Good morning. October once again proved to be a challenging month for stocks.
It's the monthly jobs numbers today and they're not going to be pretty and will be possibly the tip of the iceberg as we head into May.
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| | | | DOW 26,329.19 | -1.24% | | | | S&P 3,249.96 | -1.82% | | | | NASDAQ 10,911.59 | -2.45% | | | | *As of market close | | • | Stocks slid on Friday as many big-name tech companies disappointed on earnings. | | • | Oil declined 1.8 percent, closing at $35.51 per barrel. | | • | Gold rallied 0.6 percent, closing at $1,879 per ounce. | | • | Cryptocurrencies mostly gained, with Bitcoin rising 0.5 percent to $13,536. | | | | | | | | Follow this Election Trend for Profits | | | | Certain sectors of the economy tend to be more susceptible to an election than others. Defense spending can impact the value of defense contractors. One of the bigger areas that tends to see big swings? Managed-care companies, also known as the health-insurers. History shows that these companies tend to decline before an election, and then recover. A recent analysis shows that these stocks tend to underperform the stock market by over one-third heading into an election.
» FULL STORY | | | | | | Insider Trading Report: Universal Insurance Holdings (UVE) | | | | Jon Springer, President and CRO at Universal Insurance (UVE), recently picked up 10,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by nearly 2 percent and came to just over $117,000. He was joined by Stephen Donaghy, CEO, who also picked up 10,000 shares, paying just over $119,000. The company CIO also picked up 350 shares. This is the second cluster of insider buying in 2020, and insiders have been entire buyers since 2019. » FULL STORY | | | | | | Unusual Options Activity: NIO Limited (NIO) | | | | Chinese electric-vehicle company NIO Limited (NIO) has been a runaway winner and popular stock to trade. One trader sees shares heading even higher before the end of the year. That's based on the surge in buying on the December $39 calls. Over 1,580 contracts traded on Friday, a ten-fold rise in volume from the prior open interest of 158. The trade expires in 48 days, and requires a near-30 percent jump in shares from here to move in-the-money.
» FULL STORY | | | | | | | TOP | | MHK | 10.897% | | | RMD | 6.924% | | | DVN | 5.681% | | | TAP | 5.623% | | | CCL | 5.624% | | | BOTTOM | | TWTR | 21.114% | | | ETSY | 8.179% | | | ADM | 7.372% | | | ILMN | 7.05% | | | WU | 6.896% | | | | | | | | | When you think about the U.S. elections, Covid worsening [and] all sorts of other news items coming out in the next couple of weeks, it could be a fairly scary time. One thing we pointed to for a while… is the chance the election results are delayed. In that case, it's almost certainly risk-off. So, a lot of reasons to be concerned over the next week to ten days. | | - Michael Schumacher of Wells Fargo Securities on the potential risk for markets over the next week as the election plays out amidst increasing Covid lockdowns around the world. | | |
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