Volume Spike Investor

Geron Corp. (Nasdaq: GERN) shares have seen a sudden spike of more than 25% and already have traded nearly 10% of the stock’s daily average volume after announcing an exclusive global licensing agreement with General Electric Co.’s (NYSE: GE) GE Healthcare. The companies plan to develop and commercialize cellular assay products made from human embryonic [...]

General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) shares are up about 1% on above-average premarket volume as of 9 a.m. Eastern, after CEO Jeff Immelt appeared on the “Charlie Rose” talk show last night. On the show, Immelt said GE Capital is currently undervalued, and may be worth up to $20 billion. He also talked about opportunities [...]

General Electric shares have traded nearly a full-day’s volume and call buying in the options market is elevated; the call activity was among the most active for any stock in yesterday’s trading, as well. But the activity does not seem to be a bullish directional bet. It appears to be a professional trading strategy being [...]

GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. (NYSE: GE) has been under more pressure than you would have guessed on a day where no fresh news is out against the company.  Shares are down about 6.5% at $14.82 at 11:17AM EST.  The magic for this is that the move is now more than a $1.00 drop and we have [...]

General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is not usually in the most active options contracts.  But its stock has not normally been under $20.00 either. Today we have seen some    28,604 options contracts trade (as of 1:28 PM EST) in the DEC-2008 $20.00 Call options.  What is interesting is that before today the open interest in [...]