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- Canadian ETF Faces High Energy And High Activity
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Canada’s main stock index is on the upswing, lending upward mobility to related exchange traded funds (ETFs).
A share sale by Merrill Lynch (MER) boosted confidence that financial firms in Canada can withstand failed housing-related investments, r…
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- Pimco Readying to Get Into Bond ETF Market Space
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The world’s largest bond fund manager is finally getting into the bond exchange traded fund (ETF) market.
Pacific Investment Management Co., better known as Pimco, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a line of bond ETFs, r…
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- Check out The Liscio Report
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The authors of The Liscio Report - a favorite of Alan Abelson and Barry Ritholtz - are now blogging, and they’re off to a fantastic start. This recent post surveys the correlations between Presidents, presidential party, and various economic indicators:
Not to spoil the suspense too much, but here are the basic conclusions. Since Franklin Roosevelt’s third term (1941–44), Democrats have generally presided over faster growth and stronger stock markets than Republicans; Republican administrations have been friendlier for disinflation and the bond market….
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- Crunching the Numbers With Financial ETFs
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As financials continue to struggle, related exchange traded funds (ETFs) may feel the repurcussions.
Yesterday, financials continued to decline as Merrill Lynch (MER) shares dropped almost 10%, bringing the entire sector lower amid fears over credit quality and the housing sector.
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- Closing Bell: I Wanna be Sedated
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- Investor Pullout of Bond Sale Hits Australia’s ETFs Down Under
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Australia’s exchange traded funds (ETFs) might have felt some heat from the barbie yesterday.
National Australia Bank Ltd., the country’s biggest bank by assets, said that most investors in its $812 million bond sale pulled out after the company raised provisions for mortgage-related losses, r…
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- The Dingo Drank My Latte
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Poor Amanda Drury. Back from a week in lovely Secaucus replacing Erin, now stuck somewhere on the Outback, craving a Venti Double Shot Inverse Carmel Macchiato. ?…
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- Consumers, Real Estate ETFs Looking Up
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Home prices are down and exchange traded funds (ETFs) are up.
The Case-Shiller index of 20 cities in the United States fell 15.8% in May compared with a year ago, a record decline since its 2000 inception, reports J.W. Elphinstone for the Associated Press….
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- Macro Maniac Update
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Click here for the most recent update….
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- Biotech on a Tear
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While most sectors have been faltering for the past month or two, biotechnology has been an exceptional performer, with the top biotech ETF, IBB, now more than 15% above its June low, as the chart below shows. I last profiled biotech on May 1st in T…
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- I Know You (DEEEEEEEP Call) Rider
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I understand a deal like $100 off Nails on the Numbers does not come along every day.OK, actually it does, although I’m sure “limited time” means it will end someday….
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- Energy; A La Chart
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Last week the top performing “theme” around here was to short energy stocks (HERO, CPX, CRK, ENER, SD, GDP, PVA, ACI). Over the last month, these companies have confirmed significant breakdowns, and have seen quite a bit of volatility to the downside following the collapse of crude oil and natty gas. These trends have been in place now for multiple highs and lows and several companies are offering technical set-ups that are very easy to manage to the downside. …
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- Palm (NASDAQ:PALM): Very positive channel checks - JP Morgan
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PALM: JP Morgan out very positive on PALM saying their channel checks at more than 20 Sprint and Best Buy Stores yield a consistent takeaway: there aren’t enough Treo 800Ws to meet demand. Firm is raising their F1Q09 estimates to above consensus. Reits Overweight.Notablecalls: Rhymes with RBC Capital (see below)….
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- Bears And Short ETFs Out Roaming For The Summer
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Despite the appearances of the last few weeks that included some strong days, there are still some hungry bears roaming in the marketplace and looking for some exchange traded funds (ETFs) to snack on.
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- Mechel (NYSE:MTL): Russian Vice PM: Mechel not another Yukos- Reuters
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Mechel (NYSE:MTL), Russia’s largest coking coal miner, is unlikely to suffer the same fate as YUKOS, Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov was quoted by Russian news agencies as saying on Tuesday.”I consider this a most unlikely scenario. Under probability theory we can’t exclude anything, but if I had the option, I would rule it out. The most likely scenario is that the company will co-operate with the state authorities,” Shuvalov was quoted by Interfax as telling reporters….
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- Alpha Natural Resources Posts Record Quarterly Earnings
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Alpha Natural Resources Inc (ANR) said that second-quarter net income was $74.3 million, or $1.04 a share compared to $4.7 million, or 7 cents a share, in the same period a year ago. Analyst were expecting $0.51-$0.54/share. Revenue surged to $732.2 million compared to $435.3 million. I opened a covered call strategy on this underlying y…
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- Merrill Lynch (NYSE:MER): Positive feedback from analysts
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Several firms comment on Merrill Lynch (NYSE:MER) after the co announced an $8.5 billion equity raise as well as a “substantial sale of U.S. ABS CDOs.- Oppenheimer’s Meredith Whitney notes this would reduce MER’s CDOs exposure by $11.1 billion. While MER has significantly diluted existing shareholders, they applaud this purging of assets as an attempt to cut its losses and focus on stabilizing its platform and righting the franchise towards growth. While MER’s stock still sells at a premium to book value and is expensive in firm’s opinion, they believe the stock is getting closer to fairly valued levels as now the hardest work is behind the company….
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29 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Back to Cape Fear
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So how about we revisit the “SKF=Fear Index” notion now that America’s Most Insane Inverse Product is on the move again.The chart here measures 10 Day historical volatility of SKF stock itself. Most historical volatility charts cover 30 days, the same timeframe the VIX seeks to express, and thus the historical chart tends to lag action in the here and now. A 10 day chart clearly has more noise, but also rings closer to how the stock feels….
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- Ireland Gets New Index, Soon to Be Followed By ETF
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Ireland is going to have another index and soon, another exchange traded fund (ETF) to back it.
Elizabeth Rauber for San Francisco Business Times reports that the Nasdaq OMX Ireland Index will launch on July 28.
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