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Post by theMist on Jun 29, 2017 7:32:03 GMT -5
10 Things You Need to Know Before the Opening Bell
All big banks pass the Fed's second round of stress tests. All 34 big US banks passed the second round of the Federal Reserve's annual stress test, and only Capital One needs to resubmit its plan. Numerous banks proceeded to announce dividend payouts and share-buyback programs.
Warren Buffett is on the verge of becoming Bank of America's biggest shareholder. Buffett could trade in his preferred shares for common shares after the bank announced a 60% hike in its dividend to $0.48 a share, Reuters says.
Staples is being acquired by a private-equity firm. Sycamore Partners has agreed to pay $6.9 billion, or $10.25 a share in cash, for the office-supplies retailer.
Blue Apron prices its IPO at $10. That's at the lower end of the updated range of $10 to $11 the company gave Wednesday morning, and it's well below the initial range of $15 to $17.
Tintri pulls its IPO. The storage startup pulled its Thursday initial public offering, through which it had sought to raise about $109 million with shares pricing at $10.50 to $12.50 apiece.
Elon Musk has started digging a tunnel under Los Angeles. Musk's tunnel company, called The Boring Company, has begun digging in the Space X parking lot. It will need permits to dig beyond the property line.
The Trump administration announces sweeping changes to airline security. The new measures affect all flights into the US and will include enhanced overall passenger screening, heightened screening of personal electronic devices, more thorough screening at checkpoints, along with the increased use of security technology, canines, and preclearance locations.
Stock markets around the world trade mixed. Hong Kong's Hang Seng (+1.1%) led in Asia, and France's CAC (-0.74%) lags in Europe. The S&P 500 is set to open little changed near 2,441.
Earnings reporting picks up a bit. Constellation Brands and Walgreens Boot Alliance report ahead of the opening bell, while Micron and Nike release their quarterly results after markets close.
US economic data flows. GDP, core PCE, and jobless claims will all be released at 8:30 a.m. ET. The US 10-year yield is up by 1 basis point at 2.24%.
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Post by theMist on Jun 29, 2017 7:33:02 GMT -5
10 Things You Need to Know in Tech Today
1. The Petya cyberattack which began on Tuesday has spread to at least 64 countries so far, Microsoft has found. Lots of victims have paid the $300 Bitcoin ransom to try and get their files back — but they won't have much luck.
2. Former Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer has surprisingly defended Travis Kalanick, the embattled boss of Uber. The company has had a series of negative headlines, but Mayer said she counted Travis as a friend and that he was a "phenomenal leader."
3. A ProPublica investigation has found Facebook's rules about censoring hate speech end up "protecting" white men as a group, but not black children. Facebook has rules about protecting users based on race, sex, and other categories, but not "subsets" of these like "black children" or "female drivers".
4. The first iPhone went on sale 10 years ago today. The device launched a brand new app economy, and you can read the story behind its launch.
5. Uber has said it has nothing to do with a former employee of its self-driving division, Anthony Levandowski, downloading files from his prior employer, Google. The company said it never instructed Levandowski to download the files, and that then-CEO Travis Kalanick told him Uber wanted nothing to do with the information.
6. US President Donald Trump claimed Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos used the newspaper he owns, the Washington Post, to avoid paying "internet taxes." A New York Times report notes there's no such thing as an internet tax in the US, but that Trump may be thinking of introducing a measure to force online retailers to collect sales tax from customers.
7. Tesla chief executive Elon Musk has started digging tunnels under Los Angeles with his new company, Boring. Musk wants to relieve congestion in the city by digging tunnels, though currently he's only digging beneath company property.
8. Google will let the public download and play with apps created by its experimental "Area 120" division, where Googlers release projects they build in their down time. Google has a "20% rule", where employees can spend that amount of time creating side projects.
9. CastAR, an augmented reality startup set up by two ex-Valve staff and backed by Android creator Andy Rubin, has closed down. The company laid off almost 70 staff, with a few remaining to try and sell its core technology, after failing to raise new funding.
10. Meal delivery service Blue Apron has priced its IPO well below expectations at $10 a share, as investors worry that Amazon could wipe out the competition in groceries after its Whole Foods purchase. The company would raise around $300 million at a valuation of $1.9 billion.
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Post by theMist on Jun 29, 2017 7:35:20 GMT -5
S&P Daily ChartS&P in tight range with tight BBs S&P also trying to get back above that rising upper green channel line -- closed at backtest of it yesterday 
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Post by theMist on Jun 29, 2017 7:37:12 GMT -5
S&P Hourly Chart  |
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Post by theMist on Jun 29, 2017 7:47:51 GMT -5
oh that's a nice move higher in VXX in premarket as S&P futures dropped
would love to see it have more legs
VXX 12.35
no trades
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Post by theMist on Jun 29, 2017 8:05:46 GMT -5
S&P Futures Rolling a little after hitting resistance  |
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Post by Herceg on Jun 29, 2017 8:36:11 GMT -5
This makes up for yesterday..........watching for now...........
WBA - 09:33:07
Bought to Cover 15s @ $80.60 - Total: $1,213.45
WBA - 09:33:07
Bought to Cover 100s @ $80.60 - Total: $8,060.00
WBA - 09:33:07
Bought to Cover 285s @ $80.60 - Total: $22,971.00
STZ - 09:33:02
Bought to Cover 75s @ $195.494 - Total: $14,666.50
STZ - 09:31:30
Bought to Cover 75s @ $196.5608 - Total: $14,746.51
WBA - 09:12:04
Sold Short 100s @ $81.75 - Total: $8,170.36
WBA - 09:12:04
Sold Short 200s @ $81.75 - Total: $16,349.61
STZ - 08:49:00
Sold Short 75s @ $199.00 - Total: $14,920.21
STZ - 08:26:46
Sold Short 75s @ $194.00 - Total: $14,545.22
WBA - 08:14:42
Sold Short 100s @ $81.00 - Total: $8,095.36
~$423.........
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Post by theMist on Jun 29, 2017 8:38:25 GMT -5
shorted 10k VXX 12.40
shorted more 12.48
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Post by theMist on Jun 29, 2017 8:48:06 GMT -5
VXX 12.48 Markets will settle down as hits support in this area and VXX should drop back hard 45k short VXX  |
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Post by theMist on Jun 29, 2017 8:57:24 GMT -5
This selling is all the insiders that bought overnight Tuesday night and into Wednesday all day before the News
News hit regarding Banks and retailer traders stepped in to pop little more
This morning the insiders sell in premarket and market whipsaws into red at the open
Now Buyers that missed the move entirely should start stepping in now
as you see market is calming down and hitting support
just my 2 cents
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Post by walnut on Jun 29, 2017 9:00:52 GMT -5
Been selling vxx 12.44 net average
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Post by walnut on Jun 29, 2017 9:04:54 GMT -5
This selling is all the insiders that bought overnight Tuesday night and into Wednesday all day before the News News hit regarding Banks and retailer traders stepped in to pop little more This morning the insiders sell in premarket and market whipsaws into red at the open Now Buyers that missed the move entirely should start stepping in now as you see market is calming down and hitting support just my 2 cents Good analysis I think, hope its true |
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Post by theMist on Jun 29, 2017 9:09:17 GMT -5
ALL IN SHORT VXX VXX 12.49 Worse case VXX hits 12.56-12.62 range before dropping back down hard to 12.30 range TAKE DOWN THE VIX SCAMs LORD JESUS! TAKE'M DOWN!! |
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Post by theMist on Jun 29, 2017 9:28:00 GMT -5
Anyone else using Scottrade? Having some issues with streaming quotes
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Post by walnut on Jun 29, 2017 9:28:14 GMT -5
vxx about to drop below 15 min bbs, then will drop for next hour
I hope
Needs to finish this 15 minute candle below BB
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Post by walnut on Jun 29, 2017 9:32:10 GMT -5
Anyone else using Scottrade? Having some issues with streaming quotes Probably your internet connection is not fast enough. |
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Post by Herceg on Jun 29, 2017 9:33:26 GMT -5
Anyone else using Scottrade? Having some issues with streaming quotes Probably your internet connection is not fast enough. Mist is correct as I have been having the same issues.................freezes up for a few seconds...... |
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Post by walnut on Jun 29, 2017 9:37:18 GMT -5
Probably your internet connection is not fast enough. Mist is correct as I have been having the same issues.................freezes up for a few seconds...... I was joking around, he has an OC-12 Internet pipe |
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Post by walnut on Jun 29, 2017 9:40:07 GMT -5
vxx might be rolling over
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Post by theMist on Jun 29, 2017 9:41:29 GMT -5
Probably your internet connection is not fast enough. Mist is correct as I have been having the same issues.................freezes up for a few seconds...... Seems to be ok now Thanks Herc |
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