Options Activity Alert: WMT, GNOM, ZNGA
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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”
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
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 »






