (ADBE) Will Benefit From Creative Cloud
Sterne Agee analysts Robert Breza and Jean-Baptiste Jouve take a close look at Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:ADBE) in light of their recent strong quarter. After a strong quarter of results beating consensus across the board, we believe that Adobe Systems Incorporated […]
Q1 Earnings Season Gets Underway
Q1 Earnings Season Gets Underway We will start counting Tuesday’s earnings announcements from Adobe Systems (ADBE) and Oracle(ORCL) as part of 2014 Q1 reporting cycle, though we are still a few weeks away from the earnings season taking the spotlight. The market has […]
Apple Inc. (AAPL) Stock Takes Hit On Sub-Par iPhone Sales
Headline and market makers alike have indicated that it has been a pretty tough 24 hours for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL). After their Q1 results failed to live up to expectations, the markets judged the tech company’s shares rather harshly, as […]