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Option Block 471: Oprah vs. Howard Stern Options Blowout

Published: Oct. 20, 2015, 5:27 p.m.

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Trading Block: Oprah buys 10% of Weight Watchers, stock soars. Also, earnings!

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  • Walmart (WMT) stock plunged 10% last week on sharply lower guidance from the company.
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  • Analysts expect Amazon (AMZN) to report a 21% jump in revenue compared with the year-ago period.
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  • Yahoo (YHOO) is also expected to notch a 15% jump in revenue. Analysts are betting on Microsoft (MSFT) and IBM (IBM) to maintain reasonably healthy profits amid falling revenue, while American Airlines (AAL) is likely to see a big jump in earnings on plummeting fuel prices.
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Odd Block: Calls trade in Santander Consumer USA (SC), calls trade in Sirius XM Holdings (SIRI), and uts trade in Weight Watchers Intl. (WTW).

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Strategy Block: Tosaw discusses his most recent trading activities and why he has been staying away from bonds.

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Mail Block: Listener questions and comments

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  • Question from ONV - Do you focus on all stock options that trade at large multiples, or is there some other way that you determine which names to analyze?
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Around the Block: Google stands out amid low earnings expectations.

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