July 17, 2019

Looking For IBM To Stay Range-Bound For Earnings

International Business Machines (Ticker: IBM) will release their quarterly earnings report after the bell on Wednesday.

Click the video below to find out how we are going to approach this much-anticipated report.

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about the author:

Scott Bauer

A respected market commentator seen on Bloomberg, Fox Business, CNBC and other major financial networks, Scott Bauer has 30+ years of professional equity and index options experience at the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and as a Vice-President/trader for Goldman Sachs. Scott graduated with Honors from the University of Illinois Business School and has taught classes both at his alma mater and at the CBOE.

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