Earnings Reports & the Fed Meeting This Week

As Friday was a celebration for our family, I was not trading live nor gathering tickers as they occurred. Instead, I have used the resources that I could today to gain the Forms that I track so my results may be limited. Regardless, this will be a major week for markets worldwide with the heavy hitter earnings reports due out and with the potential rate hike on the horizon. According to some, Passover is a time when money is removed from the markets whether for religious reasoning or out of caution. That is another factor that we may be contending with when the markets open Monday morning. Passover began at Sunset this past Friday during or even after the after market was closed. With that all being stated, here are the tickers I acquired:

13D'S: BLOX, RHNOD, ATLS (2), DWCH, ZTS, CP (2), HNSM, UTEX, HNSN, CPXX & NHF

13G's: KINS, SQ & WGA

Form 3's: UIS, SLAB, IRET, RBA, NWGI, SLB, GMAM (2), PCLN, MOFG, NVLS, LDOS, BIIB, MCHX, FOSL, GPP, COL, HABT & FMSH

Form 4's (Insider Buys): GABC, XGTI, SUME (4), ASRV, FAV (2), MDSY, TXN, GTMM (2), SSI (3), NCR (6), WCUI, SPDL (2), UAL, SCHL, THMG, MMAC, LTBR, NXTR, MCHX (3), WAIR, SXCL (4), GPP, CMCT (6), NXCM & CWGL

Form 4's (Insider Acquirements for $0): HBMD (3), VRNT, IPHI (5), NAV, PBCT, FMC (8), AHS (6), AEGN (8), PPG (5), SPP (4), CBM (8), HBAN (12), SLAB (5), TTS (4), FDEF (8), CMCSA (4), NSPH (7), ATNY (12), ADGE, ISIL (7), YELP, OCN (2), NAUH (5), PFGC, PERY (7), SXT (9), SSNI (3), AAL (9), HAS, COBZ (10), WSM (7), SIVB (8) & NATI

Form 4's (Insider Sales): AMWD, CMPR, ABM, VLGEA, HMHC, PNC, TSN, PFG, SUNS, GS, CIEN, SSD (2), WFC, SWK, CACI, CPSS, BMI, VRTX, EBTC (8), WBS, SONC, ATNI, MEET (2), HBAN (12), JBHT (2), TECH, TTS, ONCE, RHT (2), CMCSA (3), JPM, UNH (2), SPWH, GCAP, GRUB, RTEC, SCHL, PEP, XENT, WEB, SPRT, ZEN (2), SPLK, DST, LLTC (5), IPGP, YELP, TUBE, TRTC, VRSN, RUBI, PVH, ASH, BSFT, AYI, NAUH (3), REV, CSRA, HQY, CP, SWN (2), HOG, BBBY, TRUP, TNDM, CSC, NFLX, CTBI, HAS (2), FPRX, PE, EXP, W, AAL (8), NXTM, HABT, WSM (7), ZAYO, HDP, AMPH, CBS, FNGN, ALIN, N, MBFI (2), TWTR, REGI (2), FLTX, TAYD, BATS, NOW & EXPE

Form 4's (Insider Disposals for $0): EBTC, CMCSA, ATNY (9), CAR, ADGE, LINE, LLEX, SSNI (3), MBFI & NATI

There are some big companies reporting this week & I will be watching them all. My personal top five list includes three companies on Tuesday: Apple (AAPL), JetBlue (JBLU) & Twitter (TWTR). All three of these companies have had recent insider transaction & solely based upon those transactions, one may conclude AAPL & TWTR will potentially miss & that JBLU will potentially beat, in my opinion. The two I am following on Wednesday are Comcast (CMCSA) & Facebook (FB). Again, solely based upon the recent insider transactions, both companies may miss their estimates. As we all know, there are many factors involved in the outcome of a company during their earnings report. I honestly don't even recommend holding a stock into earnings but that is just a gamble that I don't like to take. Please do your own due diligence on any investments or trades that you are making in this potentially volatile market week. We need to remember the Fed decision is going to play a major factor on our indices.

I didn't take the time to configure the largest & smallest dollar amount on the forms today. I only looked at the CFO's buying & selling. The CFO's that were buying on Friday work for SUME & MCHX. The CFO's that sold on Friday work for: CIEN, CACI, EBTC, HQY, AAL, ZAYO, WSM, AMPH, MBA, FLTX & REGI. Two notable companies with insiders that were selling Friday were American Airlines (AAL) & Williams Sonoma (WSM). Finally, the last bit from my notes on Friday's tickers that I'm willing to share is that there were many companies selling in the financial sector. This could just be to eliminate risks going into the potential rate hike or could be based on their companies earnings reports or maybe something different. Either way, I hope that this helps out somebody out there & I hope that everyone is able to make some money this week in the market.

GLTA