PreMarket Prep

On today's episode Joel and Dennis look at whether it is time to short the BAC and the other big banks, why chicken wings are putting some restaurants in the red, and go over earnings from ULTA, PAY, FNSR, and CNQ. Later they preview the upcoming employment numbers with Benzinga analyst Brent Slava and talk with their guests about gold, biotechs, and learning the markets.

Featured guests:

Paul Mladjenovic, Author of "Stock Investing For Dummies" and "The Raving Capitalist" (14:14)

Brent Slava, Benzinga Newsdesk Analyst (23:55)

Michael Carvin, Founder and CEO of SmartAsset (33:30)

Adam Feuerstein, Senior Columnist and Reporter with The Street (56:05)

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On today's show Joel and Dennis settle their S&P bet while discussing the drop in crude and the drawback in financial stocks. Later they talk HLF with Chris Irons of Quoth The Raven and go over back-testing strategies with with the founder and CEO of EdgeRater.

Featured guests:

Chris Irons, Quoth the Raven Research (14:55)

Chris White, Founder and CEO of EdgeRater (34:15)

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On today's show Joel and Dennis look at potential reaction in AAPL, GOOG, and other tech stocks to the CIA surveillance leaks, the market fallout on CAT following the IRS raid, and the near certainty of a rate hike following the better-than-expected jobs numbers. Later the hosts discuss brokerage pricing wars with investment media mogul Blain Reinkensmeyer and review some dismal retail earnings from URBN and EXPR.

Featured guest:

Blain Reinkensmeyer, Managing Director at Reink Media Group (14:10)

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On today's show Joel and Dennis talk VRX's 52-week low, look at earnings from MEET, DKS, and MIK, and watch the market react to the POTUS's latest policy tweet. Later the hosts welcome Tuesday regular, options expert Nic Chahine as well as Mike Vien, the CEO of crowd-sourced rating platform Vetr.

Featured guests:

Nic Chahine, Options Expert and Author of Create Income With Options Spreads on Marketfy (35:10)

Mike Vien, CEO of Vetr and Co-founder of Poppo (58:55)

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On today's show Joel and Dennis look at the bearish sentiment trailing the SNAP IPO, KR's potential uphill battle against AMZN, and determining fair value. Later the hosts talk with portfolio manager Tommy Lackey about a few obscure stocks that are showing some strong potential.

Featured guest:

Tommy Lackey, Managing Partner and Portfolio Manager at Relativity Capital Advisors (35:35)

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In today's show Joel and Dennis look at earnings from big box retailers COST and BIG, volatility in BAC, and the levels on SNAP after the IPO. Later, they talk with their guests about sector analysis and a trading signals marketplace.

Featured guests:

Efrem Hoffman, CEO & founder of Running Alpha Capital Markets Intelligence (15:55)

Rod Casilli, head of product management at Collective2 (33:50)

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In anticipation for the 2017 Benzinga Global FinTech Awards, taking place May 11 in NYC, PreMarket Prep sat down with several of this year's nominees.

In this installment we hear from Nikhil Dhingra, the founder and CEO of Tradagon, about how he helped invent a new form of math to analyze trader behavior.

To learn more about the Benzinga Global FinTech Awards, including how to get involved with this year's event, visit benzingafintechawards.com.

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On today's episode Joel and Dennis consider the likely opening value of SNAP as it begins trading on the NYSE. They also discuss earnings from SHAK, BURL, KR, and others and talk day trading strategies and language-based analytics with their guests.

Featured guests:

Troy Noonan, trade coach and creator of Counter Punch Trader (14:40)

Nate Storch, Founder and CEO of Amenity Analytics (58:55)

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Benzinga CEO Jason Raznick and PreMarket Prep producer Spencer Israel caught up with Mohnish Pabrai, the legendary hedge fund manager and investor.

Pabrai is the Managing Partner of Pabrai Funds, CEO of Dhandho Funds, and author of The Dhandho Investor​. In this interview Pabrai discusses how he came to invest in auto stocks despite hating the industry for a long time, the future of automated vehicles, and what he's learned from studying Warren Buffett.

On today's show Joel and Dennis discuss the analyst fallout from PANW's earnings report and the beats from BBY, LOW, and DLTR. They also talk with an equity analyst about possible market reaction to White House and learn from famous investor Mohnish Pabrai why auto stocks became his most profitable position.

Featured guests:

Ian Winer, Director of Equity Trading at Wedbush Securities(33:10)

Mohnish Pabrai, Managing Partner of Pabrai Funds (55:55)

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