Prev Close | 79.75 |
Open | 78.60 |
Day Low/High | 76.77 / 79.94 |
52 Wk Low/High | 71.83 / 310.16 |
Volume | 11.39M |
Prev Close | 79.75 |
Open | 78.60 |
Day Low/High | 76.77 / 79.94 |
52 Wk Low/High | 71.83 / 310.16 |
Volume | 11.39M |
Exchange | NASDAQ |
Shares Outstanding | 1158.04B |
Market Cap | 89.92B |
P/E Ratio | 95.09 |
Div & Yield | N.A. (N.A) |
* Making a sacrifice to the long Gods I have been doing work on Block over the last week. The stock is cheap but, unfortunately, I don't have a catalyst. One of our analysts is going to do a thorough analysis on the name - as well as PayPal - to...
For people willing to brave the waters, there are now quality names with distinguishing characteristics that look attractive.
Shares of PYPL remain in a strong downward trend for now, according to the charts.
Upside - +74% (enters strategic agreement with Immune Therapeutics for rights to low dose naltrexone) - +18% (earnings, guidance) - +16% (earnings, guidance) - +14% (earnings) - +11% (earnings, guidance) - +10% (earnings, guidance) - +9.1% (highligh...
It's hard to gauge how this market is going to react to quarterly results, so stay alert and don't ignore your stops
Remember that this is a traders' market more than an investors' market. That's how it'll be until we have a change in trend and confirming follow through.
* On Thursday the markets suffered a heart attack * Machines are unemotional, human beings are full of emotion * Carnage in the hedge fund community and algos likely were important contributing factors to Thursday's marked reversal The S&P 500 Inde...
* Outside day to the downside in the Russell Index. * Uninspiring breadth relative to the near 60 handle rise (at the top) in the S&P Index. * Blackstone was +$6/share on big earnings beat, now -$2/share. * Sharp intraday reversal in growthy tech na...
Names like IBM and Home Depot drive up the Dow while Netflix and Facebook trip the Nasdaq 100. Let's check the rotation.
Consider the carnage in a number of high profile hedge funds who mostly own the same group of stocks - , , , . Even , though on a brief rally today and yesterday, has been performing poorly. Ah, yes, there is still (for now)... .
TINA (there is no alternative) is dateless, but her popular cousin CITA (cash is the alternative) is enjoying the prom.
* TINA ("there is no alternative") is dateless - but her popular cousin CITA ("cash is the alternative") is enjoying the prom * However, investing is about looking forward and not backwards. * Some factors are beginning to suggest that a tradable ra...
PayPal seems to be a lot of people's favorite tech value play these days. (See Guggenheim's Scott Minerd comments on CNBC yesterday.) The CFO of PayPal has left the company to join Walmart , and PYPL failed to reiterate guidance. PayPal's shares a...
Upside - +49% (confirms to be acquired by Halozyme at $5.60/shr in $960M all-cash deal) - +38% (to be acquired for $55.00/shr in cash by GlaxoSmithKline in $1.9B deal) - +11% (strength ahead of Needham conference presentation) - +5.7% (earnings, gu...
Let's check the charts and come up with a plan.
* At least that is my thought... * Trading sardines, not eating sardines I am taking my trading profits from yesterday: * Sold $283.90 * Sold $108.58 * Sold $41.50 * Sold $98.52. I also shorted at $423.80 against my short March SPY $422 puts, tha...
I am keying on three stocks - , and - as trading long rentals in anticipation of a rebound... at some point!
* Shorted March $422 puts at $7.90. * Repurchased at $103.92 and at $99.42.
* My revised levels I don't want there to be any ambiguity about the size of my positions, or about my buy and short levels, as I strive for as much transparency as possible. This column is a continued commitment towards that sort of disclosure. "Wh...
To make it clear I have sold , , , , , and . Note: Yesterday I sold out my tech trading long rentals near the close of trading and on the ramp - that includes , and .
I have sold ($110.90), ($287.86) and ($99.01).
Since I have been trading aggressively it's probably hard to follow - see my next post which chronicles the last two days of trading! So, in the interest in transparency, here is a list of positions I have mentioned in my Diary that I am either long...
* I am very light in exposure and I am seeing some developing opportunities * Starting small and buying on a scale lower * These are all trading long rentals... for now! Here are my trades in the premarket here on Monday morning: * Advanced Micr...
Going to leave this broke-down palace On my hands and my knees I will roll, roll, roll Make myself a bed by the waterside In my time, in my time, I will roll, roll, roll - The Grateful Dead, Brokedown Palace The breakdown in individual stocks, as I...
The impact on U.S. companies of the economic blockade against Ukraine's invader varies but definitely is more than symbolic.
I heard a lot about a new bull market leg this morning in the business media. Not for me: * Market breadth so so and weakening. * Russell (a new short yesterday) is not crowing. * s turn negative. * As I mentioned yesterday/this morning - , , , , ...
Price has a way of changing sentiment (h/t The Divine Ms. M.) and, in watching the business media, many (who were absent on Tuesday) are miraculously bullish (likely in response to today's strong spike). Me, I am sticking with my calculus (the mar...