95.010High94.345Low5.91MVolume94.380Open94.620Pre Close560.23MTurnover1.71%Turnover Ratio--P/E (Static)346.60MShares98.28152wk High--P/B32.92BFloat Cap88.85352wk Low3.32Dividend TTM346.60MShs Float112.284Historical High3.50%Div YieldTTM0.70%Amplitude44.327Historical Low94.812Avg Price1Lot Size
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The Federal Reserve's decision on how much to cut interest rates has finally been unveiled today, causing significant market fluctuations. Without further ado, let's delve into the details of this watershed meeting. At 2 PM, the Fed released its statement and the dot plot for September. In the statement, the Fed announced a rate cut of 50 basis points, rather than the 25 basis points many had anticipated. Moving forwa...
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After the first debate, traders bought short-term bonds and sold long-term bonds. This week, the yield curve steepened by about 13 basis points, the largest two-day move since last October.
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$TFC 240719 37.50C$
Unusual 10,000 Buyer @.46
$IEF 240621 93.00C$
Unusual 35,000 Buyer @1.16
$LQD 240920 112.00C$
Unusual 15,000 Buyer @.40
Over the past few weeks there have been huge call buyers on LQD. I don't know enough about it to personally take a trade, however it could be a good play, but I will need more r...
I hope you are all enjoying your day in markets. I might not get around to too many articles this week, however today I want to quickly take a look at the Options Screener's performance from the few posts I have made and see if it has been performing worse than expected, better than expected, or neutral.
The original idea is to use the Options Screener to filter for unusual Options Buying activity with the thought that someone always knows something. ...
With rising inflation and potential increases in bond yields, I think bond funds, rather than US Treasuries, can provide greater flexibility and diversity to mitigate market uncertainties. While US Treasuries are secure government bonds, their fixed interest rates leave them exposed to inflation, so US Treasuries may provide lower yields. On the other hand, bond funds pool investors' funds to create a diverse bond portfolio. B...
When central banks embark on an easing cyc...
Tech has been killing it in the market this year, thanks to the artificial intelligence boom. The tech sector has lifted the entire market while other sectors have greatly underperformed.
Occasionally, an overheated sector will begin to cool off as investors rotate their capital into underperforming sectors in expectation of a broadening rally or a change in the economy.
Even the NASDAQ announced a special rebalancing later this month, ...
If you want guaranteed returns on a low risk investment, then look towards fixed income investing. US treasuries are some of the least risky investments in the fixed income space.
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