Derivatives http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives Futures, options, forwards, commodities, swaps, securities... Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 en Iceberg Order http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/Iceberg-Order/ http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/Iceberg-Order/#comments Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Iceberg Order is an order (generally a large volume order) that allows the trader to disclose only a small part of the order, leaving a large undisclosed quantity to be “hidden” from the public, for the purpose of hiding the actual quantity of the order.This order is normally used by institutional investors when they need to buy / sell large amounts of securities for their portfolio.In this case, they can divide their large orders into smaller portions (usually by the use of an automated program), so that the public can only see a small part of the order at a time (just as the ‘tip of the iceberg’ is the only visible portion of a huge mass of ice).W…
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]]> http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/Iceberg-Order/feed/ If The Market Does Not Make A New Intraday Low - Sell OTM Put Spreads! http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/If-The-Market-Does-Not-Make-A-New-Intraday-Low-Sell-OTM-Put-Spreads/ http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/If-The-Market-Does-Not-Make-A-New-Intraday-Low-Sell-OTM-Put-Spreads/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:01:00 +0000 The market is remarkably resilient at its current level. The horrific ADP employment index only prompted one day of selling. Yesterday’s initial jobless claims came in better than expected. However, many analysts feel that unemployed workers did not file for compensation during the holiday and that those claims will be reflected in next week’s number. As feared, the unemployment rate skyrocketed to 7.2% in the month of December. That is the highest rate in 16 years and the economy lost 524,000 jobs. This is the 12th straight month of job losses and the total for 2008 was 2.6 million. Many analysts …
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]]> http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/If-The-Market-Does-Not-Make-A-New-Intraday-Low-Sell-OTM-Put-Spreads/feed/ 3 Reasons Socially Responsible ETFs Are of Interest http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/3-Reasons-Socially-Responsible-ETFs-Are-of-Interest/ http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/3-Reasons-Socially-Responsible-ETFs-Are-of-Interest/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:00:59 +0000 With a new year, a new president and a bit of optimism on the horizon, socially responsible exchange traded funds (ETFs) may be the one of the busiest arenas in the ETF world.
Fund providers such as Veritas Funds and Pax World Funds plan to launch new funds which range from environmentalism to……
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]]> http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/3-Reasons-Socially-Responsible-ETFs-Are-of-Interest/feed/ 2 Big Problems With 401(k)s, and Why ETFs May Be the Answer http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/2-Big-Problems-With-401ks-and-Why-ETFs-May-Be-the-Answer/ http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/2-Big-Problems-With-401ks-and-Why-ETFs-May-Be-the-Answer/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:00:20 +0000 The market meltdown of 2008 has left many 401(k) investors treading in deep water and looking for answers to the mind-boggling question of how to plan for retirement and how to make up for staggering losses, and perhaps exchange traded funds (ETFs) are the answer.
According to the Boston College……
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]]> http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/2-Big-Problems-With-401ks-and-Why-ETFs-May-Be-the-Answer/feed/ How IndexIQ Intends to Tackle ETF Market http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/How-IndexIQ-Intends-to-Tackle-ETF-Market/ http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/How-IndexIQ-Intends-to-Tackle-ETF-Market/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:00:47 +0000 As senior advisor and advisory board member at IndexIQ, Paul Mazzilli is bringing unparalleled expertise about the world of exchange traded funds (ETFs).
He got his start with ETFs in the early 1990s. “I know as much as anyone - all the players, all the products and I know quite a few……
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]]> http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/How-IndexIQ-Intends-to-Tackle-ETF-Market/feed/ Show Me THE HOT STOVE REPORT! http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/Show-Me-THE-HOT-STOVE-REPORT/ http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/Show-Me-THE-HOT-STOVE-REPORT/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:25:00 +0000 What really goes through free agent’s minds when they have those intro press conferences after they sign for the big bucks? You know, the one’s where they have to spend an hour pretending IT”S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY, as if there’s anything wrong with actually taking the best offer?Faith and Fear in Flushing has the thought bubble in print….
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]]> http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/Show-Me-THE-HOT-STOVE-REPORT/feed/ How to Build a Retirement Portfolio with ETFs http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/How-to-Build-a-Retirement-Portfolio-with-ETFs/ http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/How-to-Build-a-Retirement-Portfolio-with-ETFs/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:00:51 +0000 Exchange traded funds (ETFs) have yet to fully ingratiate themselves into the retirement plan market, but the recent meltdown with the markets and mutual funds may provide the necessary entry point for these funds to get their big break.
While investors wait for full implementation, though, there……
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]]> http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/How-to-Build-a-Retirement-Portfolio-with-ETFs/feed/ Reasons Municipal Bond ETFs May Be Attractive http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/Reasons-Municipal-Bond-ETFs-May-Be-Attractive/ http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/Reasons-Municipal-Bond-ETFs-May-Be-Attractive/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:00:32 +0000 After several sessions of declines, municipal bonds and the exchange traded funds (ETFs) that track the sector seem to be attractive and might be a great bargain.

Yields on AAA-rated general obligation muni bonds are about 1.5% higher than those of Treasuries and these tools are generally……
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]]> http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/Reasons-Municipal-Bond-ETFs-May-Be-Attractive/feed/ The Often Overlooked Put Writing Strategy http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/The-Often-Overlooked-Put-Writing-Strategy/ http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/The-Often-Overlooked-Put-Writing-Strategy/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:58:00 +0000 Shame on me for going a year and a half without mentioning the CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Index (PUT), a recipient of the Most Innovative Benchmark Index award at last year’s Super Bowl of Indexing Conference. Given all the market volatility for the past three months or so, I suspect that a put writing strategy is probably not top of mind for most investors at the moment. In fact, a p…
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]]> http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/The-Often-Overlooked-Put-Writing-Strategy/feed/ Midday Market Update: Inventories, Job Market Paint a Bleak Picture for ETFs http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/Midday-Market-Update-Inventories-Job-Market-Paint-a-Bleak-Picture-for-ETFs/ http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/Midday-Market-Update-Inventories-Job-Market-Paint-a-Bleak-Picture-for-ETFs/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:00:35 +0000 There are many more job losses ahead of the United States, as unemployment has hit 7.2% and December brought total job losses to 2.6 million for the year 2008, taking the luster out of related exchange traded funds (ETFs).
The economy in the United States is quickly dissolving as the unemployment……
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]]> http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/Midday-Market-Update-Inventories-Job-Market-Paint-a-Bleak-Picture-for-ETFs/feed/ Short Term Trading Strategies That Work (Review) http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/Short-Term-Trading-Strategies-That-Work-Review/ http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/Short-Term-Trading-Strategies-That-Work-Review/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:48:40 +0000 As technology advances, the variety of tools and strategies available to individual traders increases accordingly, and for newer traders the sheer number of techniques and strategies on offer can be daunting.  …
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]]> http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/Short-Term-Trading-Strategies-That-Work-Review/feed/ Just To Reiterate http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/Just-To-Reiterate/ http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/Just-To-Reiterate/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:41:00 +0000 VIX not acting well today in light of the market dip. Seems to have caused some consternation.Let’s do some ’splainin.Options get bid up ahead of news events on the knowledge that said news event may cause a move in the underlying. We can say with pretty much 100% certainty that volatility will initially decline AFTER the news comes out. The question though is whether the magnitude in the move in the underlying offsets the decline in the volatility….
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]]> http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/VIX-Phish/feed/ How ETFs Showed Their Mettle in 2008 http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/How-ETFs-Showed-Their-Mettle-in-2008/ http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/How-ETFs-Showed-Their-Mettle-in-2008/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:00:32 +0000 The asset numbers for both exchange traded funds (ETFs) and mutual funds in 2008 are finally out. While mutual funds had a terrible year, the picture was a little rosier for ETFs and exchange traded notes (ETNs).
In many ways, despite a severaly volatile and depressed economy, the market for these……
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]]> http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/How-ETFs-Showed-Their-Mettle-in-2008/feed/ 4 Reasons to Watch Pharmaceutical ETFs This Year http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/4-Reasons-to-Watch-Pharmaceutical-ETFs-This-Year/ http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/4-Reasons-to-Watch-Pharmaceutical-ETFs-This-Year/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:00:12 +0000 One of the best performing stock-based exchange traded fund (ETF) segments for the year 2008 was pharmaceuticals, a sub-segment of the health care industry, and there are brighter prospects for the sector in 2009.
In 2009, Damien Conover for Morningstar says that he expects pharma to perform well……
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]]> http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/09/4-Reasons-to-Watch-Pharmaceutical-ETFs-This-Year/feed/ One Way to Get Oil ETF Exposure, Minus Volatility http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/08/One-Way-to-Get-Oil-ETF-Exposure-Minus-Volatility/ http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/08/One-Way-to-Get-Oil-ETF-Exposure-Minus-Volatility/#comments Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:00:26 +0000 The rapid volatility in oil has once again drummed up interest in the energy sector and the exchange traded funds (ETFs) that follow the commodity.
While closing down today at $41.70 a barrel, oil has rallied 23.1% from its Dec. 19 low of $33.87 a barrel.
Many analysts suggest that the rebound in……
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]]> http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/08/One-Way-to-Get-Oil-ETF-Exposure-Minus-Volatility/feed/ A Breakdown Below SPY 90 Is Bearish - Unemployment Report Ahead! http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/08/A-Breakdown-Below-SPY-90-Is-Bearish-Unemployment-Report-Ahead/ http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/08/A-Breakdown-Below-SPY-90-Is-Bearish-Unemployment-Report-Ahead/#comments Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:14:00 +0000 Over the last few weeks, the market has been able to shrug off weak economic news. It clawed its way back from support at SPY 85 and it broke through minor resistance at SPY 92. Bulls are putting money to work and spread between US treasuries and junk bonds (the credit spread) is narrowing. This means that the appetite for risk is returning to the market. Hedge funds and individuals have gone to cash and $8.9 trillion sits on the sidelines. Over the last few months, stocks fell more than they should have based on valuation models. The remote probability of …
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]]> http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/08/A-Breakdown-Below-SPY-90-Is-Bearish-Unemployment-Report-Ahead/feed/ Are Treasuries, ETFs In a Bubble After All? http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/08/Are-Treasuries-ETFs-In-a-Bubble-After-All/ http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/08/Are-Treasuries-ETFs-In-a-Bubble-After-All/#comments Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:00:55 +0000 Persistent talk of a bubble is hovering over the Treasury market and related exchange traded funds (ETFs), and like all bubbles, it must burst at some point in time. Is the Treasury rally nearing an end anytime soon, though?
Even though yields are near all-time lows, it is still too early to tell……
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]]> http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/08/Are-Treasuries-ETFs-In-a-Bubble-After-All/feed/ How Short and Leveraged ETFs Work http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/08/How-Short-and-Leveraged-ETFs-Work/ http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/08/How-Short-and-Leveraged-ETFs-Work/#comments Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:00:34 +0000 Short and leveraged exchange traded funds (ETFs) were the subject of much discussion in 2008, owing in large part to record market volatility. But sometimes their inner workings can be a bit of a mystery to investors.
These types of funds allow investors the opportunity to hedge their portfolios,……
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]]> http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/08/How-Short-and-Leveraged-ETFs-Work/feed/ Gold ETF Reaches New Inventory High http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/08/Gold-ETF-Reaches-New-Inventory-High/ http://www.webalalza.com/derivatives/2009/01/08/Gold-ETF-Reaches-New-Inventory-High/#comments Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:34:57 +0000 Tim Iacono submits: Inventory at the SPDR Gold Shares ETF (NYSEArca:GLD) made a new high on Tuesday at a whopping 787.88 tonnes after two small additions over the last week or so. This amount of bullion is greater than all but five of the world’s central banks and the IMF….
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