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When Caterpillar Goes Up Most Of The Day On A Tuesday. What do you do?

First you check out what the markets are doing at that point in time. You could then check out what the markets were doing back in the morning. Then maybe check out it's five day chart. What about news? Here is all I could find. So what are the Puts doing? These ones are five dollars "out-of-the-money". For interest only here is how the 520 Puts traded thirty-eight minutes ago followed by how they are trading now. Caterpillar is still going slightly up. So this is one of those let's pick a top moments without anyone knowing what is best do do. I would be jumping in now. Other companies like Deere and Tesla may also be running out of steam. Tuesdays going into Wednesdays. One issue that concerns me is that institutional buyers are not afraid the buy into charging markets, even in the aftermarkets. Yet Caterpillar up 5% in one day. That kind of move warrants taking the chance to fight it on the downside and Wednesdays can sometimes be turn around days in the ma...

Sundial And 2.4 billion Shares Outstanding

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Back in 2019 when this Canadian stock went public (Symbol SNDL) it traded for eight dollars a share. It didn't stay at that price level for very long. Look where it is at now and look at how it continues to slide downwards. Does it look like its going to turn around in the near future? The companies CEO seems to think so given what he says but in 2021 they lost $232 million and their sales were flat. It'a Calgary based company with 580 employees (2021) trying to dance to the changes in the marijuana industry. You see marijuana companies are scrabbling to find new ways to sell their product. Growing it is now not the issue. Being able to find channels of distribution to move the product is now the difficult part. Everyone talks about building "brand recognition" but for a number of reasons including packaging and advertising restrictions it's difficult to differentiate yourself from your competition. Thank goodness for most major growers, in this industry the ...

Nasdaq Rules About The One Dollar Level. A Quick Interesting Read

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When I was reading about "Sundial", a Calgary based marijuana stock I came across these rules and how they are applied. Watch for a future blog about Sundial, a stock with 2.06 billion shares outstanding.