MORNING UPDATE: PriceWatch Alerts for MAS and More... for 2019-08-01 |
| PriceWatch Alerts for MAS, HAS, EW, GIS, BSX, UAL, SWK, EBAY, CCK and SJM. Today's optimal covered call on Masco has an assigned return rate of 3.03%. To enter this trade, buy 100 shares of MAS stock at 40.77 per share and selling one contract of the Masco Sep 2019 40 call for 1.95 for a net debit of $38.81 per share. This trade lasts 50 days, giving it an annualized return rate of 22.18%. The risk assessment of this trade is 3 keys, (Moderate relative risk). Today's optimal covered call on Hasbro has an assigned return rate of 3.03%. To enter this trade, buy 100 shares of HAS stock at 121.16 per share and selling one contract of the Hasbro Sep 2019 120 call for 4.69 for a net debit of $116.46 per share. This trade lasts 50 days, giving it an annualized return rate of 22.18%. The risk assessment of this trade is 3 keys, (Moderate relative risk). Today's optimal covered call on Edwards Lifesciences has an assigned return rate of 2.96%. To enter this trade, buy 100 shares of EW stock at 212.85 per share and selling one contract of the Edwards Lifesciences Sep 2019 210 call for 8.89 for a net debit of $203.95 per share. This trade lasts 50 days, giving it an annualized return rate of 21.65%. The risk assessment of this trade is 3 keys, (Moderate relative risk). Today's optimal covered call on General Mills has an assigned return rate of 2.96%. To enter this trade, buy 100 shares of GIS stock at 53.11 per share and selling one contract of the General Mills Sep 2019 52.5 call for 2.11 for a net debit of $50.99 per share. This trade lasts 50 days, giving it an annualized return rate of 21.61%. The risk assessment of this trade is 3 keys, (Moderate relative risk). Today's optimal covered call on Boston Scientific has an assigned return rate of 2.91%. 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STOCKS ON THE MOVE Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR), Western Digital Corp (WDC) and Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) are moving higher this morning, while ABIOMED, Inc. (ABMD), Concho Resources Inc (CXO) and QUALCOMM, Inc. (QCOM) are headed lower. United Therapeutics Corporation (UTHR), Clean Harbors Inc (CLH) and Five9 Inc (FIVN) were upgraded by analysts this morning, while Whiting Petroleum Corp (WLL), U.S. Bancorp (USB) and 2U Inc (TWOU) were downgraded. INTERNATIONAL MARKETS Stocks in Asia are down. The Mumbai Sensex is down -1.23%, the Shanghai SE Composite Index is down -0.81%, the Hang Seng is down -0.73% the Australia ASX All Ordinaries is down -0.36% and the Nikkei 225 is up 0.09%.In Europe stocks are mixed. The CAC 40 is up 0.43%, the Euro Stoxx 50 is up 0.37%, the DAX is up 0.19% and the FTSE 100 is down -0.27%. FUTURES & CURRENCIES Energy futures are mixed today. The price for West Texas Intermediate crude oil is down -0.78 at 57.8 per barrel. Brent crude is down -0.61 at 64.44 per barrel. Natural Gas is up 0.03 at 2.26. Precious metals are down this morning. Gold is down -8.91 at 1404.87 per ounce. Platinum is down -12.53 at 852.22 while silver is down -0.45 at 15.96. 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. PUT/CALL RATIO Yesterday, 1,095,430 call contracts traded on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) compared to 682,247 put contracts. The single-session put/call was 0.62 while the 20-day moving average is now at 0.63. TODAY'S ECONOMIC CALENDAR Initial Claims 07/27 08:30 Continuing Claims 07/20 Construction Spending Jun 10:00 ISM Manufacturing Index Jul EIA Natural Gas Inventories 07/27 10:30 EARNINGS EXPECTED TODAY: RDS.A VZ CI SPGI GM DD ICE EOG TRP EXC BCE MPC SHOP YUP TRI SQ BCS XEL CNQ ED MSI K PINS |
