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Yearly Archives: 2020
I received a call from a member, a week before Apple’s split 4:1 asking whether they should buy shares for their long term account before the split or after the split. I gave my canned stock split pitch about how the value of the company is the same before and […]
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Day before earnings – “XYZ reports tomorrow, I know it is going to beat expectations, and I’ve loaded up on calls!” Day of earnings – “XYZ crushed it, but XYZ went down” or “XYZ crushed it, but my calls dropped in value” I receive lots of questions and see plenty […]
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How well do you know your P&L charts? Good enough that you can quickly guess the underlying position? Take a look at the below and guess what it is (I’ll tell you later, try not to scroll and peek!): I know this isn’t really a hard one. Yes it is […]
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When selling options, there is always a chance that the option owner can exercise early, leaving the option seller with stock that they weren’t anticipating – either 100 long shares if they sold a put, or 100 short shares if they sold a call. This can cause confusion, particularly if […]
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Betcha can’t eat just one. No really, don’t eat Intel’s chips. They are terrible. Worse than this joke. Back on July 23rd, Intel reported earnings. They beat Wall Street’s estimate by $0.12 ($1.23 vs. $1.11). They beat on revenue as well ($19.7B vs $18.55B). Earnings, revenue, net income, etc. all […]