Buy to open the January 20, 2017 call on Mylan (MYL) with a strike price of $45 at $1.90 or lower. Symbol (MYL170120C45)This is a longer term trade based on Mylan’s current valuation. While we may close the position well before the January 2017 expiration, it is not tied to… Read More
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After stocks nosedived last Friday following hints that the Federal Reserve would raise rates, every word from Fed Governor Lael Brainard’s speech Monday were scoured, sifted and sniffed for meaning.Fortunately, sulky investors received this pacifier: Brainard said the case for a preemptive rate hike was “less compelling.” For clarity, in Fedspeak… Read More
Acuity (NYSE: AYI) was added to Goldman Sachs’ Focus List. The analyst notes Acuity is a low-carbon lighting leader who has the “strongest competitive positioning” in the lighting space. The analyst also highlights the competitive moat Acuity has built via its focus on full-service solutions that insulates it from pricing pressure. Read More
Apogee EnterprisesDemand for Apogee’s (NSDQ: APOG) specialty glass is closely correlated to new commercial buildings. The July Architectural Billings Index (ABI) came in at 51.5, down slightly from June’s level but still above the average for the first six months of the year. New design contract rebounded to 51.8 from… Read More
Less than three months ago global markets teetered on the news that the U.K. had voted to exit the European Union. Talking heads fretted that the already struggling European economy would grind to a halt.But on Monday a survey showed a powerful rebound in the U.K. service sector, surprising investors… Read More
CrayCray (NSDQ: CRAY) could benefit from one of the largest awards given to academic research for supercomputers this year. The National Science Foundation granted $110 million to The Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment, known as XSEDE for a big data project. That money could be used to buy Cray computers. Read More
CriteoLast month five of SteelHouse’s former clients said that they were deceived by the company, supporting Criteo’s (NSDQ: CRTO) allegations against their rival. Back in June Criteo initiated a lawsuit against SteelHouse alleging that the rival ran a “counterfeit click fraud scheme.” The former clients include popular bodybuilding website,… Read More
BrunswickDespite lowered second-quarter analyst earnings expectations of $1.18 from $1.21, the company’s stock shot up more than 4% last week.Investors seem hopeful that management will boost annual guidance. Third-quarter earnings expectations increased from 94 cents in April to 97 cents. And full year analyst earnings expectations are up a penny… Read More
The current price of the Lands’ End put is below the $1.40 level it traded at when we issued a sell alert this morning. Large price swings in heavily shorted, small cap stocks are not out of the ordinary. As the Lands’ End numbers were quite bad, I do expect the… Read More
On Monday we felt Land’s End (LE) would report a quarter worse than expected when it release results today, and we recommending betting the stock would drop by buying puts.We were right. the company reported a 6 cent loss per share, worse than the 4 cent loss expected. So sell… Read More