Investors considering a purchase of Flex LNG Ltd (Symbol: FLNG) stock, but tentative about paying the going market price of $30.12/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their disposal. One interesting put contract in particular,
Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, in trading on Wednesday, shares of Synovus Financial Corp (Symbol: SNV) were yielding above the 4% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.52), with the stock changing hands as low as $37.68 on the d
At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed the latest batch of the 27 most recent 13F filings for the 12/31/2023 reporting period, and noticed that Ishares Core Msci Eafe Etf (Symbol: IEFA) was held by 11 of these funds. When hedge fund managers appear to be thinking alike, we find i
March WTI crude oil (CLH24 ) this morning is down -2.04 (-2.62%), and Mar RBOB gasoline (RBH24 ) is down -7.10 (-3.09%). Crude oil and gasoline prices this morning are moderately lower. Today's weaker-than-expected global economic news was negative for energy demand and crude prices. Losses in crude accelerated after...
Nvidia is expected to finish fiscal 2024 with revenue of $59 billion, translating into a five-year revenue compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 38% using the company's fiscal 2019 revenue of $11 billion as a base.
On 2/2/24, Dynagas LNG Partners LP's 9.00% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Units (Symbol: DLNG.PRA) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.5625, payable on 2/12/24. As a percentage of DLNG.PRA's recent share price of $25.41, this dividend works out
On 2/2/24, Old National Bancorp's 7.00% Dep Shares Non-Cumul Preferred Stock Ser A (Symbol: ONBPP) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.4375, payable on 2/20/24. As a percentage of ONBPP's recent share price of $25.30, this dividend works out to approximate
On 2/2/24, Territorial Bancorp Inc's 9.00% Fix/Float Series B Non-Cumul Perp Pref Stock (Symbol: TECTP) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.225, payable on 2/15/24. As a percentage of TECTP's recent share price of $10.20, this dividend works out to approxi
Bargain hunters are wise to pay careful attention to insider buying, because although there are many various reasons for an insider to sell a stock, presumably the only reason they would use their hard-earned dollars to make a purchase, is that they expect to make money. Today
Today, the FOMC is expected to keep the federal funds target range at 5.25%-5.50%. However, the main focus for the markets will be clues from the FOMC on when it will begin cutting interest rates and the tapering of Quantitative Tightening (QT). The markets have fully priced in a 25...
Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Skyworks Solutions Inc (Symbol: SWKS), where a total volume of 8,539 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of appro
Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in ServiceNow Inc (Symbol: NOW), where a total volume of 6,713 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately
Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Stryker Corp (Symbol: SYK), where a total of 6,313 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 631,300 underlying shares. That amounts to about 45.8% of SYK
Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in lululemon athletica inc (Symbol: LULU), where a total volume of 15,135 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of app
Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Whirlpool Corp (Symbol: WHR), where a total of 8,675 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 867,500 underlying shares. That amounts to about 80.1% of W
Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in International Business Machines Corp (Symbol: IBM), where a total volume of 38,097 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is represent
Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in PTC Inc (Symbol: PTC), where a total of 5,364 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 536,400 underlying shares. That amounts to about 64.9% of PTC's av
Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 2/2/24, OceanFirst Financial Corp (Symbol: OCFC), Citigroup Inc (Symbol: C), and WestAmerica Bancorporation (Symbol: WABC) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. OceanFirst Financia
Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 2/2/24, Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (Symbol: OHI), Webster Financial Corp (Symbol: WBS), and Concentrix Corp (Symbol: CNXC) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. Omega Healthc
Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 2/2/24, Assurant Inc (Symbol: AIZ), Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. (Symbol: LBAI), and Blackstone Inc (Symbol: BX) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. Assurant Inc will pay its quarterly