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    Stocks - Analysts don't know what to make of Uber's $100 billion valuation

    Stocks - Analysts don't know what to make of Uber's $100 billion valuation


    Analysts don't know what to make of Uber's $100 billion valuation

    Posted: 13 Apr 2019 06:33 AM PDT

    https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/13/analysts-dont-know-what-to-make-of-ubers-100-billion-valuation.html

    Analysts got their first look into Uber's financials on Thursday, but they still are unsure whether they justify a $100 billion valuation.

    Uber posted an adjusted EBITDA loss of $1.85 billion in 2018 and showed slowing revenue growth.

    Lyft's debut on the public market has been less than stellar, hitting a new low on Friday.

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    Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT to merge with CVMC REIT II

    Posted: 13 Apr 2019 01:36 PM PDT

    Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT, Inc. and Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT II, Inc. have entered into a definitive agreement to merge in a stock and cash transaction, creating an entity valued at approximately $3.2 billion.

    https://www.creherald.com/carter-validus-mission-critical-reit-to-merge-with-cvmc-reit-ii/

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    Acorns for retirement is it good?

    Posted: 13 Apr 2019 01:21 PM PDT

    I run a retail arbitrage business where I buy products on eBay and sell them elsewhere so the 1% cash back is really cool for me and now they have a debit card that lets you round up purchases even better no overdraft fees and no atm fees really phenomenal overall. My question is: Is there any benefit or disadvantage to buying fractional shares of an etf on a daily basis, as would be done with round ups as opposed to doing a traditional buy and hold strategy?

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    Is it worth buying options?

    Posted: 13 Apr 2019 08:25 AM PDT

    I know options are good at multiplying your potential gains/losses but it seems like they come at a cost (especially the long dated ones). How much is that premium, is it comparable to stock broker commission?

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    Wall Street Week Ahead for the trading week beginning April 15th, 2019

    Posted: 13 Apr 2019 08:16 AM PDT

    Hey what's happening r/stocks! Good morning and happy Saturday to all of you on this subreddit. I hope everyone made out pretty nicely in the market last week, and are ready for the new trading week ahead.

    Here is everything you need to know to get you ready for the trading week beginning April 15th, 2019.

    Some optimistic corporate outlooks in the week ahead could lift the stock market to a record - (Source)


    It's now up to corporate America to reveal whether the U.S. economy simply hit a soft patch this winter, as many suspect, or is on the verge of falling into an even deeper rut.


    Earnings from a broad swath of industries, like financials, technology, transportation and consumer products roll out in the coming week as the first-quarter earnings season gets underway. According to Refinitiv, earnings are expected to decline 2.3 percent in the first negative quarter in three years, but it is business leaders' comments on the future outlook that are even more important.


    Commentary and guidance is always a big deal, but this quarter it is critical. Analysts do not agree on whether the first quarter earnings season represents the trough, or even whether the second quarter will see a gain or decline in profit growth.


    At the same time, economic data, like March's jobs report, are beginning to turn more positive, and first quarter growth has quickly gone from forecasts of nearly flattish back in January to now around 2%, on the back of better March releases. The economic data has been uneven, in part because of the government shutdown, but it has yet to prove the economy is back on track.


    "The market has been very sensitive to data that's been picking up. The market is reflecting that, even though there's talk of an earnings recession. What you don't want is an earnings recession leading to an economic recession. If companies believe there's a major downturn in revenue growth, they stop spending and ultimately they fire people and that leads to a recession," said Quincy Krosby, chief market strategist at Prudential Financial.


    The stock market is also at an important inflection point, with the major indexes closing in on all-time highs. The S&P 500 pressed through 2,900 Friday, seen as a point of psychological resistance. The S&P ended the week at 2,907, for a weekly gain of 0.5%. The next target traders are watching is the closing high 2,930 on the S&P. The all-time high was an intraday 2,940, reached on Sept. 21.


    Earnings season got off to a good start with J.P. Morgan Chase's quarterly earnings report Friday. CEO Jamie Dimon was very positive, saying the U.S. economy's expansion "could go on for years."


    "If you look at the American economy, the consumer is in good shape, balance sheets are in good shape, people are going back to the workforce, companies have plenty of capital," Dimon told analysts during a conference call. J.P. Morgan stock rose sharply, after its record profits beat analysts' expectations.


    "Positive guidance, that's what the market needs. [The S&P] could cross 2,900, but then again it could pull back," said Krosby, but she said the momentum has been pointing higher. "The market has basically been endorsing 2,900 and beyond."


    Krosby said important upcoming economic reports include Empire State and Philadelphia Fed surveys Monday and Thursday respectively, for a current look at manufacturing activity in New York and the Mid-Atlantic region. There is also industrial production and retail sales Tuesday.


    "Jobs data was strong. Everybody was really negative on the economy, and now we're getting pleasant surprises," said Marc Chandler, Bannockburn Global Forex chief market strategist. The economy added 196,000 jobs in March, bringing the monthly average to 180,000 over the past three months, even with February's shockingly low 33,000 payrolls.


    Chandler said industrial production and other data should show an improved trend over last month.


    As stocks have shaken off growth fears, bond yields have also moved higher. The 10-year Treasury note was yielding 2.55% Friday, well above the lows of 2.34% reached on March 28.


    This past week saw the following moves in the S&P:

    (CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL S&P TREE MAP FOR THE PAST WEEK!)

    Major Indices for this past week:

    (CLICK HERE FOR THE MAJOR INDICES FOR THE PAST WEEK!)

    Major Futures Markets as of Friday's close:

    (CLICK HERE FOR THE MAJOR FUTURES INDICES AS OF FRIDAY!)

    Economic Calendar for the Week Ahead:

    (CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL ECONOMIC CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK AHEAD!)

    Sector Performance WTD, MTD, YTD:

    (CLICK HERE FOR FRIDAY'S PERFORMANCE!)
    (CLICK HERE FOR THE WEEK-TO-DATE PERFORMANCE!)
    (CLICK HERE FOR THE MONTH-TO-DATE PERFORMANCE!)
    (CLICK HERE FOR THE 3-MONTH PERFORMANCE!)
    (CLICK HERE FOR THE YEAR-TO-DATE PERFORMANCE!)
    (CLICK HERE FOR THE 52-WEEK PERFORMANCE!)

    Percentage Changes for the Major Indices, WTD, MTD, QTD, YTD as of Friday's close:

    (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!)

    S&P Sectors for the Past Week:

    (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!)

    Major Indices Pullback/Correction Levels as of Friday's close:

    (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!)

    Major Indices Rally Levels as of Friday's close:

    (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!)

    Most Anticipated Earnings Releases for this week:

    (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!)

    Here are the upcoming IPO's for this week:

    (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!)

    Friday's Stock Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades:

    (CLICK HERE FOR CHART LINK #1!)
    (CLICK HERE FOR CHART LINK #2!)

    Typical April Trading: Mid-Month Surge Stronger Second Half

    Over the recent 21 years April is the top-ranked month for DJIA. April ranks #3 S&P 500, #5 for NASDAQ, #2 for Russell 1000 and #4 for Russell 2000. Average gains over the period range from a low of 1.19% by NASDAQ to a respectable 2.29% by DJIA. The first half of April used to outperform the second half, but since 1994 that has no longer been the case. In fact the second half of April is stronger over the recent 21-year period.

    Early April trading is usually positive for the first 4 days then flattens off until mid-month. Then the market tends to surge from the tenth to the fifteenth trading days. DJIA tends to close out the month strongest with NASDAQ closing weakest.

    Except for DJIA weighed down by Boeing (BA), stocks are having an above average month so far, which is quite typical in Pre-Election years where April has tended to be even stronger.

    (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!)

    Claims Bode Well For Equities

    Earlier today on our Twitter account, we retweeted a chart from Bloomberg's Joe Weisenthal of inverted Jobless Claims versus the S&P 500. We have used this chart as an argument for the bullish case for the past several years. As we mentioned in a blog post this morning, Initial Jobless Claims came in earlier this week with a sizable drop off, down to 196K versus last week's revised 204K and expectations of 210K. This week's print was not only a new low for the current cycle, it is also the lowest reading since 1969. That sort of new low could be a good sign for equities. As shown in the chart below, claims and the S&P have mirrored each other since bottoming following the financial crisis. (In the chart, we have inverted claims on the right axis.) As the S&P 500 inches its way back towards all time highs, so has claims towards new lows. Additionally, with recent low prints for claims bucking what had previously appeared to be an upside trend reversal, the bullish case for the S&P 500 is growing.

    (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!)

    Optimism Growing Again

    The American Association of Individual Investors updated their weekly investor sentiment survey this morning and the results are very similar to the final days of February with bullish sentiment around 40%, bearish down near 20%, and neutral once again in the upper 30's. Up from 35.02% last week, bullish sentiment has crossed back over the 40% threshold; the first time it has done so since the previously mentioned week in February. While bullish sentiment is sitting a couple of points above the historical average, this is still several percentage points from reaching any sort of extreme level (more than one standard deviation above the aforementioned average). For that to happen, bullish sentiment would have to come in above 48.36%. If that occurs, then it could be a sign that investors are getting a little too optimistic.

    (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!)

    Bearish sentiment, on the other hand, fell all the way back down to 20.38% this week, the lowest since its 20% reading on February 28th. That is around 10% less than the historical average for bearish sentiment. That is also at the lower end of the range bearish sentiment has stayed within in the past decade.

    (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!)

    Neutral sentiment has still yet to have moved above or below the upper 30's coming in at 39.33% this week after falling from similar levels down to 36.71% last week. That is the third time in the past month that neutral sentiment has come in between 39% and 40%.

    (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!)

    The December Low Indicator Has Bulls Smiling

    After the best first quarter for the S&P 500 Index since 1998, the big question is: What happens next? We've already discussed why a good start to a year could lead to more gains (here and here), but today we will take a look at another potentially positive signal.

    The December Low Indicator was created in the 1970s by Lucien Hooper, a former Forbes columnist and Wall Street analyst. Simply put, the indicator says that if the S&P 500 closes beneath the December low during the first quarter, it's a warning sign for potential weakness over the balance of the year. The flipside is if it doesn't, good times could be coming. Given the S&P 500 just went all of the first quarter without closing beneath the December 24 low, it's worth taking a deeper dive.

    Sure enough, there appears to be some truth to this concept. "The December low indicator seems quite simple, but it has a tremendous track record," explained LPL Senior Market Strategist Ryan Detrick. "When the S&P 500 stays above the December lows throughout the first quarter, the full year has been higher an incredible 34 out of the last 34 times, which bodes well for 2019." In fact, this warning even worked last year, as it triggered in the first quarter of 2018 and eventually played out during the big fourth quarter sell-off.

    As our LPL Chart of the Day shows, when the S&P 500 stays above the December lows in the first quarter, the full year does quite well.

    (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!)

    STOCK MARKET VIDEO: Stock Market Analysis Video for April 12th, 2019

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    STOCK MARKET VIDEO: ShadowTrader Video Weekly 04.14.19

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    Here are the most notable companies (tickers) reporting earnings in this upcoming trading week ahead-


    • $NFLX
    • $BAC
    • $C
    • $GS
    • $UNH
    • $JNJ
    • $APHA
    • $PIXY
    • $SCHW
    • $MTB
    • $PGR
    • $IBM
    • $ABT
    • $MS
    • $PEP
    • $BLK
    • $CMA
    • $TEAM
    • $CSX
    • $KMI
    • $AA
    • $URI
    • $ERIC
    • $WIT
    • $KSU
    • $UAL
    • $PLD
    • $ASML
    • $USB
    • $BK
    • $TXT
    • $FHN
    • $JBHT
    • $ISRG
    • $PNFP
    • $PIR
    • $LVS
    • $MLNX
    • $MBWM
    • $CCI
    • $SKX
    • $BMI
    (CLICK HERE FOR NEXT WEEK'S MOST NOTABLE EARNINGS RELEASES!)
    (CLICK HERE FOR NEXT WEEK'S HIGHEST VOLATILITY EARNINGS RELEASES!)
    (CLICK HERE FOR MONDAY MORNING'S MOST NOTABLE EARNINGS RELEASES!)
    (CLICK HERE FOR MOST ANTICIPATED EARNINGS RELEASES FOR THE NEXT 5 WEEKS!)

    Below are some of the notable companies coming out with earnings releases this upcoming trading week ahead which includes the date/time of release & consensus estimates courtesy of Earnings Whispers:


    Monday 4.15.19 Before Market Open:

    (CLICK HERE FOR MONDAY'S PRE-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!)

    Monday 4.15.19 After Market Close:

    (CLICK HERE FOR MONDAY'S AFTER-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!)

    Tuesday 4.16.19 Before Market Open:

    (CLICK HERE FOR TUESDAY'S PRE-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!)

    Tuesday 4.16.19 After Market Close:

    (CLICK HERE FOR TUESDAY'S AFTER-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!)

    Wednesday 4.17.19 Before Market Open:

    (CLICK HERE FOR WEDNESDAY'S PRE-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!)

    Wednesday 4.17.19 After Market Close:

    (CLICK HERE FOR WEDNESDAY'S AFTER-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!)

    Thursday 4.18.19 Before Market Open:

    ([CLICK HERE FOR THURSDAY'S PRE-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!]())

    N/A.

    Thursday 4.18.19 After Market Close:

    ([CLICK HERE FOR THURSDAY'S AFTER-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!]())

    N/A.


    Friday 4.19.19 Before Market Open:

    ([CLICK HERE FOR FRIDAY'S PRE-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!]())

    NONE. (U.S. MARKETS CLOSED IN OBSERVANCE OF GOOD FRIDAY).


    Friday 4.19.19 After Market Close:

    ([CLICK HERE FOR FRIDAY'S AFTER-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!]())

    NONE. (U.S. MARKETS CLOSED IN OBSERVANCE OF GOOD FRIDAY).


    Netflix, Inc. $351.14

    Netflix, Inc. (NFLX) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 4:00 PM ET on Tuesday, April 16, 2019. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.57 per share on revenue of $4.49 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.60 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 66% expecting an earnings beat The company's guidance was for earnings of approximately $0.56 per share. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 10.94% with revenue increasing by 21.32%. Short interest has increased by 10.5% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted lower by 0.2% from its open following the earnings release to be 4.2% above its 200 day moving average of $336.83. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. On Friday, April 12, 2019 there was some notable buying of 7,925 contracts of the $400.00 call expiring on Thursday, April 18, 2019. Option traders are pricing in a 4.3% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 5.9% move in recent quarters.

    (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!)


    Bank of America Corp. $30.17

    Bank of America Corp. (BAC) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 6:45 AM ET on Tuesday, April 16, 2019. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.65 per share on revenue of $23.29 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.67 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 69% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 4.84% with revenue decreasing by 14.11%. Short interest has decreased by 25.1% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 7.3% from its open following the earnings release to be 5.3% above its 200 day moving average of $28.66. Overall earnings estimates have been revised higher since the company's last earnings release. On Tuesday, April 9, 2019 there was some notable buying of 32,141 contracts of the $27.00 put and 32,059 contracts of the $32.00 call expiring on Friday, August 16, 2019. Option traders are pricing in a 2.6% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 2.6% move in recent quarters.

    (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!)


    Citigroup, Inc. $67.42

    Citigroup, Inc. (C) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 8:00 AM ET on Monday, April 15, 2019. The consensus earnings estimate is $1.78 per share on revenue of $18.71 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $1.84 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 58% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 5.95% with revenue decreasing by 22.15%. Short interest has decreased by 12.5% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 20.2% from its open following the earnings release to be 3.2% above its 200 day moving average of $65.31. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. On Friday, March 29, 2019 there was some notable buying of 17,657 contracts of the $59.00 put expiring on Thursday, April 18, 2019. Option traders are pricing in a 2.3% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 2.3% move in recent quarters.

    (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!)


    Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. $207.84

    Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 7:40 AM ET on Monday, April 15, 2019. The consensus earnings estimate is $4.74 per share on revenue of $8.97 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $5.21 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 60% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 31.80% with revenue decreasing by 10.62%. Short interest has increased by 9.7% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 11.1% from its open following the earnings release to be 0.1% below its 200 day moving average of $208.02. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. On Friday, April 12, 2019 there was some notable buying of 6,817 contracts of the $220.00 call and 5,555 contracts of the $195.00 put expiring on Thursday, April 18, 2019. Option traders are pricing in a 2.7% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 3.1% move in recent quarters.

    (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!)


    UnitedHealth Group, Inc. $223.22

    UnitedHealth Group, Inc. (UNH) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 5:55 AM ET on Tuesday, April 16, 2019. The consensus earnings estimate is $3.59 per share on revenue of $59.66 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $3.66 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 72% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 18.09% with revenue increasing by 8.10%. Short interest has decreased by 1.1% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted lower by 10.7% from its open following the earnings release to be 13.4% below its 200 day moving average of $257.63. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. On Friday, April 12, 2019 there was some notable buying of 4,190 contracts of the $227.50 call and 3,732 contracts of the $227.50 put expiring on Thursday, April 18, 2019. Option traders are pricing in a 3.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 3.6% move in recent quarters.

    (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!)


    Johnson & Johnson $135.98

    Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 6:40 AM ET on Tuesday, April 16, 2019. The consensus earnings estimate is $2.03 per share on revenue of $19.63 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $2.06 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 48% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 1.46% with revenue decreasing by 1.89%. Short interest has decreased by 22.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 6.1% from its open following the earnings release to be 1.0% above its 200 day moving average of $134.65. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. On Monday, April 8, 2019 there was some notable buying of 1,510 contracts of the $170.00 call expiring on Friday, January 17, 2020. Option traders are pricing in a 1.9% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 2.6% move in recent quarters.

    (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!)


    Aphria Inc. $10.10

    Aphria Inc. (APHA) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 7:05 AM ET on Monday, April 15, 2019. The consensus estimate is for a loss of $0.04 per share on revenue of $41.11 million. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 70% expecting an earnings beat. Short interest has decreased by 26.9% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 57.1% from its open following the earnings release. On Thursday, April 11, 2019 there was some notable buying of 1,595 contracts of the $9.50 put expiring on Thursday, April 18, 2019. Option traders are pricing in a 6.9% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 5.2% move in recent quarters.

    (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!)


    ShiftPixy, Inc. $1.20

    ShiftPixy, Inc. (PIXY) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 8:00 AM ET on Monday, April 15, 2019. The consensus estimate is for a loss of $0.10 per share on revenue of $14.84 million. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 59% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 11.11% with revenue increasing by 88.16%. Short interest has decreased by 14.8% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted lower by 34.8% from its open following the earnings release to be 54.0% below its 200 day moving average of $2.61. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. The stock has averaged a 27.8% move on earnings in recent quarters.

    (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!)


    Charles Schwab Corp. $45.35

    Charles Schwab Corp. (SCHW) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 8:45 AM ET on Monday, April 15, 2019. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.66 per share on revenue of $2.70 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.68 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 61% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 20.00% with revenue increasing by 12.59%. Short interest has decreased by 5.4% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted lower by 0.7% from its open following the earnings release to be 3.8% below its 200 day moving average of $47.14. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 there was some notable buying of 3,000 contracts of the $43.50 put expiring on Thursday, April 18, 2019. Option traders are pricing in a 2.6% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 2.9% move in recent quarters.

    (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!)


    M&T Bank Corp $167.76

    M&T Bank Corp (MTB) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 6:35 AM ET on Monday, April 15, 2019. The consensus earnings estimate is $3.29 per share on revenue of $1.50 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $3.35 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 48% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 11.90% with revenue decreasing by 2.65%. Short interest has decreased by 2.4% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 5.6% from its open following the earnings release to be 1.6% above its 200 day moving average of $165.09. Overall earnings estimates have been revised higher since the company's last earnings release. On Friday, April 12, 2019 there was some notable buying of 841 contracts of the $165.00 put expiring on Thursday, April 18, 2019. Option traders are pricing in a 3.3% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 3.0% move in recent quarters.

    (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!)


    DISCUSS!

    What are you all watching for in this upcoming trading week ahead?


    Have a fantastic Sunday and a great trading week ahead to everyone here on r/stocks!

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    Air NZ's Long Term Market Performance: And How We Can Use it to Predict Long Term Investing in the Aerospace Industry

    Posted: 13 Apr 2019 01:26 PM PDT

    Any Kiwis out there who fly on Air New Zealand?

    Based in Auckland, the airline has been a staple since it's founding in the country's capital Wellington in 1940. The airline has reasonable growth in the Oceanic, Tasman, and Asian Markets. The airline also serves destinations in the U.S. including Los Angeles and San Francisco. They are also a Star Alliance Member and serve destinations with their partners.

    How can we use their growth to predict their future market performance? We need to apply their research to help airlines within other parts of the world do better. I read up on their interim financial results for the fiscal year made by their Chief Finacial Officer Jeff McDowall. It was a very interesting report that stated why Air New Zealand needs to grow in the Southern Pacific air travel markets. Mr. McDowall has been with Air New Zealand since 2008 and spent 6 years prior as a management consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers in NZ. I will link his Powerpoint below if anyone is interested in reading over them. They have acquired many new planes within the past few years, and have a very low fleet age. Air NZ does not use any 737MAXs, so the problems recently with the MAX airplanes did not affect them grounding any of their planes. Air NZ received a good Baa2 rating from Moody's, and shows reasonable growth of Air New Zealand Ltd.'s stock performance within the coming fiscal years.

    Thanks.

    Air New Zealand's Yearly Financial Review Made by CFO Jeff McDowall

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    Risk in cash flow predictions

    Posted: 13 Apr 2019 01:04 PM PDT

    I figured that the discount rate would inevitably need to include some sort of risk besides the interest rate. Let's face it, if my forcast for Company A reveals that it will grow by 20%, i'd be more than willing to take that offer. Such an investment would almost be too good to be true considering that all blue-ship stocks generally grow at a slower, but more secure pace. "More secure" is what struck me, how can i be so sure that Company A is any greater than your typical blue-ship stocks? How would i figure out the appropriate discount rate given a forcasted cash flow? A company with 20% growth must surely have a greater discount rate, the "logic" doesn't check out. Any thoughts?

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    Shortsell Stocks - Any Tips on Tickers?

    Posted: 13 Apr 2019 12:57 PM PDT

    So I've been investing since the beginning of this year and have done pretty well with an initial investment pool of about 12k. So far, with just short sells, I've gotten about a 12-14% return (1700 realized gain).

    I was wondering if anyone had any tips on short sell stocks that they've found that have given good returns.

    My current short sells have been: HUBS AMD NVIDIA ZS PAYC ROKU SFIX OKTA WDAY TWLO SHOP DVA AMZN

    They have been my money makers.

    Some of these companies show great potential for long term, but I'm not interested in that at the moment. I slowly reinvest my profits into the long terms bit by bit. AMZN being one of them. AMZN fluctuates so much that it can make you an easy 200 off the bat, and I usually aim to make a bare minimum of 50 to 75 off each.

    If you guys have any tips of strategies or tickers, I'd be greatly appreciative!

    Happy investing!

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    What gives a share value?

    Posted: 13 Apr 2019 12:25 AM PDT

    I understand that a company can be profitable and stock prices tend to reflect that value by going up due to positive factors such as an increase in earnings or negative factors such as lots of debt, however I don't understand what makes people buy stocks in the first place, since it is not as though stock prices automatically go up when these positive factors occur, it is the fact that people are buying the stock that it rises in price. Ultimately, don't people depend on other people to raise the price of a stock? Then what is stopping everyone from just not buying stocks, keeping the value of the share the same no matter how many positive factors exist? It's hard to formulate this question properly, but basically isn't the value of shares made up? This question is mainly focussed on stocks which don't pay a dividend. I'm new to the stock market so apologise if this is a silly question.

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    Why do brokers do this ?

    Posted: 13 Apr 2019 06:16 AM PDT

    So if the minimum deposit is for example 1000 dollars, and you deposit 1000 and instantly withdraw 500, can't you just trade with the 500 ? If so, why do brokers even have minimum deposits ?

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    How is working with stock be considered passive income?

    Posted: 13 Apr 2019 11:39 AM PDT

    If stocks require you to actively sell, buy, and research how can the income you earn be considered passive?

    Can't find this answer in the subreddit resources

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    Best way to take advantage of pre-trade prices?

    Posted: 13 Apr 2019 03:08 AM PDT

    How does one best use pre trade stock prices? I heard that DIS was way up before the bell, but I didn't know what to do with this knowledge. As a 9th grader level of stock investment knowledge is really appreciate if someone could take me through-step by step - how to

    1. Find pretrade prices on US stocks
    2. How to use this knowledge to Best buy or sell a stock.
    3. Is it best to place an order before the bell or wait 30 mins to see where it's tracking etc?

    If anyone wants to take some time to allow others to understand the value of how to best trade stocks with knowledge of the pre-trade price? And THANKS in advance! 🙏

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    Limitations of market depth tools for stocks? Best available platforms?

    Posted: 13 Apr 2019 10:08 AM PDT

    Is it possible for any platform to give a complete picture of the market depth for a particular symbol? Or is it the case that some exchanges don't publish anything other than the highest bid / lowest ask?

    I recently started using ToS and while I like the design of its "Active Trader" tool, I quickly discovered that the information it presents is very incomplete. With level 2 open in another panel, I could see orders in the NASDAQ full book which weren't reflected in the ladder of bid/ask size totals in Active Trader.

    Suppose I have an order I'd like to place and would like to have quickly filled. If the size of my order exceeds the sum of all asks (or bids if selling) closest to the current price, I'd like to have some idea of how far from the current price I'd need to go to have the order filled. Without an accurate view of the market depth it seems like this question would be impossible to answer.

    Are there any websites/tools/platforms out there which can provide that information? (A big plus if they're web-based or can run under Linux since I have to use that for my regular job.)

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    Source for average annualized return of any stock

    Posted: 13 Apr 2019 09:47 AM PDT

    I was wondering if there is a source out there that you can search the average annual return of a stock. Something like the info provided in this snip I took from the vanguard website for $VTI -- Picture

    I'm hoping to see how the stocks in my current portfolio have done on an annual basis over the past 10 years and my google-fu has failed me. Thanks!

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    2019 Amazon Annual Meeting Proxy Statement seems to contain some crap...

    Posted: 13 Apr 2019 08:57 AM PDT

    I'm reading through and line items 7, 12, and 15 seem like no-brainer "YES" votes but the board is recommending to vote "AGAINST".

    https://ir.aboutamazon.com/2019-annual-meeting-shareholders

    I find it funny that in #7 they obfuscate with the same GWOT from #6 and then tack on a paragraph about totally unrelated tech. Where's this "Amazon Car" and why are "TV's" getting brought into the discussion about facial recognition security? Who doesn't and why don't we want a report on these dangers?

    In #12, I would like to see what type of qualifications the board has if they're going to be making recommendations to me, the shareholder. Isn't that basically like looking at the job application of someone you want to hire? This is not racial or gender diversity but diversity of thought on a board controlling the direction of Amazon.

    #15 seems to hit a bit close considering our current state of confusion in the governments and courts. I understand after reading the proxy how some people would just NOT vote on proposals and that shouldn't be considered as an against vote but instead not counted at all. Just being a shareholder shouldn't mandate that you vote, it should give you the right to vote of your own volition.

    Has anyone else read it and have a different take away for some reason?

    Edit: In case I didn't misunderstand the sidebar, I'm supposed to disclose that I own some Amazon stock. That's why I'm bringing this up!

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    Tech analysis for BA

    Posted: 13 Apr 2019 07:53 AM PDT

    I'm teaching myself technical analysis and have been looking at BA a lot lately. They had a pretty big jump from about 370 to 379. Anyone think this is the bounce off support at the 200 day SMA? Seems like there's support there, but again I'm just learning.

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    What’s your opinion of Cisco stock

    Posted: 12 Apr 2019 11:02 PM PDT

    I see a lot of hype around buying Cisco stock lately.

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nasdaq.com/article/has-cisco-systems-csco-outpaced-other-computer-and-technology-stocks-this-year-cm1127073/amp

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/04/11/cisco-apple-ibm-are-leading-the-dow-this-year-but-only-2-look-good.html

    Cisco has been for years viewed as a big legacy tech company and hasn't seen much of a boom since the dotcom era. However, Cisco stock has been up since January of this year.

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    Good Wall Street Podcasts?

    Posted: 12 Apr 2019 10:39 PM PDT

    I do a lot of driving in my line of work and I'm looking for some good, informational, current events-type Wall Street podcasts. Also looking for podcasts on investing in general or economics as well. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks! :)

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    How to access old stocks?

    Posted: 13 Apr 2019 01:44 AM PDT

    My grandfather (rest his soul) bought me one or two stocks in SeaWorld a long time ago, about ten or so years. Now, I'd like to sell whatever I have after all those years but have no idea how to see what I have now or even where I can access that information. What's my best plan for tracking it down?

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    Disney shares are surging but some analysts are not sold on the streaming service

    Posted: 12 Apr 2019 03:26 PM PDT

    https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/12/disney-shares-are-surging-but-some-analysts-are-not-sold-on-the-streaming-service.html

    Disney on Thursday announced its much-anticipated streaming platform Disney+, and Chairman and CEO Bob Iger claimed its company's brand name gives it an edge over rival streaming service Netflix.

    However, some analysts covering the streaming space are doubtful of Disney+'s ability to disrupt Netflix's dominant position.

    "We do not view Disney+ as a strong alternative to Netflix," says SunTrust tech analyst Matthew Thornton. "Bottom-line, Disney+ features family content, while Netflix offers a much broader range of content with the majority of the most-searched content on the platform."

    "We still do not view it as a major threat to Netflix subscriber numbers given Netflix's quality & quantity of content, along with the global secular shift toward streaming," says J.P. Morgan analyst Doug Anmuth.

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