Long Volatility on U.S. Stocks Before Their Earnings Reports

Gold Silver Reports – Keep a bias toward long volatility on U.S. stocks before their earnings reports, JPMorgan Chase & Co says.

The options market is expecting earnings-related volatility to be roughly in line with the historical average, but a larger-than-normal risypremium is justified by “the important and idiosyncratic tax reform data point accompanying companies’ earnings reports,” JPMorgan strategists Shawn Quigg, Marko Kolanovic and Bram Kaplan wrote in a report.

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`Disastrous’ Deals Sideline Gold-Mining M&A as Metal Rises

Gold Silver Reports – `Disastrous’ Deals Sideline Gold-Mining M&A as Metal Rises  — Stung by some lousy investments that led to billions of dollars in losses a few years ago, the world’s major goldproducers have cut way back on mining deals — even as metal prices posted their biggest rally since 2010.

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