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WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 05/02/2013
Stocks are broadly higher following a busy day for earnings reports. A number of widely helds, including GM, Facebook (FB), and Visa (V), are up on their respective results. Economic data showed a much bigger-than-expected drop on jobless claims ahead of key jobs data Friday morning. Commodities are mostly higher, with crude up nearly $2 [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 04/29/2013
Stock market averages are holding solid gains, but there’s not much news flow and very light volume behind the move. Pending Home Sales were up 1.5 percent and that was 1.4 percent more than expected. Personal Incomes and Spending rose .2 percent and .2 percent in March, which was mostly in-line with expectations. European equity [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 04/24/2013
Market action is mixed with earnings news driving a lot of the activity Wednesday. Apple Computer (AAPL) has been seesawing around the $400 level in the wake of its earnings report, but the stock isn’t much changed heading into the final two hours of trading. While the forward guidance disappointed, news of an increased buyback [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 04/18/2013
The bearish underlying tone continues on mixed earnings news and disappointing economic stats. While jobless claims and leading indicators for March were mostly in-line, the Philli Fed was just 1.3 in April and below expectations of 2.0. On the earnings front, the news is mixed. Verizon, Pepsico, and Peabody Energy are up, EBAY, Nokia and [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 04/10/2013
The rally to record highs continues Wednesday. The underlying tone of trading was positive early after banks led European markets broadly higher. On the domestic news front, the minutes from the Federal Reserve meeting were released five hours earlier than normal because the text had apparently been leaked the day before. The minutes held no [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 04/03/2013
Stock market averages slipped on economic data early and the decline gathered momentum in afternoon trading Wednesday. ADP reported early-Wednesday that the US economy added 158K jobs last month, which fell well short of expectations of 197K. ISM Services also fell short of expectations. The Dow and NASDAQ were modestly lower at midday and then [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 04/01/2013
Stock market averages slipped on a poor ISM print, but the decline was orderly and only modest losses were suffered through afternoon trading Monday. Stock index futures wavered over night after the latest Tankan survey sent Tokyo’s Nikkei skidding for a 2.2 percent loss. Yet, trading was orderly across the Eurozone (closed for Easter) and [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 03/28/2013
Stock market averages are holding modest gains and trading is going to slow to a crawl this afternoon heading into the three-day weekend. Trading was steady across the Eurozone and the euro ticked .3 percent higher on the dollar, which helped set the table for steady trading on Wall Street. A report on 3rd Quarter [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 03/27/2013
Stock market averages are lower on disappointing pending home sales numbers and worries over Europe. The only data of the day showed Pending Home Sales down .4 percent in February, compared to expectations for a 2 percent uptick. Stocks were mostly lower ahead of the report, as the euro dropped to four month lows on [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 03/21/2013
Stock market averages fell, as investors digested mostly in-line data on jobless claims, Philli Fed, Existing Homes Sales, and the List of Leading Indicators. Earnings news was mixed. While KB Homes, Lululemon, and Ross Stores saw gains on the heels of their reports, Oracle (ORCL) is weighing on the tech sector in the wake of [...]
