Yahoo! Inc (NASDAQ: YHOO) recently up $2.40 to $33.74:

www.Alibaba.com, a Chinese internet company, is expected to be IPO'd on the Hong Kong bourse on November 6th. YHOO made a $1.4 billion investment in 39% of Alibaba in 2005. YHOO Chairman of the Board Terry Semel sold 850,000 shares of YHOO at $30.47 October 23-24, according to Dow Jones. YHOO call option volume of 503,701 contracts compares to put volume of 52,600 contracts. YHOO November option implied volatility of 50 is above its 26-week average of 37 according to Track Data, suggesting larger price risk.

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) recently up $2.91 to $34.90:

Pacific Growth Equities says " Blowout F1Q results; conservative guidance leave room for additional upside if the sales momentum continues." MSFT call option volume of 353,588 contracts compares to put volume of 114,142 contracts. MSFT November option implied volatility of 25 is below a pre-EPS level of 32 according to Track Data, suggesting decreasing risk.

Daily options Update is provided by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.com.

Option update 10-26-007: YHOO and MSFT rally with YHOO volatility up, MSFT volatility down originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

3M Company (NYSE: MMM) fell 8.6% on 10/19/07 to close at $86.62 after indicating increasing optical film competition and weak organic growth. Soleil Securities downgraded MMM to Hold, saying "after a great four-year run, we now believe the high-growth, high margin LCD optical film business has reached maturity much earlier than expected." MMM option volume was heavy on 71,598 contracts. MMM November option implied volatility of 28 is above its 26-week average of 23, according to Track Data, suggesting larger risk.

Daily Options Update is provided by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.com.

Options update: 3M (MMM) volume and volatility up on optical and organic growth concerns originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 14:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.