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A Terrible, and A Fantastic Week

It was a terrible week for U.S. stocks and equally for almost every major stock markets worldwide. The Dow fell 157.47 points, or 1.5%, on Friday to close at 10,325.38, racking up a 7.3% drop for the week. The Nasdaq Composite Index fell 29.33 points, or 1.5%, on Friday to close at 1,947.39 and lost 10.8% for the week. The broader Standard & Poor’s 500 Index dropped 15.05 points, or 1.4%, on Friday, ending the day at 1,099.23. For the week, the index was down 9.4% for the week. But all this shouldn’t come as a major suprise to O…
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  4 October, 2008| Derivatives | Comments (0) @ 22:16
S&P 500- 20 Year Chart - October 3, 2008

I went back a full 20 years to see where the S&P 500 (SPX) is on a longer term chart’s perspective.  I only drew three trend lines in this week’s chart.  I also drew (in blue) extensions to these lines to show where they might intersect.

The long trend line that started in the early-90s and hit again in the mid-90s and in late 2002 and early 2003 is close to being touched again.  The latest trading channel is …
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  4 October, 2008| Derivatives | Comments (0) @ 22:11
We Interrupt Our Credit Crisis For Some Lenny

Great streaks? UCLA won 88 straight basketball games from 1971 to 1974. Eric Gagne converted 84 straight saves from 2002 to 2004. The Pats went 19-0 in 2007, I have the t-shirt to prove it.Oh wait a sec., scratch that last one….
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  4 October, 2008| Derivatives | Comments (0) @ 14:01
Large Cap ETFs Have A Brighter Future

Large-cap stocks and companies could be on the verge of a transformation, with regulation under major scrutiny, making exchange traded funds (ETFs) with exposure to a broad range of companies a potentially safer bet.
Despite the fact that the bailout has been approved, the credit crisis is not going to suddenly go away. That said, it […]…
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  4 October, 2008| Derivatives | Comments (0) @ 13:00
What ETF Investors Should Do In Market Turbulence

Many exchange traded fund (ETF) investors of all types have been worried these last few weeks, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average has seen some of its biggest losses and most volatile days in history.
Mary Ann Milbourn for the Orange County Register asked area advisors for their thoughts on how to best handle the turmoil […]…
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  4 October, 2008| Derivatives | Comments (0) @ 1:00

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