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It was just five days ago that I talked about bearish unusual options activity in GE,

Unusual Options Activity In GE

GE has had one hell of a run the last since early December with the stock price increasing almost 100% in a little less than 3 months. Yesterday, I noticed unusual options activity in GE. The Smart Money bought a ton of the April 15 $9.50 and $9.00 put options.

I had no idea why the Smart Money was shorting GE, that is until yesterday. GE presented at the for JPMorgan’s Aviation, Transportation and Industrials Conference in New York Tuesday. 

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General Electric (GE)

For those who follow me, know I have been a

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on Consumer Staples for the last 12 months.  Due to inflation, interest rates, raw material input cost and Millennials preferring other alternatives, these companies in this sector don’t make money.  However, one company trying to buck the trend in the Consumer Staples sector is J.M. Smucker Company.

The J.M. Smucker Company is a packaged food maker and manufacturer of fruit spreads, retail packaged coffee, peanut butter, shortening and oils, ice cream toppings, sweetened condensed milk, and natural foods products in North America and has been around for more than 115 years.

J.M.

Zscaler, Inc. operates as a cloud security company worldwide. The company’s flagship services include Zscaler Internet Access solution that connect users to externally managed applications, including software-as-a-service applications and Internet destinations; and Zscaler Private Access solution, which is designed to provide access to internally managed applications, either hosted internally in data centers, and private or public clouds.

The mass movement of company and personal data to the cloud has only complicated things. Hackers are sending bots to scour GitHub, the source code management system, looking for digital access keys to Amazon Web Services and other cloud systems. In 2015, one careless

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates in the theatrical exhibition business. The company owns, operates, or has interests in theatres. As of December 31, 2017, it owned, operated, or had interests in 649 theatres with a total of 8,224 screens in the United States; and 365 theatres and 2,945 screens internationally.

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AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC) reported its latest quarterly earnings results last Thursday, that topped Wall Street estimates.  In particular, the company posted a yearly revenue of $5.46 billion, a 7.5% gain over the $5.08 billion from the year-ago quarter. And for its fourth quarter of 2018, the company brought

Three months ago I wrote a post about Foot Locker,

Foot Locker Is Stubborn

Foot Locker’s business model of serving as the middle man to sneaker manufacturer is total opposite to Nike’s future strategy of direct to consumer shoe seller.

More importantly, the digital commerce push has allowed Foot Locker to announcement of its first digital entry to mainland China, along with a presence in Hong Kong and Singapore.

The issue with the expansionary moves is that it’s expensive and will squeeze margins. The trade war tariffs may also hurt Foot Locker’s margins and impeded their expansion in China.

If price breaks to the upside,

Teladoc Health, Inc. provides telehealth services worldwide. It offers a portfolio of services and solutions covering 450 medical subspecialties, such as flu and upper respiratory infections, cancer, and congestive heart failure. The company provides its services through mobile devices, the Internet, video, and phone. It serves employers of Fortune 1000 companies, health plans, health systems, and other entities.

Teladoc allows patients to see a licensed doctor at
any time via a PC or mobile device, reducing the need to take time off from
work. With Teladoc handling an estimated two million visits in 2018, the
company still covers less than 1% of

Teladoc Health, Inc. provides telehealth services worldwide. It offers a portfolio of services and solutions covering 450 medical subspecialties, such as flu and upper respiratory infections, cancer, and congestive heart failure. The company provides its services through mobile devices, the Internet, video, and phone. It serves employers of Fortune 1000 companies, health plans, health systems, and other entities.

Teladoc allows patients to see a licensed doctor at
any time via a PC or mobile device, reducing the need to take time off from
work. With Teladoc handling an estimated two million visits in 2018, the
company still covers less than 1% of