Good morning. Stocks continued their recent slide on Friday, as many big tech names faced analyst..
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 27,657.42 | -0.88% | | | | S&P 3,319.47 | -1.12% | | | | NASDAQ 10,793.28 | -1.07% | | | | *As of market close | | • | Stocks slid into the weekend, closing slightly off their lows. | | • | Oil prices traded flat, closing at $40.98 per barrel. | | • | Gold prices rose 0.4 percent, hitting $1,957 per ounce. | | • | Cryptocurrencies were slightly down, with Bitcoin last trading around $11,056. | | | | | | | | What to Do Now as the FANG Stocks Get a Downgrade | | | | On Friday, Barclays Bank downgraded the FANG stocks and Microsoft (MSFT), to market weight. That's a neutral rating overall, but given that the word "sell" is a dirty word on Wall Street, it's a major shot across the bow of the major companies that have driven markets higher in the past year. The biggest insult? Barclays stated its main concern: That stock valuations are completely out of whack, and on par with a level last seen during the tech bubble.
» FULL STORY | | | | | | Insider Trading Report: Molson Coors Beverage (TAP) | | | | Louis Vachon, a director at Molson Coors Beverage (TAP), recently added to his stake with a 3,000 share buy. That brings his total holdings to over 26,400 shares for a 13 percent increase. The total buy came to just over $105,000. With the stock market in selloff mode, a holding in the beverage space is a great defensive sector to be in, so it's no surprise that directors are buying now. » FULL STORY | | | | | | Unusual Options Activity: Snapchat (SNAP) | | | | The November $21 put options on Snapchat (SNAP) saw a massive 165-fold surge in volume, with over 30,200 contracts trading hands on Friday. The bet, expiring in 60 days, is nearly 10 percent out-of-the-money, given the recent share price of $23.82 on Friday. The trader buying the contracts paid about $1.25 per contract. For the option to profit at expiration, shares would need to slide under $20 between now and November.
» FULL STORY | | | | | | | TOP | | APTV | 6.796% | | | ZM | 6.198% | | | TSLA | 4.421% | | | MRO | 2.992% | | | NWSA | 2.827% | | | BOTTOM | | NCLH | 5.852% | | | CCL | 5.727% | | | PEAK | 5.338% | | | VNO | 5.19% | | | KIM | 5.508% | | | | | | | | | Measures of equity valuations are now at 2000 dot-com bubble levels and appear to be pricing in an ideal scenario… We are reluctant to chase the rally by paying above the elevated market multiples. | | - Barclays analysts on the reason to downgrade the entire FANG complex on Friday | | |
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