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It’s a bearish start to the day for the majors. Failure to move through to key levels by late morning could lead to another sell-off. …read more […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc’s treatment for a second rare blood disorder, the company said. The treatment, Ultomiris, has already been approved in the United States, Japan and the European Union to treat adults with blood disorder called paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria. Friday’s approval allows its use in treating atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS), a condition that causes abnormal blood clots to form in small blood vessels in the kidneys, which could result in kidney failure. …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — The chief of California utility giant PG&E Corp. has a suggestion for those state officials attacking the company over an unprecedented blackout it orchestrated last week to prevent wildfires: Why don’t you try making the call next time?Bill Johnson, chief executive officer of the embattled power company, posed the idea in a letter to California Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday — just before attending a meeting in San Francisco where he was blasted by state regulators. In his letter, Johnson said perhaps the state’s utility commission or its fire agency should make future decisions on whether to turn …read more […]

Such calibration problems may have contributed in some way to Mark Forkner’s observations and conclusions of MCAS’ behavior, the pilot, and a second former Boeing engineering employee, Rick Ludtke, said. The messages, first reported by Reuters, sent Boeing’s shares tumbling, prompted a demand by U.S. regulators for an immediate explanation, and a new call in Congress for Boeing to shake up its management. …read more […]

Q3 2019 SL Green Realty Corp Earnings Call …read more […]

There are several ways to beat the market, and investing in small cap stocks has historically been one of them. We like to improve the odds of beating the market further by examining what famous hedge fund operators such as Jeff Ubben, George Soros and Carl Icahn think. Those hedge fund operators make billions of […] …read more […]

Is W.P. Carey Inc. (NYSE:WPC) a good bet right now? We like to analyze hedge fund sentiment before conducting days of in-depth research. We do so because hedge funds and other elite investors have numerous Ivy League graduates, expert network advisers, and supply chain tipsters working or consulting for them. There is not a shortage […] …read more […]

The elite funds run by legendary investors such as David Tepper and Dan Loeb make hundreds of millions of dollars for themselves and their investors by spending enormous resources doing research on small cap stocks that big investment banks don’t follow. Because of their pay structures, they have strong incentives to do the research necessary […] …read more […]

Investing in small cap stocks has historically been a way to outperform the market, as small cap companies typically grow faster on average than the blue chips. That outperformance comes with a price, however, as there are occasional periods of higher volatility. The last 12 months is one of those periods, as the Russell 2000 […] …read more […]

The 18 millionth bitcoin is about to be mined. Though the remaining 3 million will take 120 years to mint, some question the certainty of the original hard cap. …read more […]

It’s earnings season again, which means it’s time to employ one of the best and most effective options strategies…
The strangle.
This strategy has brought in huge profits for War Room members – one member was able to buy a car for his daughter after cashing in on Bryan’s FedEx strangle!
So, what is a strangle exactly?
A strangle is when you buy a call option and a put option on a single stock, but with different strike prices. By buying both a put and a call, you are betting that the stock price will break sharply in one direction.
The best-case scenario is the …read more […]

Despite disappointing subscriber growth for the third quarter, Netflix shares surged Wednesday after the streaming giant reported better-than-expected earnings results. Yahoo Finance’s Jennifer Rogers and Emily McCormick discuss what’s next for Netflix, as the debuts of Disney+ and Apple TV+ approach. …read more […]

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The Brazilian government awarded on Friday contracts for companies to build new power generation installations with combined capacity of 2.98 gigawatts, that will cost about 11.16 billion reais ($2.71 billion) to be built. According to the power trading chamber CCEE, the new plants, which will need to be operational in six years, will sell energy for an average price of 176 reais per megawatt, a 33% discount over the initial price at the auction. France’s Voltalia, Norway’s Statkraft and Brazil’s Eneva are among the winning bidders. …read more […]

Cargill stopped receiving cattle for slaughter at its Dodge City, Kansas, beef plant after an explosion on Thursday but it expects to resume early next week, a company spokesman said on Friday. Cargill is working with its other plants to receive cattle and meet customer commitments, spokesman Daniel Sullivan said in an email. Cargill is the world’s largest producer of ground beef. …read more […]