PCs Rebound: Are Dinosaurs Rising in Tech?
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....
In Search of Millennial Melt-ups: Glu Mobile
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...
Housing and Brazilian Fintech: Options Recap
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...
Nasdaq Powers to New High
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...
Recent IPOs Glowing Green
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....
How Transports Are Moving in Very Different Directions
How schizophrenic is the transportation sector? Look no further than yesterday's headlines.
On one hand, analysts at JPMorgan raised price targets on major railroads like CSX (CSX), Union Pacific (UNP) and Norfolk Southern (NSC). All...
Guess Who Out-traded Apple and Facebook Yesterday: Options Recap
Normally big tech companies dominate activity in the options market. But not yesterday.
The busiest underliers, after all, are usually companies like Apple (AAPL), Facebook (FB), Micron Technology (MU) and Nvidia (NVDA). But on Wednesday...
An Unexpected Positive in Housing
There was a rare green shoot in housing today.
Mortgage applications for buying a home rose 7 percent last week (seasonally adjusted), according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. It was the biggest gain since an...
Here Come Earnings
It's hard to deny sentiment is building for a strong earnings season.
Depending on who you ask, profits are projected to rise more than 20 percent. While the estimates vary, direction is positive because all the...
Retail & Railroads: Options Recap
Here's a breakdown of some big options spreads from Tuesday. Both reflected continued optimism about the economy.
First, a put ratio spread in the SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT):
A block of 50,000 27-July 48...
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