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☆ A high-probability options trade that wins if the comeback rally in energy stocks hits a wall
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Nishant Pant | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

With this view in mind, I am looking for a bearish setup in the VanEck Oil Services ETF (OIH) . This ETF seeks to track the largest, most liquid companies involved in oil drilling and selling oil equipment based on market capitalization. However, my trading platform indicates that this will tie up $5,500 of portfolio margin, a significant amount for a potential profit of just $430. Yet, since I'm paying a debit for the $365 call, it also decreases my profit potential from $430 to $133. I will need a good trade management plan with a stop loss in case the trade starts going against me.

Persons: Max, Nishant Pant Organizations: VanEck Oil Services, Schlumberger, Halliburton, Oil Services

☆ Dave Calhoun was supposed to turn Boeing around, but after 4 years on the job, he's out. Here's where things went wrong.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

It makes him the second successive chief to go after a 737 Max crisis. AdvertisementOn Monday morning, Dave Calhoun became the second successive Boeing CEO to lose his job in the wake of a 737 Max crisis. Muilenburg was terminated as the planemaker fought for its reputation after 346 people died in two 737 Max 8 crashes in 2018 and 2019. After the longest-ever grounding for a US airliner, the 737 Max was ungrounded 10 months into Calhoun's reign. Win McNamee/Getty ImagesMost people's concerns about the 737 Max looked to have been assuaged, until the Alaska Airlines blowout on January 5.

Persons: Dave Calhoun, —, Stan Deal, Calhoun, Boeing's, Dennis Muilenburg, Muilenburg, Max, Dennis, Win McNamee, Bob Clifford, Timothy Hubbard, Hubbard, Clifford, DAVID RYDER, Critics, Justin Green, Green Organizations: Boeing, Service, Airbus, Federal Aviation Administration, MCAS, Alaska Airlines, National Transportation Safety, Justice, FBI, Ethiopian, Alaska Air, United Airlines, Boeing's, Street Journal, The, Current, Business, University of Notre Dame, CNBC Locations: MCAS, Southwest , Alaska, Calhoun, Virginia, Seattle, Boeing's, Renton , Washington

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Which streamer will target password sharing next? The former HBO Max appears ready to make its play. That would bring MAX in line with Netflix and Disney, both of which have taken steps to limit password sharing on their streaming services. Both companies have done so while adjusting prices to make their cheaper ad-supported streaming services more attractive. He made his remarks Monday at a Morgan Stanley technology conference in San Francisco.

Persons: HBO Max, Jean, Briac Perrette, Morgan Stanley Organizations: FRANCISCO, HBO, Warner Bros ., Netflix, Disney, Associated Press Locations: San Francisco

☆ Megan Thee Stallion and Warner Music Group sign 'innovative' new agreement that enables her to stay independent while working with the company's resources
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( John Lynch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewMegan Thee Stallion and Warner Music Group (WMG) signed a new agreement on Friday, Business Insider has learned. In this agreement, the three-time, Grammy-winning artist will release music through Hot Girl Productions — her independent music and entertainment entity — and simultaneously work with Warner Music and its international affiliates. AdvertisementFollowing the settlement, Megan released two independent singles, "Cobra" and "Hiss," the latter of which stands at No. "This new chapter with Warner Music Group will shift the landscape in the music industry and empower other independent artists to follow in her footsteps and claim their power. It's also a testament to Max's ability to reimagine the relationships that major music companies can engage in with independent artists."

Persons: —, Megan Thee, Megan, Hiss, Max Lousada, Jay, Meg, Desiree Perez, It's Organizations: Service, Megan Thee Stallion, Warner Music Group, Houston, Business, Warner Music, Entertainment, Apple Music's, WMG, Warner

☆ As tech stocks slide, there's another giant that looks overextended. How to profit from the pullback
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Tony Zhang | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

On Wednesday, we started to see a little bit of the air taken out of today's bubble. We'll present a trade that wins if one of today's leading tech giants can't quite live up to the bubble hype. While almost all of today's tech and semiconductor companies generate significant revenue and profits — unlike the shells of the dot-com boom — the tech sector's performance has many parallels to the late 90's. Amazon looks stretched Looking at the short run, earnings for Amazon (AMZN) are on deck after the close on Thursday and at risk of a pullback with the rest of tech. BEFORE MAKING ANY FINANCIAL DECISIONS, YOU SHOULD STRONGLY CONSIDER SEEKING ADVICE FROM YOUR OWN FINANCIAL OR INVESTMENT ADVISOR.

Persons: it's, I'm Organizations: Microsoft, AMD, UPS

☆ A high-probability trade on Netflix as market anticipates a wild move post-earnings
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Nishant Pant | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Netflix (NFLX) kicks-off the tech earnings season Tuesday after the close and the market as usual is anticipating a big price movement. We'll discuss a high probability bet that wins if Netflix moves by less than the market anticipates...in either direction. It is utilized to estimate the extent to which the options market anticipates the stock's movement following an earnings disclosure. Trade Structure and Analysis: SELL -1 NFLX 535-540 C/435-430 P Iron Condor CREDIT (also max profit): $140 MAX LOSS: $360 Trade Execution: These post-earnings trades are quick. Since these trades are high probability trades, I can expect 8 out of every 10 trades to become winners and the winners add up quickly.

Persons: Nishant Pant Organizations: Netflix, condor, Condor, Traders Locations: NFLX

☆ Advertisers pumped up to 90% of their Google ad spend into its AI tool, and some are now questioning whether it's actually performing.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Lauren Johnson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Performance Max also drove retailers' spend with Google's shopping ad products up 16% year-over-year, according to Tinuiti. Digital agency Arm Candy said that 45% of retailers' Google spend is handled with Performance Max. Specifically, the source said that the return on ad spend of Performance Max campaigns started slowing down this summer. Brand search campaigns are when companies buy search ads against their own brand names, like Hershey's buying "Hershey's" keywords, for example. Advertisers that like Google's AI say it helps them find new customersGoogle has tried to address advertisers' concerns about what Performance Max buys.

Persons: Max, Belardi Wong, Candy, Max proliferates, Zach Thompson, Thomas, We've, Merkle, Brendon Kraham, Brand, Google's Kraham, Calla Murphy Organizations: Google, YouTube, Max Locations: ROAS

☆ A prudent way to bet on a bounce in Apple following its post-earnings decline
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Jeff Kilburg | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Apple has kept up with the Nasdaq 100's outperforming year and continues to deliver alpha per the 3 year look back. The tech giant reported $383.29 billion in sales for the full fiscal year, down about 3% from the prior year. Apple recorded $22.31 billion in services revenue, outpacing analyst expectations and increasing more than 16% from a year earlier. Selling a call spread will help me in capturing my view as long as Apple does not move up more than 10% from here. A bear call Spread The option strategy that I will utilize is selling a call spread better known as a bear call spread .

Persons: Apple Organizations: Apple, Nasdaq, Microsoft, U.S Locations: China

☆ An options trade with a high probability of success into Microsoft's earnings after the bell
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Nishant Pant | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Setting up the Earning Iron Condor Selling an Iron Condor is an options trading strategy where you simultaneously sell out-of-the-money call spreads and put spreads. Most trading platforms will allow traders to put this trade as one unit by selecting "Sell Iron Condor" as the trade structure. 80% probability of success, as is the nature of high probability trading, the risk is higher than the max profit. (Try an unbalanced Iron Condor) This trade has 80% chance of success based on options probabilities. The put spread has a 90% probability of success and the call spread has the original 80% probability of success.

Persons: MSFT Organizations: Microsoft, Condor, Iron Condor, Traders Locations: MSFT

☆ The basics of options: What they are, what they do and how investors use them
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +14 min

Call option Rather than buying 100 shares of Apple at $180 each for a total of $18,000, you use an options contract. A single options contract always represents 100 shares. So with a call option, you get upside exposure with defined downside risk that is limited to the option premium. So, your $200 "investment" (the premium to buy the options contract) nets you a $200 profit. You are covered for all losses beyond the strike price with the break-even being the strike price, less the option contract premium.

Persons: we've, It's, hasn't, let's, Zev Fima, I've, I'm, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Brendan McDermid Organizations: Apple, Jim Cramer's Charitable, CNBC, Traders, New York Stock Exchange Locations: New York City

☆ Bank of America survey signals investors are overconfident and stocks' ‘strong tailwind’ is over
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Jeff Cox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

"Bear positioning strong tailwind for risk assets in H1…not the case in H2," Hartnett wrote in a summary of the closely watched survey. Cash allocations have dropped to 4.8% of portfolios, below the 5% dividing line that has traditionally been a buy signal. Even if there is a recession, managers expect it to be mild, with 65% expecting a "soft landing." Allocation to stocks is the least underweight as a share of portfolios since April 2022 and up 13 percentage points from July. The survey was taken Aug. 4-10 and entailed 247 panelists with $635 billion in assets under management.

Persons: Michael Hartnett, Hartnett, REITs, Lehman Organizations: Bank of America, Survey, FMS

☆ Inspired by Ukraine war, Taiwan launches drone blitz to counter China
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Reuters Graphic | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +16 min

These drones range from jet-powered, long range surveillance aircraft to small quadcopters deployed by ground troops. Taiwan should accelerate mass production of a range of military drones to boost self-reliance in the struggle with Beijing, it concluded. U.S. drones range in size from two-kilogram, hand-launched drones to 14,500-kilogram long range surveillance drones. Unlike Taiwan, China began mass-producing unmanned aircraft long before the Ukraine conflict. Hundreds of technology experts, including specialists in AI, were recruited to the military, according to UCSD analyst Cheung.

Persons: Tsai Ing, ”, Tsai “, Max Lo, “, Hawk Yang, Yang, Tsai, Joe Biden, ’, Lo, Tai Ming Cheung, ” Cheung, Nancy Pelosi, ” Tsai, Chang, Xi Jinping, Xi, Cheung, ” Elsa Kania Organizations: Reuters, People’s Liberation Army, Thunder Tiger Group, “, Communist Party, Taiwan, Taiwan Affairs Office, U.S . Department of Defense, White, Pentagon ., Teal, University of California, PLA, U.S . House, Airborne, Washington -, Strategic & International Studies ., Royal United Services Institute, 20th Party Congress, UCSD, Center, New, New American Security, China's Ministry of Defense, Pentagon Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Taipei, Taiwan, China, Asia, United States, Australia, Japan, South Korea, America, Republic of China, “ China, Kinmen, Beijing, Washington, Pentagon . U.S, U.S, University of California San Diego, Chiayi, Strategic & International Studies . Ukraine, London, Chang Kong, Today, New American

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That was the promise of a digital library of movies and TV shows. "Warner Bros. That's why NBCUniversal had to pay itself $500 million to stream Universal TV's "The Office" on Peacock and Warner Bros. Rafael Henrique | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesBy removing the content specifically made for streaming rather than licensed shows and movies, Warner Bros. Warner Bros.

☆ How Warner Bros. Discovery plans to take on Disney and Netflix with new streamer Max, according to WBD's top marketing exec
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

"HBO had its limits," Patrizio Spagnoletto, Warner Bros. WBD research showed that to attract new subscribers, the HBO brand was too nichePatrizio "Pato" Spagnoletto is Warner Bros. DiscoveryIn dropping "HBO" from the name, WBD is acknowledging HBO Max has a potent but narrow appeal that could turn off a broader audience. The Max logo has the same vibe as the HBO Max logo, however, and incorporates a few elements of HBO's logo. "Right now, we have very limited capabilities" in that regard, he said of the current HBO Max app.

☆ Top Warner Bros. Discovery marketing exec reveals the launch strategy for mega-streamer Max, the challenges ahead, and why HBO was dropped from the name: 'HBO had its limits'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Spagnoletto, who goes by Pato, was referring to the market research WBD conducted before settling on the name Max — dropping the HBO from its existing service, HBO Max — for the company's long-awaited mega-streamer that will combine content from HBO Max and Discovery+. WBD research showed that to attract new subscribers, the HBO brand was too nichePatrizio "Pato" Spagnoletto Warner Bros. DiscoveryIn dropping "HBO" from the name, WBD is acknowledging HBO Max has a potent but narrow appeal that could turn off a broader audience. The Max logo has the same vibe as the HBO Max logo, however, and incorporates a few elements of HBO's logo. "Right now, we have very limited capabilities" in that regard, he said of the current HBO Max app.

☆ How to Get a Mortgage
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-15 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +15 min

“Houses cost more than the money invested to purchase them,” says Brian Rugg, chief credit officer at mortgage lender loanDepot. Research mortgage loan types and lendersThere are two basic categories of mortgage: private and government backed. “Look at customer reviews from past borrowers,” says Alex Shekhtman, a mortgage broker and founder of LBC Mortgage in New York. “Mortgage lenders use appraisals to protect their investment in the home,” says Liz Lopez, a real-estate agent at RelatedISG Realty. Since mortgage payments are made in arrears—meaning you pay on the first of the month for the previous month’s charges—you won’t owe a mortgage payment until the start of the second month following your closing date.

☆ Doyle's late strike fires Sheffield United into FA Cup semis
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

SHEFFIELD, England, March 19 (Reuters) - Sheffield United came from behind twice to edge Blackburn Rovers 3-2 in an entertaining FA Cup quarter-final after Tommy Doyle's superb 91st minute strike on Sunday booked a Wembley trip. With the score at 2-2 in added time, Doyle fired a shot from 25 metres that arrowed into the top corner with keeper Aynsley Pears unable to palm it away despite getting a hand to it. Blackburn's Sam Gallagher then scored an own goal seven minutes later after Max Lowe's shot from range took a deflection off the striker's knee to nestle in the corner of the net. Gallagher made amends on the hour when he sprang the offside trap to put Sammie Szmodics through as the midfielder restored Blackburn's lead by firing low past keeper Wes Foderingham. Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Ken FerrisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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