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- Happy New Year, 2009
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A very Happy New Year!
I wish you and your loved ones a very happy, healthy, prosperous, peaceful and full of love 2009. I thank you for visiting OptionPundit. I feel a profound sense of gratitude for your readership and not to forget the business together.
2008 was a wonderful year for OptionPundit/OPNewsletter outperforming almost any other […]
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31 December, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Returns — For Calendar Year 2008
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Wow! What a Year! We have to go back to the Great Depression to find a stock market performance that was worse than this year. For 2008, the S&P 500 declined by 38.3% which makes 2008 the single worst percentage decline since 1931, when the S&P 500 declined 43.4%. The Covered Calls Advisor Portfolio(CCAP) declined by 20.48% in 2008. While this is certainly not a satisfactory result, when viewed in direct comparison with the 38.39% decline in the Russell 3000 Index ETF (ticker symbol IWV) overall stock market benchmark, the CCAP substantially outperformed by a total of 17.9 (38.39%-20.48%) percentage points. …
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31 December, 2008| Derivatives |
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- ETF Performance Report - December 2008
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The most tumultuous year for the markets and exchange traded funds (ETFs) has come to a quiet, but positive, close.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 2008 with a two-day winning streak, but was still down for the year by 33.8%. It was the Dow’s worst annual performance since 1931, when……
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31 December, 2008| Derivatives |
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- 6 Global Opportunities for Infrastructure ETFs
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How can infrastructure lead the U.S. economy toward a recovery, when the global malaise upon is and emerging markets, investments and exchange traded funds(ETFs) are down in the dumps?
Carl Delfeld for ETF XRAY says that infrastructure as an investment theme presents two trends: urbanization and……
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31 December, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Best-Performing ETFs for 2008
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2008 was the worst year for the stock market since 1931, and the worst year ever in the fifteen-year history of exchange traded funds (ETFs).
The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 2008 with a two-day winning streak, but was still down for the year by 33.8%. It was the Dow’s worst annual……
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31 December, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Good Riddance 2008 - Hello 2009!
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Not much is going to happen today or tomorrow so I want to review the events in the past year. The market was chugging along and it made a new all-time high in October of 2007. The cracks in the dam surfaced a year ago when we failed to see a year-end rally in a pre-election year. January painted a very clear picture when the market broke a five-year uptrend line and it breached the 12-month moving average. In July, the market broke the neckline of a head-and-shoulders formation on a four-year chart when it broke below SPY 130. During August, …
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31 December, 2008| Derivatives |
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- How China’s Spending Plan Affects Materials, ETFs
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China has a stimulus plan of its own, and their shopping spree is based upon raw materials and energy, in an attempt to salvage investments and exchange traded funds (ETFs).
Announced in early November, the stimulus package was targeted to maintain growth at 8% for the year 2009. This follows the……
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31 December, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Will Retail ETFs Pick Up the Pace?
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The holiday shopping season is drawing to a close, and the retailers and related exchange traded funds (ETFs) didn’t get the turnout they had hoped for.
Despite the deep discounts and early clearance sales, retailers were unable to lure consumers and spur a spending rally as they has……
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31 December, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Midday Market Update: World Exchanges, ETFs Say Goodbye To 2008
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World markets are leaving 2008 deflated and disappointed after a year of volatility and uncertainty, leaving stock markets and exchange traded funds (ETFs) around the world ending on a flat note.
As of Wednesday, stocks in Europe and Asia have changed very slightly as the New Year’s Eve trade……
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31 December, 2008| Derivatives |
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- VIX Drops Below 40
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The last time the VIX was below 40.00 was on October 2, 2008…
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31 December, 2008| Derivatives |
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- More Great Ideas
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Amazingly, this piece comes from an economics professor writing in The Financial Times, not The Onion….
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31 December, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Watch the Baltic Dry Index in 2009
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In 2009 investors will be scanning the globe for signs of economic recovery or deterioration. Among the many tools they should be watching in order to gauge the strength of global trade is the Baltic Dry Index (BDI.) The Baltic Dry Index measures shipping rates for dry bulk carriers that carry commodities such as coal, iron and other ores, cocoa, grains, phosphates, fertilizers, animal feeds, etc. In short, the BDI is an excellent proxy for global trade. …
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31 December, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Ceradyne (NASDAQ:CRDN): Downgraded to Hold at Morgan Joseph
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Little known Morgan Joseph is out with a downgrade on Ceradyne (NASDAQ:CRDN). Firm is lowering their rating to Hold from Buy after their due diligence shows Ceradyne will not ship any of its new X-SAPI body armor in 4Q08 as a result of a contract protest by a competitor.If the matter had been settled quickly, Ceradyne might have made shipments by year-end. Instead, the Army has decided to start from scratch and seek new bids from suppliers. Those bids are expected to be submitted in mid-January, with orders possible as soon as the end of the month….
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31 December, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Why Families Should Discuss Money and ETFs
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The financial pressures that have many exchange traded fund (ETF) investors feeling the blues is actually not a taboo family subject that’s strictly limited to board rooms and between adults. Rather, the experts who weigh in on this topic say financial woes are important family room topics……
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31 December, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Stop Blaming SKF!
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Another argument against SKF and some -2x brethren *causing* the volatility surge in the Fall of 08? Well, why didn’t they cause the surge in the summer. If you look at the percent SKF adjusted volume (adjusted for the dollar amount of financial stocks it represented) comprised of the total SKF and XLF volume, SKF was just as popular in July as it was in October. And as the chart shows, actually had a significantly higher actual volume in July….
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31 December, 2008| Derivatives |
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- What Baltic Dry Index Says About Economy and ETFs
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While there are exchange traded funds (ETFs) that represent the shipping sector, none track the Baltic Dry Index. But that doesn’t mean one should ignore this index - it can tell us a lot of things about the global economy and the shipping sector.
David Walker at the Charleston Voice……
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31 December, 2008| Derivatives |
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- One Thing to Watch Today
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Last Trading day of year 2008 and let’s see what does market bring today. There was a spending cut by Santa as well (except yesterday) else during this period that is typically termed as “Santa Rally” going into initial few days of Christmas won’t be so dull. The rally was good from % standpoint but […]
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30 December, 2008| Derivatives |
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- What Does Future Hold for Oil ETFs?
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The burst of a speculative bubble in crude oil has lead to diverse opinions on the commodity and the exchange traded funds (ETFs) that track it.
A 73% decline in value from peak prices of $147 per barrel has enabled both the bears and bulls to come out in full force.
The bears are advocating […]…
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30 December, 2008| Derivatives |
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- VIX Close of 41.63 Is Lowest in Three Months
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The last time the VIX closed below 42.00 was way back on October 1st, when the VIX closed at 39.81. Before anyone gets excited about the possibility of the VIX back in the 30s, I should note that the VIX futures continue to reflect expectations of a rising VIX over the course of at least the next 2-3 months. Today’s VIX January futures settled at 44.18 and the February futures settled at 45.08. Futures for August through October are now priced in the 37-38 range, however, suggesting that volatility expectations are being lowered for the second half of 2009….
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30 December, 2008| Derivatives |
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- 10 Clean Tech Victories That Could Make ETFs Winners
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2008 was a great year for clean technology and saw some huge victories that will benefit green energy and the exchange traded funds (ETFs) that track the sector.
Katie Fehrenbacher of Gigaom.com cites the top 10 for 2008 as:The passing of the Renewable Energy Investment Tax Credit
Victory for……
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30 December, 2008| Derivatives |
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