The First Trust CEF Income Opportunity ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Thursday, with over 273,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 27,000. Shares of FCEF were up about 5% on the day.
What happened
Shares of Carnival (NYSE: CCL) continued their rally on Thursday, with shares up as much as 14.5% in early trading. At 10:50 a.m. EDT today, shares were up 10.4%, and are up 57.8% so far this week.
In trading on Thursday, the iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF is outperforming other ETFs, up about 12.5% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Granite Point Mortgage Trust up about 33.2% and shares of Ladder Capital, up about 30.8% o
In trading on Thursday, railroads shares were relative laggards, up on the day by about 0.7%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Kansas City Southern, off about 2.2% and shares of Canadian National Railway off about 0.6% on the day.
The innovative tech company Fastly (NYSE: FSLY) is growing in a market that is poised to expand in a significant way over the long term. But that doesn't mean the stock represents an attractive investment for prudent investors.
Investors in CSX Corp (Symbol: CSX) saw new options become available today, for the May 29th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the CSX options chain for the new May 29th contracts and identified one put and one call contract
Investors in Biogen Inc (Symbol: BIIB) saw new options become available today, for the May 29th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the BIIB options chain for the new May 29th contracts and identified one put and one call contr
Investors in Gilead Sciences Inc (Symbol: GILD) saw new options become available today, for the May 29th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the GILD options chain for the new May 29th contracts and identified one put and one c
Investors in Lam Research Corp (Symbol: LRCX) saw new options begin trading today, for the May 29th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the LRCX options chain for the new May 29th contracts and identified one put and one call c
Investors in Comcast Corp (Symbol: CMCSA) saw new options begin trading today, for the May 29th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the CMCSA options chain for the new May 29th contracts and identified one put and one call cont
Investors in KLA Corp (Symbol: KLAC) saw new options begin trading today, for the May 29th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the KLAC options chain for the new May 29th contracts and identified one put and one call contract o
Investors in Marriott International, Inc. (Symbol: MAR) saw new options become available today, for the May 29th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the MAR options chain for the new May 29th contracts and identified one put an
Investors in Analog Devices Inc (Symbol: ADI) saw new options begin trading today, for the May 29th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the ADI options chain for the new May 29th contracts and identified one put and one call co
Investors in Xilinx, Inc. (Symbol: XLNX) saw new options begin trading today, for the May 29th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the XLNX options chain for the new May 29th contracts and identified one put and one call contra
In trading on Thursday, shares of Ameren Corp (Symbol: AEE) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $77.12, changing hands as high as $81.25 per share. Ameren Corp shares are currently trading up about 6.3% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of
Investors in Qualcomm Inc (Symbol: QCOM) saw new options become available today, for the May 29th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the QCOM options chain for the new May 29th contracts and identified one put and one call con
Investors in Electronic Arts, Inc. (Symbol: EA) saw new options begin trading today, for the May 29th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the EA options chain for the new May 29th contracts and identified one put and one call c
Before markets opened on Thursday, General Electric (NYSE: GE) withdrew its full-year 2020 guidance and warned that it expects earnings in its recently completed first quarter to be "materially below" the $0.10 per share target the company provided just one month ago.
Gold prices surged over 2% to their highest in a month on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve announced a massive stimulus to combat the economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic.
Investors in CME Group (Symbol: CME) saw new options begin trading today, for the May 29th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the CME options chain for the new May 29th contracts and identified one put and one call contract of