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Shares of ridesharing firm
Uber Technologies (UBER) have been rangebound over the past few months. One trader sees the possibility for shares to keep trending upward toward the higher end of their range. That’s based on the May $45 calls. With 121 days until expiration, 9,653 options traded against a prior open interest of 209, for a 46-fold rise in volume. The buyer of the calls paid $3.60 to make the trade. With shares around $41.50, the stock would need to rise about ...
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There are a number of promising future technologies likely to play out over the next decade. While investor interest in those ideas will ebb and flow, companies that can deliver the tech trends of today and the future are likely to benefit. The long-term winners in tech are often hardware and software infrastructure plays that help develop any number of new technologies, whether or not those technologies play out. One of the top ways to play all tech trends is by playing ...
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Gregg Melnick, EVP and Chief Storage Officer at
Bed Bath & Beyond Corp (BBBY), recently picked up 7,195 shares. The buy increased his holdings by almost 7.5 percent, and came to a total price of just under $100,000. This follows up on a cluster of buys from the first week of January, when three EVPs, including the company CFO, and a director also picked up shares, in amounts ranging from $68,900 to $207,150. Despite a few sales in the past year, company ...
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Shares of online travel agency
Expedia Group (EXPE) have been trading in a range over the past year as the pandemic has continued. One trader sees the chance for a move higher in shares in the months ahead. That’s based on the June $190 calls. With 150 days until expiration, 5,293 contracts traded compared to a prior open interest of 146, for a 36-fold rise in volume. The buyer of the calls paid $19.17 to make the trade. Shares last traded around ...
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Markets are fearful of inflation right now, as well as constraints from supply chain issues. That’s driving up the prices of commodities, some of which already had to deal with an imbalance between supply and demand. For investors, buying one of the worst-performing names in a sector undergoing a bull market with strong fundamentals can lead to better returns than buying a safer and more blue-chip name in the space. For the oil market,
Occidental Petroleum (OXY) might be just such a winner ...
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Ron Coughlin, CEO & Chairman of
Petco Health & Wellness (WOOF) recently bought 23,290 shares. The buy increased his holdings by just over 9 percent, and came to a total price of $400,000. The CEO has made two prior buys in September 2021, each for 46,600 shares. The company CFO and another insider have also been buyers in the past two months, with the only insider sales since the company went public coming from some major fundholders. Insiders own 46.4 percent of ...
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Shares of commodity producer
Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) have been moving higher in recent sessions, and are nearly back to 52-week highs. One trader sees that trend continuing higher in the next month. That’s based on the February 18 $46 call. With 35 days until expiration, 81,983 contracts traded against a prior open interest of 235, for a 349-fold explosion in volume on the trade. The buyer of the calls paid $2.19 to get in. $46.10 is a 52-week high for shares, and less ...
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This decade promises to unleash a number of technologies that just existed on the drawing board until now. While much as been made about electric vehicles this past decade as they’ve gone into mainstream production, the real innovation is with automation. The rise of self-driving vehicles can free up a morning or evening commute, allow someone to work on other tasks or relax while being driven around. On the commercial level, the technology is even more promising. That’s because self-driving truck technology ...
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