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The relentless march higher for credit card heavyweights Visa and MasterCard may be over (and take American Express with it), should PayPal prove to be the canary in the credit coal mine.
Why? Their charts look eerily similar, with Paypal potentially being the leader.
I don’t normally follow HHC that closely, but it jumped at me since it’s the top after-hours loser. Before this evening’s activity, it looks like the stock has already been on a wild ride. I didn’t research it, but I can only assume that monstrous jump on huge volume earlier this year was due to some very promising news.
This week kicks off earnings season in full blast mode. I’ve tinted a few logos that I think are going to be especially interesting. Thursday afternoon in particular should be a barn-burner.
As strong as stocks have been lately, one particular group which has shown Herculean strength has been homebuilders. One ETF in particular, symbol ITB, has made a habit of making daily highs. Looking at the Bollinger Bands, however, we would seem to be, shall we say, stretched to the upside.
More good news for you options hounds out there: our third iteration of the Slope Options Analyzer for Payoffs (SOAP). This has definitely become a labor of love, and it’s eating up about 90% of our engineering efforts. In the end, I think we’ll all be delighted with the result. The interface has totally changed.
