No trades taken yesterday due to other commitments. I was around in the morning and could have traded a perfect short on Visa but was unable to pull the trigger. I’ve noticed that happening more and more as of late which reminds me of my trading fears about 3 months ago after the markets crashed [...]
This morning, PPI and PPI Core numbers were released for the month of March. PPI came in at 1.1%, about 0.5% higher than estimates. PPI Core came in line with estimates at 0.2%. For a quick recap of PPI and PPI Core, here’s a link to the PPI homepage at the Department [...]
General Electric (GE) reported earnings this morning, missing analysts estimates by 7 cents (44 v. 51 estimate). While an estimate miss is never great, lowering yearly estimates can be a sign of slower times. In this case, with GE being the 4th largest, multi-faceted company, any reduction in estimates can be described as [...]
Today’s action started off strong but slowly weakened throughout the day as earnings season was on the horizon. Alcoa reported a few minutes ago at 44 cents per share vs. a consensus estimate of 48 cents per share. Currently, Alcoa’s halted pending further news regarding their earnings report.
EMC Corp. (EMC) reported another outstanding quarter, reporting $0.23 / diluted share vs. $0.17 by analyst estimates. The quarter includes a $0.06 / share gain on the sale of shares of VMWare to Cisco. Adjusting for the sale brings EMC’s quarter in line with expectations. EMC has authorized an increase in their buyback program from [...]