Category Archive for ‘Entertainment Stocks’

October 4, 2009

3Q Earnings Kick-Off Start This Week

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Strategies, Financial Stocks, Watch Lists, Daily Update, Sectors, Option Trades, Market Analysis, Market Commentary, Economic News, Entertainment Stocks, Company Commentary, Stock Earnings

3:45pm (EST) Special Note: We are sending today’s Weekly Wrap early. I am away on travel and hope to be back in the office by Monday morning. In case I’m not, this is Monday Morning’s Update. There is a NEW TRADE for Monday morning, Pepsico (PEP, $60.90, up $2.44), thatRead more

September 11, 2009

Bulls Go For Six

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Market Commentary, Entertainment Stocks, Daily Update, Market Analysis, Company Commentary, Financial Stocks, Option Trades

9:00am (EST) The bulls made it five in-a-row on Thursday and will look to extend their winning streak to a half dozen today. We got a couple of nuggets that turned out to be golden for the market that helped push us higher A lower-than expected jobless claims report wasRead more

September 7, 2009

Weekly Wrap for 9/7/09

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Entertainment Stocks, Strategies, Financial Stocks, Sectors, Earnings, Momentum Stocks Weekly, Option Trades, Market Analysis, Weekly Wrap RR, Economic News, Company Commentary, Mergers and Acquisitions

11:00pm (EST) 1. Commentary 2. Imax Could Be A Wildcard 3. Earnings 4. Current Trades 5. Closing Thoughts ************************************************** 1. Commentary The market was on pins and needles all week as all eyes were on “the number” before the bell on Friday. It was a choppy week that started offRead more

August 24, 2009

Imax Looking For $10

by Rick Rouse / No Comments / Posted in Daily Update, Financial Stocks, Option Trades, Entertainment Stocks

12:35pm (EST) Imax (IMAX, $9.85, up $0.30) is trying like mad to break $10 today as the stock has hit a high of $9.97. I will be bringing you more of the Imax story over the next day or two but I’m really starting to get excited about the company’s longer-termRead more

August 23, 2009

Weekly Wrap for 8/23/09

by Rick Rouse / No Comments / Posted in Earnings, Momentum Stocks Weekly, Option Trades, Market Analysis, Weekly Wrap RR, VIX, Market Commentary, Economic News, Entertainment Stocks, Company Commentary, Trading Tips, Strategies, Financial Stocks

11:30pm (EST) 1. Commentary 2. Checking in on the VIX 3. Baltic Dry Index Continues To Tank 4. Earnings 5. Current Trades 6. Closing Thoughts ************************************************* 1. Commentary The bears started the week as if they were serious but the bulls made it clear they weren’t going anywhere last weekRead more

August 9, 2009

Trade Updates

by Rick Rouse / No Comments / Posted in Trading Tips, Daily Update, Strategies, Option Trades, Entertainment Stocks

11:35pm (EST) Bank of America (BAC, $16.42, down $0.28) November 15 calls (BYOKO, $2.60, down $0.27) Entry Price: $1.50 (6/12/09) Exit Price: $3.00 Return: 100% Stop: CLOSED Action: These calls hit $3.20 on Friday and I had raised our exit target Thursday night to $3.00. BofA traded to a highRead more

August 6, 2009

Random Thoughts for Thursday – AIG, Imax

by Rick Rouse / No Comments / Posted in Entertainment Stocks, Trading Tips, Daily Update, Company Commentary, Strategies, Option Trades

11:40am (EST) Blame it on the jet lag… It has been hard to get back on track after the weekend’s road trip but I’m getting there, folks… Man, you have to love this market. I was updating the portfolio which by the way is available anytime you want to seeRead more

July 15, 2009

IBM Call Options Double Heading Into Earnings

by Rick Rouse / No Comments / Posted in Earnings, Entertainment Stocks, Trading Tips, Market Analysis, Company Commentary, Financial Stocks, Uncategorized, Option Trades, Daily Update, Sectors, Market Commentary

Intel (INTC, $18.05, up $1.22). Even better was the fact that the company also issued higher guidance for the third quarter. The news carried the entire Tech sector higher as it outpaced the other indexes by gaining 3.5%. The Nasdaq finished at 1,862, up 63 points for the day. TheRead more

June 11, 2009

Marvel Entertainment Pushes Higher

by Rick Rouse / No Comments / Posted in Daily Update, Entertainment Stocks

11:30am (EST) If you haven’t signed up for our new trading service, here is a sample of what you’re missing: Long time readers of the blog know I have talk about Marvel Entertainment (MVL, $37.31, up $0.48) on and off and in our April 28th issue of the Weekly WrapRead more

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