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- A Bearish Dollar Can Be Captured With ETFs
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Opinion on the direction of the dollar has been volleyed back into the bearish court, and don’t worry: there’s an exchange traded fund (ETF) for that.
Jim Rogers, chairman of Rogers Holdings, spoke up on Monday and said in no uncertain terms that investors should avoid the dollar "at all costs." He’s putting his money where his mouth is (money presumably not denominated in greenbacks) and last October, said he planned to shift all of his assets out of the dollar.
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2 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Option Traders - Get Short Today and Take Profits!
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Yesterday, the market chopped around as expected. Nervous trading set in ahead of tomorrow’s Unemployment Report. Tuesday, the market tried the downside early and the S&P 500 futures were down 20 points at one time. The double bottom at SPY 126 held for the time being. Late in the afternoon, better than expected car sales from GM sparked a rally. Traders were also encouraged by a better-than-expected ISM manufacturing number. The market is deeply oversold and we are due for a bounce. This morning, the market tried to rally early in the day. Some traders were fooled into thinking that yesterday’s …
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2 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- A Power Futures Market In Italy Could Jolt ETF
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Italy’s latest step toward a power futures trading market appears to be helping its exchange traded fund (ETF).The minister for economic development says his ministry is geared to give the okay for the Italian power bourse operator GME and the Italian stock exchange to launch the long-awaited market, r…
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2 July, 2008| Uncategorized |
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- Job Cuts and Bad News Bring Tear to Some ETFs’ Eyes
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A grim employment report showed evidence of pressure being felt across various sectors and their exchange traded funds (ETFs).
U.S. private employers cut 79,000 jobs last month, and planned layoffs in the United States were up almost 50% from one year ago, r…
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2 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Calendar Options: Adjustments, Part III — How We Adjust
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We talk a lot about why adjusting iron condors is rarely, if ever, a good idea, and adjustment decidedly is not a part of the Condor Options strategy. So you’re probably wondering, why all these Calendar Options posts about adjustments? The answer is simple—calendar spreads are not like iron condors.
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2 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Continuation Transaction — Honeywell
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The following transaction was made today to establish a covered calls position against the 500 shares of HON:07/02/08 Covered Calls Transaction — STO 5 Jul08 $52.50 Calls @ $.85The Transactions History to date is as follows:05/23/08 Initial Stock Purchase Transaction — Bought 500 HON @ $58.8905/23/08 Initial Calls Sold Transaction — Sold 5 HON Jun08 $60 Calls @ $1.2006/20/08 Jun08 Options Expired07/02/08 Covered Calls Continuation Transaction — Sold 5 Jul08 $52.50 Calls @ $.85N…
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2 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- KOL ETF Takes Lumps from Holding’s Pollution Battle
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One of the five largest coal producers in the United States may take a big hit if it has to pay damages in a pollution case, and it’s got the coal exchange traded fund (ETF) a little nervous.Massey Energy (MEE) is accused of contaminating ground water with waste from a mine, r…
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2 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- The Aftermath…
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What else is there to say? I should clarify a few things before I post the days results to be devoured by my critics.My recent calls to buy dips in Agriculture and Coal this week proved to be wrong. The set-up was the same play it has been the last dozen times we’ve bought the dips in these stocks. Eventually, after multiple wins in a strong group, they slow down, and they stop giving. Yes, that is what happened today. Time to adapt….
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2 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Coal, and Some Lara
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About three weeks late here, but just caught this Lara Logan appearence on the Daily Show. Yowza.All my shallowness aside, it was great stuff. A bit more challenging embedding in Sadr City than Financial TV embedding in Dick Grasso’s cabana.Anyway, big meltdown in ….coal. This, from Briefing….
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2 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Public Announcement
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If you are still awake, I wanted to let you know that I am going to sit down and put some of my thoughts out there tonight. I want to follow up with what happend to me today, what I sold, what I kept, and what my outlook is.If you are still awake, I will be posting something later this evening. The Option Addict…
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2 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Gold and Silver ETFs Looking Shiny Amid Middle Eastern Tension
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As tension mounts over Iran’s nuclear program, about the only thing looking shiny are precious metals, and their related exchange traded funds (ETFs). Gold rose to its highest level in almost 10 weeks yesterday over speculation about Iran’s nuclear program, while silver has also gained, as investors sought shelter from market trauma. But after a 10% gain in the last week, gold dropped back slightly today, r…
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2 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Getting Tougher to Push Financials Lower from Here?
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Halfway through today’s session, my screen is once again filled with red, as the indices look as if they are poised to take a run at yesterday’s lows. From a sector perspective, the picture is considerably muddier, as two recent laggards, financials (XLF) and consumer discretionary (XLY), are clinging to positive territory as I type this. …
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2 July, 2008| Uncategorized |
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- The "Re-Test"
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As a swing trader who capitalizes on breakout trading signals, I have learned over the years that a breakout of a support or resistance level will be ultimately followed up with a re-test of these old levels as a new support or resistance level. As a swing trader, my job is to "ride the dip" after I’ve entered the trade. For this reason, many people opt out of trading the breakout, and wait for this re-test. However, the risk of this trading style is missing out on the various trades that choose not to re-test. These happen to be the big money makers you don’t want to miss. I could name them, but you already know….
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2 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Can Biofuels And ETFs Weather The Elements?
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Biofuel production may be getting flooded out, as harsh weather in the Midwest threatens the well-being of crops, alarming Wall Street investors and related exchange traded funds (ETFs).
The recent record storms and floods have drowned out the possibility of a bumper crop of corn. As America becomes more dependent on biofuels, vulnerability increases with the threat of droughts and constant storms, s…
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2 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Synthetically Speaking
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Interesting thought here from Stacey Gilbert on Fast Money last night (hat tip Kevin).At about 11:00 of the video on…
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2 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- B.O.H.I.C.A (Bend Over, Here It Comes Again)
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The market is in a mega-oversold state. No matter what indicator you use, no matter what time frame you use, you are going to see that most indicators are in oversold territory. This does not mean you ought to start getting bullish by any means, but in bear market conditions, you have to prepare for the sharp rallies. This is why every few months or so I make a call to arms and advise most of my readers to adapt to these conditions and make a few subtle changes. Such as adjusting time frames, taking profits more quickly, being more conservative with your option selection process, etc….
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2 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Established EMCOR Group Covered Calls
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A new covered calls position was established today in the Covered Calls Advisor Portfolio(CCAP) as follows:Established EMCOR Group(EME) Covered Calls for Jul08. 07/02/08 Bought 500 EME @ $26.6407/02/08 Sold 5 EME Jul08 $27.50 Calls @ $.70Annualized Return If Stock Price Unchanged (ARIU): +56.3%Annualized Return If Exercised (ARIE): +125.7%Downside Breakeven Protection: 2.6%…
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2 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Option Traders - Get Short Today and Take Profits!
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Yesterday, the market chopped around as expected. Nervous trading set in ahead of tomorrow’s Unemployment Report. Tuesday, the market tried the downside early and the S&P 500 futures were down 20 points at one time. The double bottom at SPY 126 held for the time being. Late in the afternoon, better than expected car sales from GM sparked a rally. Traders were also encouraged by a better-than-expected ISM manufacturing number. The market is deeply oversold and we are due for a bounce. This morning, the market tried to rally early in the day. Some traders were fooled into thinking that yesterday’s …
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2 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- What’s Going Down In South Africa May Not Help ETF To Go Up
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South Africa’s economy and exchange traded fund (ETF) are facing some new hurdles. Africa’s biggest steel maker, ArcelorMittal South Africa Ltd, is fighting a record penalty after antitrust authorities found that the company may be guilty of excessive pricing last year, r…
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2 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Sandisk (NASDAQ:SNDK): More colour from Amtech
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Amtech on Sandisk (NASDAQ:SNDK) (Focus List BUY): SSD Adoption is Being Constrained by Cost/Benefit Equation. Based on our checks during the recent AmTech Asia Bus Tour, we believe that SSD demand and adoption rates are being temporarily delayed by price, performance and endurance issues, which could result in push-outs of volume ramps until 2010. The obvious headwind is SSD pricing preventing demand elasticity, including SLC and initial MLC-based solutions. Asia-based ODMs believe that pricing is preventing SSD adoption in their notebook platforms. We also think SSD performance is a significant factor holding back adoption as the throughput performance of SSD-based storage is not improving as expected, especially in high-end server systems. Volume adoption of notebook SSDs based on MLC NAND could be pushed out into 2010 as customer perceptions of high price and low performance needs to be addressed by suppliers. We believe the low endurance of inexpensive MLC SSDs is a new constraint that storage architects must accept and design solutions around and is not a permanent headwind to SSD demand elasticity….
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2 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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