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Major financial institution Bank of America (BAC) is down 15 percent over the past year as rising interest rates have weighed on lending activity. One trader sees a rebound in the coming month. That’s based on the October $23 calls. With 31 days until expiration, 17,263 contracts traded compared to a prior open interest of 194, for an 89-fold rise in volume on the trade. The buyer of the calls paid $6.00 to make the bullish bet. The bank last traded just ...
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Investors looking for market-beating gains can find them by buying and holding great companies over the long term. The trick is when to buy a great company. If a company is well run, leads its industry, and is profitable, getting a bargain is rare. But sometimes a share price might get knocked down a bit on some bad news. Even if it’s not a full-blown bear market, it could provide a short-term entry point for some quick profits on a turnaround. That ...
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Carl Icahn, a major owner at Southwest Gas Holdings (SWX), recently added 127,731 shares. The buy increased his stake by 1 percent, and came to a total cost of $7.85 million. This is Icahn’s ninth buy this year. The most recent buy occurred on June 1, for about $560,000 in shares. Two company executives and a director sold shares of the stock in 2022, at prices about 50 percent higher from where shares trade today. Overall, company insiders own 0.5 percent ...
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Airliner United Airlines Holdings (UAL) is up about 17 percent over the past year, performing slightly better than the market. One trader sees shares trending lower in the coming months. That’s based on the December $41 puts. With 87 days until expiration, 8,565 contracts traded compared to a prior open interest of 141, for a 61-fold rise in volume on the trade. The buyer of the puts paid $1.31 to make the bullish bet. Shares recently traded for about $45, so the ...
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Investors remain concerned about a slowing economy. Inflation and unemployment have risen in recent weeks. While still off their highs from the past few years, it’s possible that the economy could slide further, even into a recession. For that scenario, investors don’t need to cash out or go to bonds, where they may still get hit by rising interest rates. Rather, it makes more sense to buy an industry leader with a track record of holding its value in a recession. That ...
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Joel Anderson, President and CEO at Five Below (FIVE), recently bought 3,100 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 1 percent, and came to a total price of $500,560. This is the first insider buy at the company over the past two years. Otherwise, there have been 16 insider sales, mixed between company directors and C-suite executives. Only one of those sales came from the exercise of company stock options. Overall, company insiders own 1.8 percent of shares. The low-price retail chain ...
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Uranium producer Cameco (CCJ) is up over 25 percent in the past year, nearly double the return of the S&P 500. Shares are also near a 52-week high. One trader sees that trend continuing in the coming weeks. That’s based on the October 20 $42 calls. With 35 days until expiration, 21,763 contracts traded compared to a prior open interest of 394, for a 55-fold rise in volume on the trade. The buyer of the calls paid $0.68 to make the ...
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The market’s love of AI stocks has helped lead to a strong rally this year. However, investors have largely poured money into large-cap chipmaking stocks as a way to play that trend. Doing so overlooks companies that can see big improvements in productivity and returns by embracing companies using AI software themselves. Once the market figures out the opportunity at the software level, which doesn’t involve the expenses of producing physical hardware, returns could take off. One leader in the AI software ...
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