Image by Getty Images via Daylife Volume 4, Number 5 January 31, 2007 There’s not much we can add to our general outlook that we haven’t said already in recent weeks. The economy is doing well and stocks should work their way higher as… Read More
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It’s been a relatively busy week for us. We were cleaned out of our Kodak trade with the January 20 put option expiring worthless last Friday. This was particularly frustrating since the company has done nothing in recent months to dispel our conviction that it will continue to come up… Read More
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Volume 4, Number 4 January 24, 2007 Our near-term outlook is little changed from a week ago: Our timing models remain favorable and we expect stocks to work their way higher in the coming weeks. Although we’ll likely… Read More
We’ve caution clients in the past that there will be times when you’ll absolutely hate us. Given the returns on most of our open positions, we’ll understand quite clearly if this is one of those times. We took a beating on the Amylin January 40 call option last week and,… Read More
Image via Wikipedia Volume 4, Number 3 January 17, 2007 The 2006 fourth-quarter earnings season is shaping up nicely. According to Thompson Financial, 53 percent of the companies that have reported so far have topped analysts’ expectations and another 25 percent have meet Wall Street’s… Read More
On Monday we wrote a covered call on AtheroGenics (AGIX); that is we bought the stock and sold to open the AtheroGenics July 25 call option (AUB +GE). The company is developing what could prove to be a blockbuster drug for the treatment of atherosclerosis, which is the build up… Read More
Image via Wikipedia Volume 4, Number 2 January 10, 2007 Earnings season kicked off yesterday afternoon when aluminum producer Alcoa reported much better-than-expected profits in the latest period. While overall companies won’t be able to maintain the strong earnings growth we saw during the past… Read More
As we get a better feel for where we’re headed, we’ll step up the number of outstanding trades. In the meantime, here a look at our current positions:Our Oil Service HOLDRs April 145 call option (OIH + DI) is under pressure today as crude oil has slipped below $60 a… Read More
Image via Wikipedia Volume 4, Number 1 January 3, 2007 The holiday season has officially come and gone. The festive lights and trimmings are getting stowed away for another year, workers are once again back at the office putting their noses to the grindstone and… Read More
That Iran’s oil weapon threat is more bark than bite hasn’t been lost in the commodity pits, where traders knocked more than $1.50 off the price of a barrel of oil in the futures pit yesterday after the long weekend. The oil service stocks have also pulled back, with the… Read More