Daily Options Recap
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Daily Stock Options Recap – January 14, 2011
Sentiment Stocks are mostly higher despite a round of mixed economic news Friday. Data released before the bell showed the Consumer Price Index [CPI] up .6 percent last month, which was slightly hotter than the .5 percent increase that economists had expected. A separate report showed December Reta...
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Daily Stock Options Recap – January 5, 2011
Sentiment Stock market averages are holding gains with help from better-than-expected economic news Wednesday. Data released from ADP early showed the US economy adding 297,000 jobs last month, which was almost 3X more than expected. The strong number holds some sway because it comes two days befor...
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Daily Stock Options Recap – December 6, 2010
Sentiment Major averages are holding modest gains in a day of slow trading Monday. With no economic data to guide the early action, some of the focus was back on Europe after the euro gave back recent gains against the buck. However, stock market averages were steady throughout the euro-zone and th...
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Daily Stock Options Recap – December 1, 2010
Sentiment Stocks are broadly higher after European benchmarks rallied and ADP said the US economy added jobs in November. Asia’s equity markets also moved higher overnight with help better-than-expected manufacturing data out of China. Europe’s equity mark...
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Daily Stock Options Recap – September 22, 2010
Sentiment Major averages have battled back from morning losses and are trading mixed late-Wednesday. It’s been a slow news day so far. With no economic news to guide the action, most of the early focus was on stock news. Adobe (ADBE...
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Daily Stock Options Recap – September 8, 2010
Sentiment Major averages followed the euro lower Tuesday on renewed concerns about European banks. With no earnings or economic data to guide the action, the focus shifted to overseas news and reports that European banks have ...
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Daily Stock Options Recap – August 20, 2010
Sentiment Disappointing earnings news, weakness in the euro, falling energy prices, and the options expiration exacerbated volatility Friday. Hewlett Packard (HPQ) is down 2.4 percent and the biggest loser in the Dow Jones Industrial Average after the computer maker posted in-line earnings after ...
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Daily Stock Options Recap – August 19, 2010
Sentiment The major averages are deep in the red, falling under the weight of disappointing economic data Thursday. The stage was set for morning losses after the Labor Department reported that jobless claims increased by 25,000 to 500,000 last week. Economists were looking for a decline of about...
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Daily Stock Options Recap – August 18, 2010
Sentiment Major averages are modestly higher on a relatively slow news day Wednesday. With no economic data to set the tone for morning trading, the focus was on a round of mixed earnings reports. Target (TGT), Chico’s FAS (CHS), and Analog Devices (ADI) are seeing post-earnings strength. Howev...
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Daily Stock Options Recap – August 17, 2010
Stocks are broadly higher, as investors seemed to look beyond another round of mixed economic data and focus on the day’s stock news instead. Home Depot (HD) and Wal-mart (WMT) are both helping the Dow Jones Industrial Average on better-than-expected earnings. Meanwhile, mergers were announced...
