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Shares of coffee chain Starbucks (SBUX) have bucked the market downtrend with a 7 percent gain over the past year. One trader sees that trend continuing in the coming months. That’s based on the April $115 calls. With 85 days until expiration, 121,998 contracts traded compared to a prior open interest of 2,448, for a 50-fold jump in volume on the trade. The buyer of the calls paid $2.11 to make the bullish bet. Shares recently traded for about $106, so ...
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One simple investment strategy is to follow a successful investor’s coattails. Many will follow billionaire investors such as Warren Buffett or Carl Icahn as they enter into a new stock position. A few will even own the stocks that are owned or managed by the investors. Another way is to look at asset management companies. They may not have a well-known billionaire running the helm, but they tend to grow their assets over time -- with big profit margins along the ...
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Shekhar Priyadarshi, CFO at Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), recently added 10,000 shares. The buy set the CFO back $350,000 and is an initial stake for this particular insider. This is the first buy at the beverage company since the Chief Supply Chain Officer made a number of buys back in August and September. Since then, the company CEO has been a seller of shares, as well as a company director. Overall, company insiders own 37.4 percent of shares. The beverage company has ...
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Shares of offshore oil and gas services company Transocean (RIG) are up 83 percent over the past year. One trader sees a pullback in the next two months. That’s based on the March $5 puts. With 51 days until expiration, 13,472 contracts traded compared to a prior open interest of 108, for a 91-fold jump in volume on the trade. The buyer of the puts paid $0.22 to make the bearish bet. Shares recently traded for $6, so the stock would need ...
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Some stocks tend to hold up well in any market. One area is consumer goods companies. These firms may make humdrum products like prepackaged food, soap, shampoo or toilet paper, but those products never fall out of demand. When markets turn lower, these companies may sag as well. And that can provide patient, long-term investors with a decent entry point that they otherwise might not have made. Such opportunities are appearing today… That’s especially true as companies are being hit with higher ...
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Ecor1 Capital, a major holder at Zymeworks (ZYME), recently bought 985,100 shares. The buy increased the fund’s holdings by 11 percent, and came to a total cost just under $9.7 million. The buy comes a few days after the company bought 1,026,300 shares, paying about $7.8 million for that stake. Another major holder at the company bought shares back in October. Otherwise, company insiders have largely been sellers of modest amounts of shares. Overall, company insiders own 5.1 percent of shares, ...
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Shares of chipmaker Intel (INTC) are down 44 percent over the past year, about three times worse than the slide in the S&P 500. One trader sees the stock continuing lower over the next two years. That’s based on the January 2025 $13.00 put. With 725 days until expiration, 10,004 contracts traded compared to a prior open interest of 312, for a 32-fold jump in volume on the trade. The buyer of the puts paid $0.60 to make the bearish bet. Shares ...
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The economy ebbs and flows. Today’s slowdown will eventually give way to the next recovery and move stocks higher. The stock market tends to start moving higher before the economic data shows such a recovery. That’s why investors should focus on companies that will benefit from the next boom during a bust. Such a move ensures that investors and traders alike can capture the biggest part of the move as it happens. When the economy slows, so does the flow of goods ...
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