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Love it? Hate it? Trade it! That's the story today in Netflix (NFLX). The new-media darling cratered this morning on news of weak subscriber growth, before clawing back most of its losses. Analysts were all over the map in response, with some cutting estimates and...
Someone's apparently using options to ride the bounce in a big-box retailer. Here's a breakdown of heavy options activity detected in Target (TGT) this morning: A block of 12,000 January 72.50 calls was bought for $7.55. An equal number of July 70 calls was sold for...
Disclosure: This post is intended for educational purposes only and should not be considered a recommendation. Options trading may not be suitable for all investors. A massive, high-risk options trade is looking for upside in the takeover-frenzied media space. Here's...
Stocks kept climbing last week, with higher-risk sectors leading the charge. The S&P 500 rose 1.5 percent between Friday, July 6, and Friday, July 13, to close at its highest level since February 1. The Nasdaq-100 surged even more into new record territory....
This week saw surprising news for the technology sector. PCs are growing again. Yesterday, two major research firms both announced that PC shipments rose in the second quarter for the first time in six years. IDC reported a gain of 2.7 percent year-over-year, crushing...
Do you play MLB Tap Sports Baseball 2018 on your mobile device? How about Design Home? Both are published by this week's “millennial melt-up” stocks: Glu Mobile (GLUU). Remember this is a series that started on Market Insights in June after a reader asked for...
What does a Texas home builder have in common with a South American tech stock? Both saw gushes of bullish options activity on Thursday. First, DR Horton (DHI). The housing company headquartered between Dallas and Fort Worth reports earnings on July 26. Options...
Disclaimer: This post is intended for educational purposes only and should not be considered a recommendation. Most big indexes are still below their highs for the year, but not the Nasdaq-100. The technology-heavy benchmark probed 7,338.8 today, breaking its old peak...
Tech IPOs may be showing signs of life. Stocks like Huya (HUYA), Pivotal Software (PVTL) and Iqiyi (IQ) rallied hard in May and early June after their initial public offerings (IPOs), only to pull back sharply. But now they're having positive weeks. Does than mean...