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- On A Short-Term Basis - Support Is Near - Place Stops On Bearish Positions!
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European markets tanked Sunday night and they set a negative tone for our markets yesterday morning. European banks met today and the likelihood of a multination European bailout is minimal. During today’s conference, Germany didn’t even attend. It appears that each country will resolve its issues independently on a “one-off” basis. We’ve already witnessed the difficulty in getting a bailout approved for our country, imagine the dissension over there. The ECU structure could be in trouble. The market is continually looking for the next life raft and it currently wants a rate cut. Specifically, it wants a coordinated interest-rate cut between …
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7 October, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Market Strains ETF Affordability
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The recent strain on the market is pushing the limits for the affordability factor concerning exchange traded funds (ETFs).
ETFs are touted for their low cost and, in fact, it is a major selling point for most providers. The regulators’ latest restrictions on short-selling, mixed with the market stress, is making it more expensive to trade […]…
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7 October, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Way Too Vicious
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History is being written, folks. These are exciting yet difficult times to trade in. At least one day you can look back on this period in the markets smiling- or scoffing and cursing if that’s how you roll.
It is becoming increasingly risky to short at these lows. There have been few rips to sell, and if you don’t catch them quickly, they are gone. My best advice to you is to check the chart toppers each day and go over the dollar gainers on the NYSE and NASDAQ (I never trade stock on the AMEX; d…
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7 October, 2008| Derivatives |
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- S&P, ETF On Pace to Be a Loser This Decade
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This decade has the potential to go down in history as one of the worst for our economy and exchange traded funds (ETFs).
Today the Dow Jones and S&P 500 extended their declines, and now the major indexes are trading at or near four-year lows. The Federal Reserve’s plan to buy commercial paper didn’t restore market […]…
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7 October, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Another VIX Record Close: 53.68
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The VIX handily surpassed yesterday’s record close of 52.05 by establishing a new mark of 53.68 today.For most of today’s session, yesterday’s VIX record looked safe, until a flurry of selling in the last half hour lifted the VIX to a new end of day high. Today is the third record close for the VIX in the last seven sessions. Also of interest, today’s intra-day high of 54.19 was the second highest on record, behind yesterday’s 58.24 mark….
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7 October, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Impending Rate Cuts Could Resume Europe ETF Growth Path
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The European Union is taking steps to preserve their financial system that might someday reverse the downtrend of their exchange traded funds (ETFs).
The EU’s 27 governments agreed to guarantee private savings up to 50,000 euro for one year and also to set up guidelines on how each country could rescue a failing bank, reports Robert […]…
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7 October, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Historical and Implied Volatility Crossovers
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Because implied volatility is forward-looking, it tends to lead backward-looking historical (or realized) volatility readings. This relationship stands to reason: options prices can and do respond in real time to new information, while any historical measurement - even a short-term one - will by definition lag as day-to-day changes are gradually incorporated into the period under review.
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7 October, 2008| Derivatives |
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- A ‘Poor’ Feeling Hits Retail ETFs
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During tough economic times consumers usually pull back on their spending, and this market is no exception, as exchange traded funds (ETFs) that track consumerism have pulled back, leaving room only for necessities.
Falling home values, higher gas prices and more expensive food are just a few reasons Americans are cutting back on spending. During the […]…
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7 October, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Sold SPY Covered Puts
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Y’all are going to think I’m crazy now. Now that I own two SPY December 110 puts and their value is made up of more than half intrinsic value, I decided to try to make a trade on SPY October puts out of the money in an attempt at a trade on SPY not falling much more before getting a day or two rally in between. I’m expecting a short rally within the next two weeks and will buy these puts back early as an effort to cut the cost of the first leg.
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7 October, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Emerging Market ETFs Left Reeling
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For a time, the thinking was that emerging market economies and exchange traded funds (ETFs) were insulated from the U.S. mess. But while they manage to resist the downward pull for a time, they’ve finally succumbed so rapidly that many are stunned.
Monday was a particularly bad day for emerging markets, when the iShares MSCI Emerging […]…
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7 October, 2008| Derivatives |
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- XLF Equals Mid-July Low
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The all-time low for XLF was 16.61 back in July. XLF, the closely-watched financial ETF, just touced this low as I type this, following the report of a pending U.K. bank bailout/rescue plan….
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7 October, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Federal Reserve Takes First Steps to Revive Markets, ETFs
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A plan to address the many issues our economy is having right now is taking shape, much to the liking of the markets and exchange traded funds (ETFs).
The Federal Reserve has announced a plan to buy massive amounts of short-term debt after invoking Depression-era emergency powers, reports Jeannine Aversa for the Associated Press. The plan […]…
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7 October, 2008| Derivatives |
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- VXO Chart from 1987-1988 and Explanation of VIX vs. VXO
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In the past, I have gone to some length to differentiate between the VIX and the VXO, but given all the confusion I have seen in the media over new VIX records, I think it is time to offer up some history that may help clarify the situation. A good place to start, frankly, is with a prior post that I titled T…
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7 October, 2008| Derivatives |
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- How About Options Sales?
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So what about actually selling puts (or both put and calls) into this volatility explosion?In a small-ish up day like today, that’s the best position to have on, naked short puts. My opinion is that this type of day will remain more the exception than the rule in October, but be that as it may, how would I go about it?…
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7 October, 2008| Derivatives |
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- China’s ETFs Tell a Tale of Two Countries
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Most investors, especially those not living in China, presume that the country’s rapid growth and global pull are proven through the gross domestic product numbers, and direct foreign investment that register with exchange traded funds (ETFs). But China, in fact, remains divided.
The point of view that many see is off, as a new book by […]…
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7 October, 2008| Derivatives |
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- CME to the Rescue!
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Um, this would have been a really great idea about a year or two ago.Officials at the Federal Reserve plan to meet with top executives from two commodities exchanges in an effort to create a new marketplace for credit default swaps, one of the most important, controversial and opaque securities traded on the Wall Street, CNBC has learned….
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7 October, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Are you Prepared for the Next Leg
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I don’t think 8,000 is far for Dow! Yes, that’s a grim forecast but not something unrealistic. I shall be publishing rationale for this via a special report.
You may follow my thoughts at InvesCafe, a micro blogging investment portal something like twitter but focused towards investing and finance.An almost 400points u-turn in the last few hours, what was that? short covering, maybe. But I guess the hopes and dreams are running high in anticipation of interest rate cuts. Probably global interest rate cuts. A…
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7 October, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Biotech ETFs Show Heft In Third Quarter
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Although the third quarter of this year was one of the more downbeat ones, there are still some exchange traded funds (ETFs) that managed to post gains amid the wreckage.
Doug Rogers for Investor’s Business Daily reports that these funds are doing well because investors actually like their holdings.
Biotechnology seemed to stand up to the downturn […]…
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7 October, 2008| Derivatives |
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