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I am surprised that I haven’t heard more bashing from my critics this week. However, rather than give these people an open invitation to piss me off, I have decided I will embrace this situation for what it is worth and get on the path to fixing the problem.The problem is…I’m "off."Not by much, but I am off. Regardless of how often it happens, there is always a reason behind it, and I can’t solve the problem until I address the source. …
Original Source: www.optionaddict.net
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16 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Option Traders - Don’t Jump The Gun - Wait for Follow Through!
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Yesterday, the market took a nasty tumble and we witnessed heavy selling right into the closing bell. Once again, the financial sector weighed on the entire market and the possibility of another bank failure looms. Positive earnings news from Intel, Wells Fargo, Charles Schwab and Northern Trust is helping to push the market higher today. Financial stocks are priced for worst-case scenarios and even dismal results could spark buying. Between now and tomorrow’s open, we will also hear from eBay, Xilinx, Yum Brands, Coca-Cola, Harley Davidson, Illinois tool, Johnson Controls, Nokia, Novartis, Ameritrade and United Technologies. Overall, I believe the stock’s …
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16 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Option Traders - Don’t Jump The Gun - Wait for Follow Through!
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Yesterday, the market took a nasty tumble and we witnessed heavy selling right into the closing bell. Once again, the financial sector weighed on the entire market and the possibility of another bank failure looms. Positive earnings news from Intel, Wells Fargo, Charles Schwab and Northern Trust is helping to push the market higher today. Financial stocks are priced for worst-case scenarios and even dismal results could spark buying. Between now and tomorrow’s open, we will also hear from eBay, Xilinx, Yum Brands, Coca-Cola, Harley Davidson, Illinois tool, Johnson Controls, Nokia, Novartis, Ameritrade and United Technologies. Overall, I believe the stock’s …
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16 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Some iShares ETFs Are Calling It Splits
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Barclays Global Investors has announced they are splitting shares amongst 10% of their exchange traded fund (ETF) line, iShares.
There are more than 160 U.S.-based products within this fund family, and they represent $327 billion in assets as of early May, r…
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16 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- On Vacation
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I’ll be away for the next few days and will not be posting until after options expiration. I don’t think I’ll be back in time to get an index chart up this weekend either.
I’m going to a family event for my wife’s side of our family in New York. If it was my decision it wouldn’t have been planned for options expiration Friday, but I guess not everyone tries to revolve their plans around the markets.
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16 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- A Little Assurance Goes a Long Way for Financial ETFs
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Financial-related exchange traded funds (ETFs) surged today after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were in no danger of failing.
It was his second day of testimony about the state of the ailing U.S. economy. It was l…
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16 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Closing Bell: Under the Bridge
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I apologize for my foolish behavior, and abandonment of you, my reader, under these circumstances. I can assure you it is all for good cause. In the meantime, look for updates tonight. Option Addict…
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16 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- SEC Takes Aim at Naked Short-Selling
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is taking aim at illegal short sellers, which could have an impact on exchange traded funds (ETFs).
The practice of short-selling is all well and good, but “naked” short-selling is another matter altogether, as it involves shorting what you don’t have, r…
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16 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Oil Price Volatility Index Tied to Options On Oil ETF
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Oil and related exchange traded funds (ETFs) have been volatile lately, so it stands to reason that there’s now an index that allows investors to track just that: the price volatility.
The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) unveiled the Crude Oil Volatility Index (…
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16 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Whatever Happened to The Look?
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No, not this Look, that’s a VIX Bikini, and will always remain in style, no matter what Uncle SEC says.Sadly, Cramer’s Wednesday 2:30 PM Look is gone. But in it’s place, he actually has …
Original Source: adamsoptions.blogspot.com
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16 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Biotechnology ETFs Growing…Like Genetically Modified Crops?
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Biotechnology is the non-commodity exchange traded fund (ETF) area du jour, it seems. In a time where the markets seem bleak, the sector is delivering a ray of light.
Genentech (DNA) this week upped its 2008 forecast, and also said its second-quarter profit rose 4.7%, thanks to high sales of a drug that treats tumors, a…
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16 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Yuan’s Path and ETFs Go Up Against The U.S. Dollar
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The exact path of the Chinese yuan has analysts stumped, and exchange traded funds (ETFs) focused in currency are ready to take the ride. Many are anticipating another upward run against the U.S. dollar, as the yuan has recently taken a breather, r…
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16 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- XLF Volume Spikes 3.3 Standard Deviations Above Mean Yesterday
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If I could pick only one ticker to watch in order to gauge the market’s health in the current environment, it would probably be XLF, the most popular of the financial sector ETFs. You could make an argument for RKH, the regional bank ETF, XBD, the broker dealer ETF, or any number of others, but XLF covers the entire financial sector, from Allstate (A…
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16 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- To the Mats
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So this cosmic news yesterday from the SEC that begat a rally that had already happened? Turns out not so cosmic, limited to a few stocks. And not Effective Immediately.My friend Greg is on the case here (and incidentally stands to have a windfall of search hits for his great N…
Original Source: adamsoptions.blogspot.com
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16 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Sprint (NYSE:S): Colour on recent SK Telecom chatter
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On July 15, CNBC reported that SK Telecom is in talks with Sprint (NYSE:S) to acquire part or all of Sprint. The report added that no deal is imminent and no price has been set at this juncture. Meanwhile Reuters reported that SKT is in talks with Sprint on a technology alliance, rather than a takeover.- Citigroup notes SKT remained silent on this news, but they view it is highly likely that SKT is looking for opportunities around Sprint to scale up its US presence. Combining Helio with Virgin still leaves it with a subscale US presence. Firm thinks SKT believes it has competitivee…
Original Source: notablecalls.blogspot.com
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16 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- SKF: Fear On Fear
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So if SKF is the new Fear Index, how about volatility on that Fear? And better still, longer term anticipation of the volatility of Fear?Here’s a chart of 90 day normalized options volatility on SKF, basically an October option now. And yes Houston, we have record numbers here….
Original Source: adamsoptions.blogspot.com
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16 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- No Safari Needed For African ETF Access
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Van Eck launched the anticipated Africa focused exchange traded fund (ETF), launched on the NYSE Arca.
Market Vectors Africa Index (AFK) allows investors easy, one-stop access to the ever-growing, untapped market in Africa. The ETF tracks the D…
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