E*Trade Generation Trader: Preview of Netflix Earnings
Generation Trader, sponsored by E*Trade, follows and highlights the most compelling business stories that are moving the market. This episode features Netflix ahead of its latest earnings report, with E*Trade's Senior Equity Option Strategist Mary Ryan.
Shares of Netflix are already up nearly 18 percent this year, and on Monday shares are trading at all-time highs. Netflix stock has outperformed both Disney and Time Warner. But Time Warner's HBO has done better in the awards race both at September's Emmy's and this month's Golden Globes.
Ryan explains how traders can utilize E*Trade's drawing tool to better understand the market opportunity for a stock like Netflix.
The latest jobs report is in, and once again it's looking good for workers: The U.S. economy added 223,000 jobs in December, and unemployment dropped to 3.5 percent from 3.6 percent.
Wall Street rallied amid hopes inflation may continue to cool and the Federal Reserve may ease up on its interest rate hikes following some mixed readings on the U.S. economy.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has proposed a rule that would ban the practice of companies forcing workers to sign non-compete clauses in their contracts.