We are paring down our position in Xinyuan Real Estate (XIN) to a roughly 5 percent weighting. As we noted in a Special Alert email on Monday, China announced a new set of measures to curb speculation and control housing prices. Although we still like XIN a lot and… Read More
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The US government’s sequester is finally here and furloughs of non-essential government employees are likely to follow given the deeply entrenched positions of the Democrats and GOP over what’s needed in tax increases or spending cuts. The economy appears to be growing at just above stall speed and the arbitrary… Read More
We were dead on with a forecast for Gap (GPS) reporting consensus-beating quarterly results, but lost time value limited our gain on the Gap June 33 call option we closed out on Friday to just 7 percent. Avon Products (AVP) has recovered somewhat from its initial drop following the company’s… Read More
China announced a new set of measures to curb speculation and control housing prices. Homeowners who sell their properties will see their profits taxed at 20 percent; previously, the tax was usually about 2 percent of the sales price. Additionally, Beijing ordered the local central banks of cities with soaring… Read More
It has been an interesting week, to say the least. After a very close and divided national election that left Italy’s next leadership in doubt, the S&P 500 booked its worst one-day performance since last November. Negotiations to form a coalition government are ongoing and the situation remains fluid. A… Read More
Sell to close the Gap (GPS) June 33 call option at the market. Gap (GPS) reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings yesterday after the closing bell. The company’s net income in the quarter soared 61 percent to 73 cents a share, 2 cents ahead of analysts’ consensus forecast. Its same-store sales… Read More
Politics, both foreign and domestic, are a dominant theme driving equities once again. No clear winner in the national election in Italy held this past weekend set off a wave of selling across stock markets around the world. With no clear winner in both the upper and lower houses and… Read More
Earlier today, we added the Avon Production (AVP) July 19 put option. It’s a buy with a limit order set at $1.85 per contract. We also closed out the Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) May 16 put option at a stiff loss. The company reported better-than-expected results on Friday and the stock rocketed… Read More
Buy to open the Avon Production (AVP) July 19 put option. Use a limit order to pay no more than $1.85 per contract. Avon Products (AVP) jumped sharply recently following a better-than-expected earnings report under its new management team. However, the stock has started to come back to earth as… Read More
Sell to close the Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) May 16 put option at the market. Although CEO Meg Whitman it is still struggling to right the ship, a turnaround appears to be in the making at Hewlett-Packard (HPQ). The company managed to top expectations in the latest quarter while also offering… Read More