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Options Activity Alert: WMT, GNOM, ZNGA

May 25, 2012, 1:27 PM

WMT – Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. – Wal-Mart weeklies worked out well for some bullish traders this week. For example, buyers of the May 25 ‘12 $62.5 strike... Read »

Facebook (FB) IPO Post Mortem – Killer

May 25, 2012, 11:07 AM

1. Say goodbye to the individual investor on Wall Street. Whatever positive impression they had of the IPO market and the stock market in general was just torched... Read »

Budget Battles & Reality Checks

May 25, 2012, 8:33 AM

Earlier this week, MarketWatch’s Rex Nutting wrote that the “Obama spending binge never happened” and that federal government outlays have recently... Read »

Governments Don’t Have Brains

May 25, 2012, 7:31 AM

Why did the US government develop all sorts of policies, regulations, tax breaks, etc, which tended to subsidize the real estate industry?  Most smart people respond... Read »

SEC Ends Lehman Probe Without Finding Fraud

May 25, 2012, 6:50 AM

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigators have concluded their probe of possible financial fraud at Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. without recommending... Read »

Is the Facebook (FB) IPO a Flop?

May 25, 2012, 6:27 AM

Is the Facebook (FB) IPO a flop? Not on your life. It’s a sign that Silicon Valley has gotten as smart about finance as it has been about technology. I like it. The... Read »

The Probable End of the Euro

May 25, 2012, 6:10 AM

Plenty of market commentators are all over the trouble Greece is giving the euro.  Even the EU’s leadership is now openly admitting the need to prepare for... Read »

Options Activity Alert: TIF, P, NYT

May 24, 2012, 2:33 PM

TIF – Tiffany & Co., Inc. – A surprise earnings miss and a reduced full-year profit and sales forecast from luxury jewelry retailer, Tiffany & Co.,... Read »

Facebook (FB), Morgan Stanley (MS), and “Dumb Money”

May 24, 2012, 10:59 AM

For an industry that has ongoing and enormous reputational issues, the manner in which the high profile Facebook (FB) underwriting was handled is a clear indication... Read »

The Fed and the Fiscal Cliff

May 24, 2012, 10:34 AM

Ryan Avent has an ambitious post, in which he claims the Federal Reserve will resist proclaiming it has the tools to offset the fiscal cliff, should it even occur: The... Read »

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