Saturday, December 28, 2024
Small cap stocks have been on a tear over the last month, with iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) up nearly 11% in that span. IWM is a heavily traded index ETF that tracks small cap stocks, which sometimes represents the value trade. At least one big trader is using covered calls to express a very […]
Shares of Intec Pharma Ltd. (NTEC) saw a good deal of momentum after announcing a cannabinoid research collaboration with GW Pharma to explore using the Accordion Pill. “We are very excited to collaborate with GW,” said Jeffrey A. Meckler, Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Intec Pharma, as quoted in a company press release. “Through […]
Shares of AT&T (T) have struggled throughout 2020 after coming into the year just above the $39 level. The current 25% pullback has pushed the dividend yield above the 7% level despite the company’s fundamentals remaining quite strong. Over the past four quarters, AT&T has reported solid profits 76, 79, 85 and 87 cents a […]
FATE has become one of the hottest biotech stocks of the year. Since 2020, FATE’s stock price ran from a low of $18.80 to a recent high of $80.19, good for a return of 327%, as compared to the iShares NASDAQ Biotech ETF (IBB), which is up 25%. On Monday morning, the stock was up […]
Apple (AAPL) tends to be one of the most heavily traded options chains, especially after the stock split this year. As popular as the stock is though, it doesn’t pay much of a dividend. That’s why a trader likely placed a large covered call trade last week. The calls don’t expire until January of 2022, […]
One of the predominant themes that we continue to see is a lot of skepticism around the current rally. We think there is more room into the equity market as we continue to see a meltup.
BioNTech (BNTX) and Pfizer (PFE) are pushing higher after the U.K. clear their vaccine for first shots next week ahead of the U.S. According to a press release from Pfizer: “The Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in the U.K. has granted a temporary authorization for emergency use for their COVID-19 mRNA vaccine (BNT162b2), […]
Shares of Grocery Outlet Holding (GO) have dropped over 20% since reaching a 52-week peak of $48.87 in early November. Some of the selling pressure came ahead of the company’s third-quarter earnings announcement and continued afterwards despite an impressive quarter. Grocery Outlet reported third-quarter earnings of 50 cents a share on revenue just north of […]
There are a few asset types that typically serve as safe-haven investments—assets commonly used by investors when they are concerned about the market. Whether the concerns are economic or political in nature doesn’t really matter. The most common safe-haven investments are gold and bonds. A third category that isn’t quite as popular is utility stocks. […]
Thanks to an accelerating electric vehicle boom, lithium stocks – like Lithium Americas (LAC) are racing higher. In fact, since Sept. 2020, LAC ran from a low of $7 to $11.52, and could see higher highs on the lithium and electric vehicle (EV) stories. At the moment, the LAC stock price is moving because electric […]
