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Apogee EnterprisesArchitectural glass maker Apogee Enterprises had a strong fourth quarter for fiscal year 2016, which ended Feb. 28. Revenue grew 6% to $262 million and earnings were up 47%. Both top and bottom line numbers beat estimates.The future looks bright as well. Earnings per share guidance for fiscal 2017… Read More

This morning, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) issued its weekly Petroleum Status Report. In the week ended April 22, U.S. crude stockpiles rose by 2 million barrels. Still, the increase is below the Street’s expectation of 2.4 million barrels. Yesterday the separate American Petroleum Institute (API) inventory… Read More

This morning, we recommended buying to close the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) June 23 put option. Our gold-stock indicator retreated today to an area that’s still positive, but not bullish enough to warrant holding a leveraged position. Ahead of the FOMC announcement, which could affect gold quickly one… Read More

Average Annualized Return Per Closed Trade: 26.3% Average Return Per Closed Trade: 19.9% Average Holding Period: 284 days Not surprisingly, the Doha meeting amounted to nothing. Iran refused at the last minute to even attend and Saudi Arabia held to its pledge to not agree to limit… Read More

Sell LPL Financial Holdings (LPLA). In a mild surprise and a quick turnaround, reference fund Marcato Capital Management has disclosed that it sold 1.6 million shares of LPL Financial Holdings (LPLA), or about 27 percent of its LPLA position. We follow Marcato's lead and… Read More

As noted last week, we thought regardless of the Doha meeting outcome, the impact of that meeting on the oil market would be short lived. Yes, indeed. While in immediate reaction the breakdown of talks, oil fell more than 6 percent in overnight trading, it also bounced back quickly. Actually,… Read More

Yesterday, we issued a Trade Alert to sell to open a position in the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) June 23 put option. Since this trade differs a little from our usual recommendations, it warrants an explanation for the benefit of readers who may not be very familiar with… Read More

Sell to open the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) June 23 put option. Our gold-stocks indicator is bullish enough to warrant taking a bullish bet on mining stocks. We recommend selling to open the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) June 23 put option. The… Read More

Average Annualized Return Per Closed Trade: 25.8% Average Return Per Closed Trade: 20.1% Average Holding Period: 291 days The Doha, Qatar meeting between OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers will take place in two days on Sunday. On the agenda: freezing production at January 2016 levels. Initial… Read More