MORNING UPDATE: PriceWatch Alerts for KMB and More... for 2020-08-04 |
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Today's optimal covered call on Healthcare Svcs Gp has an assigned return rate of 9.0%. To enter this trade, buy 100 shares of HCSG stock at $26.43 per share and sell one contract of the Healthcare Svcs Gp December 18, 2020 25 call for $3.49 for a net debit of $22.94 per share. This trade lasts 136 days, giving it an annualized return rate of 23.9% The risk assessment of this trade is 2 keys, (Considerable relative risk). Today's optimal covered call on Check Point Software has an assigned return rate of 1.2%. To enter this trade, buy 100 shares of CHKP stock at $122.41 per share and sell one contract of the Check Point Software August 21, 2020 120 call for $3.78 for a net debit of $118.63 per share. This trade lasts 17 days, giving it an annualized return rate of 23.4% The risk assessment of this trade is 2 keys, (Considerable relative risk). Today's optimal covered call on Air Products and Chemicals has an assigned return rate of 2.9%. 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STOCKS ON THE MOVE Mosaic Co (MOS), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO) and Emerson Electric Co. (EMR) are moving higher this morning, while WEC Energy Group Inc (WEC), American International Group Inc (AIG) and Twitter Inc (TWTR) are headed lower. Altice USA Inc (ATUS), BMC Stock Holdings Inc (BMCH) and Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co (RS) were upgraded by analysts this morning, while Catchmark Timber Trust Inc (CTT), TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC Common Stock (TTWO) and Sonoco Products Co (SON) were downgraded. INTERNATIONAL MARKETS Stocks in Asia are up. The Mumbai Sensex is up 2.03%, the Hang Seng is up 2%, the Australia ASX All Ordinaries is up 1.86% the Nikkei 225 is up 1.7% and the Shanghai SE Composite Index is up 0.11%. Stocks in Europe are down. The DAX is down -0.68%, the Euro Stoxx 50 is down -0.35%, the CAC 40 is down -0.23% and the FTSE 100 is down -0.04%. FUTURES & CURRENCIES Energy futures are mixed today. The price for West Texas Intermediate crude oil is down -0.68 at 40.33 per barrel. Brent crude is down -0.73 at 43.42 per barrel. Natural Gas is up 0.05 at 2.15. Precious metals are down this morning. Gold is down -4.09 at 1972.89 per ounce. Platinum is down -4.12 at 916.9 while silver is down -0.03 at 24.39. The dollar is up compared to the major currencies today. The greenback is up against the euro, up against the Yen and up against the Pound. Equity PUT/CALL RATIO Yesterday, 1,806,413 call contracts traded on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) compared to 791,219 put contracts. The single-session put/call ratio was 0.44. TODAY'S ECONOMIC CALENDAR Factory Orders EARNINGS EXPECTED TODAY: BP, EXC, WRK, USFD, EMR, ACM, LDOS, FIS, LEA, ARMK, EXPD, WEC, PRU, DIS, ALL, PAA, RGA, EQH, AIZ, FOXA, FNF, OMI, TX, OI |
