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Next week the volume will dry up as traders head out to stuff themselves for the Thanksgiving holiday. With the market close Thursday and a half day on Friday economic data will be packed into the first three days of the week. Traders will be watching GDP and Consumer Confidence on Tuesday and then Wednesday Michigan Sentiment Durable Orders and New Home Sales will affect trading. Expect Friday to be super slow as traders nurse their Turkey hangovers. Monday November 23Economics 10:00 Existing Home Sales 5.65m cons. Earnings Before: JOBS BJS CPB LDK TSNAfter: ADI ATW CTRN HPQ NUANAuctions11:30 3-Month ...

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Weaker-than-expected results from Dell (DELL) pushed the tech sector lower Friday, which in turn sent the broad market skidding into the red. Disappointing results from builder D.R. Horton (DHI) also weighed on sentiment, adding to worries the real estate market will continue to hamper a recovery in the U.S. economy.[More...]

Today’s tickers: XRT, MGM, DE, GLD, UUP, NWL, HNZ, EWZ, UNH, OSTK & STEC

XRT - SPDR S&P Retail ETF – A three-legged transaction in the December contract on the retail exchange-traded fund reveals bearish sentiment by one investor. Shares of the XRT are trading nearly 1% higher today to $34.60. It looks like the trader sold call options in order to offset the cost of buying a put spread. The put spread involved the purchase of 5,000 puts at the December 33 strike for a premium of 1.07 apiece, marked against the sale off 5,000 puts at the lower December 30 strike for approximately 37 cents each. The sale of 5,000 calls at the higher December 36 strike knocked another 87 cents per contract off the total price of the bearish play. The investor more than offset the cost of buying the spread and thus receives a net credit of 17 cents per contract. The full credit is retained by the trader as long as shares of the XRT remain below $36.00 through expiration. Additional profits may accumulate if shares dip below $33.00, while maximum potential gains of 3.00 per contract require that shares trade down to $30.00.

MGM - MGM Mirage, Inc. – Shares of the casino resort operator slipped 2.5% lower to $9.40 today but one options optimist initiated a bullish play on the stock in the March 2010 contract. It appears the trader put on a ratio call spread by buying one in-the-money call option for every three out-of-the-money calls sold. The investor purchased 10,000 calls at the deep in-the-money March 7.0 strike for 3.20 apiece and simultaneously sold 30,000 calls at the higher March 12 strike for 1.05 each. The net cost of the transaction is reduced to just one nickel per contract. The investor probably does not expect shares to rally through $12.00 by expiration because he is short 20,000 calls at that strike price in the March contract. Shares of MGM last traded above $12.00 on October 14, 2009.

DE - Deere & Co. – A large bearish butterfly spread appeared in the March 2010 contract on the agricultural equipment maker. The transaction indicates one investor is positioning for significant declines in the price of DE shares by expiration. Shares are down 1% to $46.76 with just under 90 minutes remaining in the trading day. The investor purchased the upper wing of the spread at the March 40 strike…

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H.J. Heinz Co. (HNZ) dominates in the ketchup market.  There is no second.  And Heinz has taken advantage of its revered ketchup brand over the years to develop organically and acquire other brands. However, its overdependence on developed markets and a sluggish U.S. consumer are currently holding the company back. Emerging markets are where ...

H.J. Heinz Co. (NYSE: HNZ) dominates in the ketchup market. There is no second. And Heinz has taken advantage of its revered ketchup brand over the years to develop organically and acquire other brands.[More...]

Companies featured in this segment: Solutia Incorporated (NYSE:SOA), H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE:HNZ), Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM), General Motors Corporation (NYSE:GM), Mitsui & Company Limited (NASDAQ:MITSY), ArcelorMittal (NYSE:MT), National Mineral Development Corporation (BOM:526371), LG International Corporation (SEO:001120), Bank VTB OAO (MCX:MTBR), Areva (EPA:CPI), Pohang Iron and Steel Company (NYSE:PKX), JCT Limited (BOM:500223), Suzlon Energy Limited (BOM:532667), PTC India Limited (BOM:532524), Xcel Energy Incorporated (NYSE:XEL), General Electric (NYSE:GE), Alstom (EPA:ALO)

Companies featured in this segment: FPL Group Incorporated (NYSE:FPL), H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE:HNZ), China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (NYSE:SNP), ArcelorMittal (NYSE:MT), Inca Pacific Resources Incorporated (CVE:IPR), Gazprom, (RTD:GAZP), Eni S.p.A. (NYSE:E), Total S.A. (NYSE:TOT), The National Aluminum Company (BOM:532234), Econergy International plc (LON:ECG), Tarpon Investment Group Limited (SAO:TARP11), Tata Steel Limited (BOM:500470), BlueScope Steel (ASX:BSL)

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