Benzinga PreMarket Prep

"A Random Walk Down Wall Street" is an influential stock market and investing related book written by Burton Malkiel, a leading economist, professor and former director of the Vanguard group and trustee of Vanguard Mutual funds. Malkiel's book created the random walk theory, which argues that prior...

Nic Chahine, author of Create Income With Options Spreads, was a guest on Benzinga's PreMarket Prep show on Tuesday to discuss among many things, his view on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). Apple stock used to be considered a "slam dunk" according to Chahine, but now he's worried...

Wednesday's edition of Benzinga's PreMarket Prep featured an interesting conversation on what stocks are affected by hurricane season. Two hurricanes, Lester and Madeline, are honing in Hawaii and residents are being encouraged to stockpile on water and emergency supplies ahead of what...

Benzinga's own Garrett Cook was a guest on Benzinga's PreMarket Prep daily show on August 24 to talk about the oil market. Cook was invited to discuss his in-depth knowledge of the oil market and to offer his expertise at a time when the commodity was showing erratic trading characteristics. On...

Nic Chahine, an options expert who specializes in selling options spreads to create a steady income, was a guest on Tuesday's edition of Benzinga's PreMarket Prep to discuss how to take advantage of risk arbitrage. Chahine started off by saying that while the market is "dangerously bullish" and "...

Sean Udall, the CIO of Quantum Trading Strategies and tech stocks expert, joined Benzinga's PreMarket Prep last week, where he explained his bullish thesis for the overall market. Udall has a 2,450 target on the S&P 500 index which implies continued upside from its current level...

Famed journalist, CNBC contributor and Managing Partner of Pacific Square Research, Herb Greenberg, was a special guest on Benzinga's PreMarket Prep Thursday. Among the many topics of conversation included Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA). Alibaba is in the midst of making a recovery...

Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) has announced a huge deal to expand its cloud business by buying NetSuite Inc (NYSE: N) for $9.3 billion. “Oracle and NetSuite could applications are complementary and will coexist in the marketplace forever,” Oracle CEO Mark Hurd said in a statement....

The markets are climbing to new heights, and commodities are hanging on for the ride. Gold and silver futures are have soared over the past year. Brexit included, KODEX Gold Futures(H) (KRX: 132030) are trading up a little over 4 percent over the past month, whereas KODEX Silver Futures(H) (KRX:...

The future of Apple is an unpredictable one. The tech company has fallen off 14 percent from its year-to-date high of $112.10 and now sits around $96.50. On Friday’s PreMarket Prep, Wedbush Securities’ Ian Winer gave his bullish and bearish cases for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). ‘...

Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR)'s fall from grace has been well-documented. It was only one month ago that the stock dropped to an all-time low of $14.02, and Wall Street sentiment seems to be getting more and more bearish every day. Despite that negativity, Quantum Trading Strategies CIO Sean Udall...

Here are some of the most notable technicals discussed by Joel Elconin and Dennis Dick during Wednesday's edition of PreMarket Prep. S&P Futures hit a premarket high of $2,085.75. Elconin doesn't think we’ll be getting back up there Wednesday and also noted a key level of support...

Too busy to catch PreMarket Prep this morning? Don’t worry about it. Here’s what you missed: 'Nike Is Market-Dependent' "Create Income With Options Spreads" author Nic Chahine analyzed Nike Inc (NYSE: NKE)'s technicals, which rebounded off a weak earnings...

David Tawil is the co-founder of Maglan Capital and was a guest on Thursday's daily edition of Benzinga's Premarket Prep. His fund recently acquired a 7.6 percent stake in FairPoint Communications Inc (NASDAQ: FRP), a telecommunication company that provides data, voice and communications services...

In Monday morning’s PreMarket Prep, Jamie Anderson, managing principle of Tierra Funds, discussed the Tierra XP Latin America Real Estate ETF (NYSE: LARE) and whether or not investors should be buying Brazil. Brazil is currently in the middle of its longest recession in 80 years, and its...