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Amazon falls after hours on disappointing guidance
Share of Amazon (AMZN) climbed 7.09%, 117.97 points, in the regular session today on hopes for a good earnings report after the market close. The company delivered an earnings beat for the current quarter, reporting earnings of $5.75 a share, $2.66 better than the...
I’m selling my Amazon November 23 Puts today
When I bought the November 23 Puts (AMZN181123P01852500) with a strike price of $1852.50 on Amazon on Monday, October 22, I wasn't looking for a severe multiday sell off in the stock market that focused yesterday, October 24, at least, on growth stocks. Instead I was...
PayPal pops on earnings report
PayPal Holdings (PYPL) closed up 9.42% today to $84.78 on third quarter earnings, announced after the close yesterday, that beat Wall Street projections. Analysts had expected 54 cents a share against a report of 58 cents a share. Revenue of $3.68 billion beat the...
Incyte news continues to rebuild credibility of pipeline
Shares of Incyte  (INCY) climbed 2.51% today on the announcement of positive results from a Phase 2 clinical trial, GEOMETRY mono-1, evaluating MET inhibitor capmatinib in 94 adult patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer. The company presented the data at...
Buying Apple January 18 calls at $225 ahead of earnings
You may remember a pre-earnings trade that I advocated a few quarters back with Nvidia (NVDA) and a couple of other stocks. Well, I'm putting it on again today ahead of Apple's (AAPL) quarterly report now scheduled for October 30. I'm adding the January 18, 2019 call...
Adding to my position in Equinor call options
The less risky January 18, 2019 call options with a strike price of $25 on Norway's Equinor (EQNR) rose 6.59% today. The more risky, because they're out of the money, January 18, 2019 call options with a strike price of $30 fell 16.67%. I think that's an expression of...
Selling VIX November 21 calls after volatility spike
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Holding Sangamo for a December catalyst
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Why Nektar is extremely oversold right now
The longs and the shorts continue to battle over Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR.) Right now the shorts have the best of that fight. No contest. The shares of this biotech fell another 1.24% today to close at $51.71. A little more than a month ago they were at $68.49. But I...
Sell Invesco Currency Shares Japanese Yen in my Perfect Five ETF Portfolio
As I wrote in the Bonus ETF section of my recent Special Report: 10 Picks for the Emerging Market Bounce I'm selling the Invesco Currency Shares Japanese Yen ETF (FXY) out of my Perfect Five ETF Portfolio. I added this to the portfolio on July 17, 2018 to give me more...
Lions Gate Entertainment climbs again on Tuesday, October 2
Investors and traders are sure acting like they believe the Hollywood studio will be an acquisition target--soon--by one of the companies engaged in the heated battle to gain traction in the market for streaming media. The speculation right now points to Amazon.com...Jim’s Stock Alerts
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