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Friday Morning’s Options Volume Leaders (C, AAPL, BP, BAC, RIG, SPY)
Friday, June 18, 2010 - 11:49am | 128The market is largely flat on the session, with the S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY) currently higher by only 1 point, at 1,117. Due to the quadruple winching of options today, trading has been largely pinned around current levels. Here are to today’s Options Volume Leaders… 1. Citigroup (NYSE: C) 271,091...
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Fast Money Picks For Friday (FDX, RIG, BAC, HPQ)
Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 6:21pm | 82The Fast Money traders offered the following trades for Friday, June 18th: Tim Seymour says to go with FedEx (NYSE: FDX). Guy Adami thinks Transocean (NYSE: RIG) has another day to the upside. Karen Finerman likes Bank of America (NYSE: BAC). Pete Najarian thinks Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) is...
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Micro Oil And Gas Starts To Wake
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 12:59pm | 389Small cap and micro cap oil and gas plays have been in hibernation for months now. Over the last few days, it appears some are waking up. Investors are seeking these cheap oil and gas plays out in hopes of seeing more business flowing to them as individuals boycott and shy away from large cap oil...
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The Secret to Finding Winning Energy Stocks
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 4:00am | 152As the world hesitantly emerges from recession, the one question that seems to be on the lips of investors everywhere is: what’s next? As the tragedy continues to unfold in the Gulf of Mexico, with no fix in sight, market attention has suddenly shifted to the energy sector after years of neglect....
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Judge Says Transocean Can't Delay Spill Claims
Monday, June 14, 2010 - 3:59pm | 162Transocean (NYSE: RIG), the world's largest provider of offshore drilling services, cannot apply a 159-year old maritime law to delay claims related to the company's involvement in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the largest spill in U.S. history. In May, Transocean asked a Houston judge to limit its...
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CBOE Shares Coming to Market
Monday, June 14, 2010 - 1:15pm | 1707The Chicago Board Options Exchange, which is right across the street from where I’m sitting as I write this, is bringing their shares to market tomorrow, 11.7 million of them initially under the ticker CBOE. They are looking to raise at least $339 million with Goldman Sachs as the lead underwriter...
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Near-term payoff possible for those with more than 50% of operations outside the U.S
Monday, June 14, 2010 - 12:31pm | 214In last Wednesday's essay, I highlighted how cheap the oil-services sector has become thanks to the Deepwater Horizon debacle. In today's essay, I'm going to show you a simple system you can use for picking winners out of the wreckage... Last month, the U.S. government slapped a moratorium on all...
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Mad Money Lightning Round: Jim Cautious Of RIG
Monday, June 14, 2010 - 7:59am | 249In his "Mad Money Lightning Round" on Friday, Jim said that Annaly Capital (NYSE: NLY) is back and it is bigger than ever. He advised investors to “pull the trigger” now. NLY slipped 0.11% on Friday, but gained 0.17% in after hours. When asked about EMC (NYSE: EMC), Cramer said that the company has...
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Anatomy of a Monster Investment Return
Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 5:26am | 141They say in the world of investing, Know What You're Buying, Know it's Fair Value, and Buy It When It's Way Oversold and Under-Valued . That happened to me in autumn of 2008 when I purchased Silver Wheatons (NYSE:SLW) at under $3 per share. Today that stock is selling for almost $20 per share....
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Stocks With Gulf Exposure Rising Today (APC, RIG, BP)
Friday, June 11, 2010 - 11:25am | 145The three companies with the most exposure to the Gulf oil spill are seeing their stocks rise today. BP (NYSE: BP) has jumped 3.81% after putting in a strong performance yesterday. Over the last three months, the shares have fallen nearly 40%, leaving BP with a market cap of only $106.65 billion....
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It's Inverted Hammer-time! Can't Touch This? 06-10-2010
Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 3:20pm | 870Cusick's Corner The Euro is up -- overseas markets showed strength. There has been some flight from safety today – Gold is down, Dollar down and money has flowed to other sectors like Energy. BP is up after yesterday’s plunge in the stock (see Implied Volatility Movers) and Transocean (RIG) has...
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Call Volume Grows on Helmerich & Payne (HP)
Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 3:20pm | 138Shares of Helmerich & Payne Inc. (NYSE: HP) are higher on the session by 6.63%, currently trading at $41.80. The stock has been catching bids over the past week and is off its lows around $32.30. The stock has managed to regain the 50-day and 200-day moving averages as well. Options traders...
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Notable options trading in Altria Group (NYSE:MO) and Harley-Davidson (NYSE:HOG)
Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 12:19pm | 1526For more information on how the Hotlist tool functions, refer to this article. One name at the top of today’s OptionsHouse Hotlist is Altria Group (NYSE:MO). The stock is up 1.4% today, which is actually underperforming the 2.3% rally in the broader market. Almost 55,000 options have traded in the...
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Benzinga's After Hours Gainers (MW, SPG, NBR)
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 - 5:48pm | 175Among the notable names that have been moving higher in the after hours trading session on Wednesday are Men's Wearhouse (NYSE: MW), Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG), and Nabors Industries (NYSE: NBR). Men's Wearhouse (MW) reported earnings after the closing bell, exceeding Wall Street...
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Whitney Tilson Says Get Long BP (BP)
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 - 5:19pm | 174On CNBC's Fast Money, the traders discussed how the negative price action in BP dragged down the entire stock market. BP (BP) dropped below $30 for the first time in over a decade. BP's problems spread to other oil stocks. Andarko Petroleum (APC) fell over $7 a share to $34.83. That is an 18%...