Posts Tagged ‘Lehman’

Lehman Volume Surge On Hopes & Prayers (LEH)

Lehman Brothers Holdings (NYSE: LEH) has already traded almost half of an average day’s volume, and it’s only 9:51 AM EST.  The brokerage firm is up 13% at $15.54 on over 25 million shares after reports that the Korean Development Bank is interested in acquiring the company.  Key financial analyst Dick Bove of Ladenberg Thalmann [...]

Options Spike: Washington Mutual (WM)

Washington Mutual Inc. (NYSE: WM) has seen some unusual stock options activity in the last hour or so.  With the weakness in Lehman Brothers after its losses and $6 Billion financing and with everyone on Wall Street asking “who’s next?”, this one might not be that large of a surprise.  Here is the unusual trading [...]

Aggressive Put Options Activity Again in Lehman (LEH)

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (NYSE: LEH) has been under aggressive fire, and with all the needs of capital that have been rumored it is of no real surprise.  Even though the company has denied every rumor out there, it is seeing excessive PUT OPTION activity in the early morning and that should lead to even [...]