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Kodiak Sciences is Looking Up After Monday’s Move and Last Week’s Insider Buy
Kodiak Sciences Inc (NASDAQ: KOD) saw its first significant insider transaction since March 18 last week. The transaction comes by a 10% owner, which is a good indication that they’re expecting the…
Aug 25, 2020
10% Owner Has Just Resumed Buying as La Jolla Pharmaceuticals is Back at Support Again
La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company (NASDAQ: LJPC) hasn’t exactly been a stellar performer over the past three years. Over that period of time, the price has gone from around $40 to as low as $2.50.…
Aug 24, 2020
5 Oversold S&P 500 Companies Poised for a Big Move
With the market at all-time highs and so many stocks overbought, it makes you want to identify the less-loved companies that are showing potential. The concept is finding companies that are…
Aug 24, 2020
PLUG Pulls Back from All-Time High and Option Traders are Looking for More Downside
It’s been an incredible run for Plug Power Inc (NASDAQ: PLUG) as the price has gone from $4 to over $14 in a two-month period. When this happens, it makes you wonder when the sellers will start to…
Aug 24, 2020
Can You Get Rich From Stocks?
Absolutely! The stock market can be volatile, even dangerous. But used correctly, it’s a powerful wealth-building tool that has stood the test of time, including global depressions, wild fluctuations…
Aug 21, 2020
CEO Insider Buys Indicates He Sees the Majesty of the Red Rocks
Red Rock Resorts Inc (NASDAQ: RRR) CEO and 10% owner Frank Fertitta has been busy buying shares of his company in recent weeks. This is the first purchases made in nearly a year as the stock is…
Aug 21, 2020
Coke Isn’t ‘It’ Right Now with Option Traders
Coca-Cola Co (NYSE: KO) has been stumbling as the share price tests the $49 resistance. It’s a price level that Coca-Cola has struggled with in the past as the price typically falls back to $44 since…
Aug 21, 2020
6 Stocks that Option Bulls Have in Their Crosshairs this Week
Every investor should have a funnel or a process that they use to narrow down the universe of tradable stocks to a select set of companies that they would be inclined to trade. One approach is to…
Aug 21, 2020
What are FAANG Stocks? And Why You Should Invest In Them
The FAANG stocks, listed below, are simply five of the best companies that have ever existed. Mostly from the tech sector, they’ve shown shareholders love over the years with massive returns on the…
Aug 20, 2020
Did the Options Market Just Call the Top as Homebuilder Optimism Reaches Highest Since 1998?
As mortgage interest rates are testing all-time lows, homebuilder optimism has surged to the highest level since 1998. The recent National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Market Index beat…
Aug 20, 2020
Netflix Insiders Bail as the ‘Shuffle Button’ is Being Tested
Over the past several weeks, there has been a significant insider selling in Netflix Inc (NASDAQ: NFLX). The breadth of selling has included some high-profile names, one of which is the Chief Content…
Aug 20, 2020
5 Low Cost ETFs for Income and Appreciation
Many investors find the cost and convenience of ETF investing the best way to manage their money. One of the advantages of ETF is the fact that they can be traded or have conditional orders placed to…
Aug 20, 2020
Silver Fades from Its High As Option Bulls Keep Building Case for Big Fall Move
After the large drop in silver on August 11, the price has been tentatively moving higher. Tuesday was no exception as the price gapped on the open and faded back into the previous day’s range. While…
Aug 19, 2020
‘Battle of the Billionaires’ May be Coming to a Close After Icahn Sells Large Percent of HLF Holdings
It was 2013 and billionaire investors and rivals Bill Ackman and Carl Icahn began to get into it over Herbalife Nutrition Ltd (NYSE: HLF). Icahn has largely been a buyer of HLF since Ackman announced…
Aug 19, 2020
4 Quality High-Yield REITs with at Least a 4% Yield
It is a difficult environment for investors that need income when interest rates are scraping the bottom of the barrel. With the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield at 0.669%, the ability to generate a…
Aug 19, 2020
Insiders Appear to be ‘Listing’ Their Shares of Zillow
I don’t know if you’re a fan of the show “Love It or List It” but insiders and investors have to make this decision all of the time with their shares. Do you “love it” enough to hold the shares or do…
Aug 18, 2020
5 Value Stocks Looking to Lead Small Caps Higher
For the past two weeks, small cap value names have outperformed the S&P 500. To illustrate this, you can take the iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF (NYSEARCA: IWN) and divide it by the S&P 500…
Aug 18, 2020
Bullish Option Activity Builds on Intel as the Price Tests Lows
It’s been a comedy of errors for Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) as the company has had a hard time keeping up with production deadlines and developing small chips that can be used in ever-smaller…
Aug 18, 2020
Fortive Corp was the Second Most Sold Stock on the S&P 500 Last Week
It can be hard to know which period to start with and what is the most important criteria to evaluate for potential insider selling candidates. A good approach to take is to find the most sold stocks…
Aug 17, 2020
The ‘Buffett Effect’ is still in effect as option Traders Move on Bank of America Again
It was a little over a week ago when Berkshire Hathaway bought its most recent tranche of 13.5 million shares of Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC). Since the buying began on July 22, option traders…
Aug 17, 2020