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The stock market is set to end the week on a positive note, as mostly good economic news on three continents has trumped the drumbeat of possible U.S. military intervention in Syria. True, today’s U.S. employment data left something to be desired, but on balance the reports coming in suggest… Read More

Like the rest of the market, EMC Corp. (EMC) was unable to hold on to all of its early gains today. We still like the stock’s prospects very much, however, and recommend you hold your bull call option spread, long the EMC Corp. November 25 call option and short the… Read More

The S&P 500 is headed for its third down week in the last four. Currency weaknesses and capital outflows in emerging markets, in addition to risks of international escalation in Syria, continuing questions about the timing of QE tapering, and seasonal effects (historically August tends to be a weak month… Read More

Stocks are under pressure today, extending a much-needed correction that has been underway for the last few weeks. Today’s selling was sparked in part by concerns about the effect withdrawing quantitative easing will have on emerging market economies. The currencies from a number of emerging economies have been under pressure… Read More

This morning we closed our Sherwin Williams (SHW) bull spread, taking a 22 percent loss on the trade. We replaced it with a similar position on enterprise storage systems and software maker EMC Corp. (EMC). Traders can still sell to open the EMC Corp. (EMC) November 27 call option and… Read More

Buy to close the Sherwin Williams (SHW) December 180 call option, at the market. Sell to close the Sherwin Williams December 170 call option, at the market. Sell to open the EMC Corp. (EMC) November 27 call option, at the market. Buy to open an equal number of contracts of… Read More

U.S. stocks are treading water. This week’s weak quarterly retailer results from the likes of Wal-Mart sparked concerns that QE tapering could derail the tepid economic expansion. (Release of the minutes from the last FOMC meeting didn’t add any clarity.) Improving China and Europe data, however, encouraged investors that the… Read More

We are buying an approximate 6 percent position in Sprint Corporation (S) and an approximate 6 percent position in Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO). Wall Street guru Leon Cooperman recently purchased nearly 30 million additional shares of Sprint Corporation (S) and now his Omega Advisors hedge fund owns more than… Read More

Last year in “Across the Street” we spoke to Charles Severson, manager of Baird MidCap (BMDSX). Concerned about a slowdown in global economic growth, Severson favored less cyclical businesses that generate most of their revenue in the US. This is how his two picks have fared. Read More