CNBC Bonus Bucks Trivia: In his blog, Darren Rovell paid tribute to the late George Carlin. Which of Rovell’s terms refers to options trades?

In his blog, Darren Rovell paid tribute to the late George Carlin. Which of Rovell’s terms refers to options trades?
Long straddle
Taking a long position in both a put and a call option.

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  30 Junio, 2008| Fundamental Analysis | Comments (0) @ 5:24

The real reason why stock markets are crashing

by MR Venkatesh - Rediff.com
In a way it captures the irony of our times. Isn’t it a bit strange that Saudi Arabia, the perceived beneficiary of the relentless oil price hike, should host a summit expressing ‘concern’ on the rising oil prices?
This high-profile summit was held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, last week after crude prices […]…
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  30 Junio, 2008| Fundamental Analysis | Comments (0) @ 5:23

Stock Analysis: Cincinnati Financial Corp (CINF)

Linked here is a PDF copy of my analysis of Cincinnati Financial Corp (CINF) (alt.1, alt.2)…
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  30 Junio, 2008| Fundamental Analysis | Comments (0) @ 3:30

Dangers involved with stocks

Of the many talks about stocks and the good thing about stock investments, often other people may overlook the danger of having one. There is that risk factor involved and it is imperative that you accept it. The market can vary. In an hour or even by minutes, what you have in great amount may be reduced to almost nothing!…
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  30 Junio, 2008| Fundamental Analysis | Comments (0) @ 1:14

Inflation vs Stock Market

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  29 Junio, 2008| Fundamental Analysis | Comments (0) @ 22:54

NYTimes: Hording Nations Drive Food Costs Ever Higher

The NYTimes to its credit is one of the few media outlets where the food crisis is even mentioned. They are doing a quality series on the subject dating back to the beginning of the year - if you are interested the articles can all be found here. As with all things (most) media has conveniently forgotten the crisis to move onto new subjects - after all, much like Iraq (which is barely mentioned on nightly news anymore - I mean all it is, is a war) - and New Orleans (hello, still a broken town once you leave the tourist areas), Americans cannot be bothered with the same old news and need new and exciting stimuli. We’ll keep it on the front burner - so when the mainstream media find it interesting again you won’t be surprised… we’ve been among the first on this beat [J…
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  29 Junio, 2008| Fundamental Analysis | Comments (0) @ 20:57

Bookkeeping: Weekly Changes to Fund Positions Week 47

Week 47 Major Position ChangesFund positions of 1.0% or greater can be found each week in the right margin of the blog, under the label cloud and recent comments areas; I highlight weekly the larger position changes.Being a long only fund, via Marketocracy…
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  29 Junio, 2008| Fundamental Analysis | Comments (0) @ 19:40

Going Wide

Better late than never, I’ve gone wide and this blog now fills up the entire computer screen. I don’t know if doing this makes it easier to read or what. But it seems every quality blog I come across has done this and I’m sure there is a reason (or reasons) why. So I’m joining the “width counts” sentiment that’s prevailing across the blog universe.As many of you have guessed by now, I can be pretty slow on the uptake when it comes to matters technical. I’ve even considered hiring someone to re-do my design and make sure I have all the right tags, or whatnot, going for Controlled Greed. (I was thinking about deleting the .com after Controlled Greed in the masthead. But I like it even though it signifies how very un-hip I am.)…
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  29 Junio, 2008| Fundamental Analysis | Comments (0) @ 19:39

Snap Back Rally?; A Few Bullish ETF Trends - Gold, Nuclear, Agriculture, Japan & More

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I took a look at the major indices in detail a few days ago, so in this weekly report I'll take a look at the latest trends in ETF's to get an idea of where money is being put to work in this challenging market.  As for the overall market, the odds are increasing […]
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  29 Junio, 2008| Fundamental Analysis | Comments (0) @ 18:08

CNBC: Merrill Lynch (MER) May Unload Blackrock (BLK) Stake to Raise Capital

Blackrock (BLK) broke down badly this week, with closes below its 200 day moving average for the first time since the worst of the March 08 selloff. I thought it was simply getting caught up in the “all things financial are evil” thinking, but with the huge volume spike Friday it appears the culprit is the fact Merrill Lynch (MER) is so desperate for cash it could be forced to sell off its Blackrock stake for capital….
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  29 Junio, 2008| Fundamental Analysis | Comments (0) @ 12:00

Change of fortune for my 3 problem stocks?

As the end of the 2nd quarter nears, I am getting a few rays of hope from the three stocks that have caused the most head scratching over the last quarter. All three were chosen for this site’s tracking portfolios as well as my personal accounts because they appeared to be good companies that the market had beaten down too far. Well, I was wrong, they had much farther to fall. Each has shown surprising strength over the last couple of days even as the broader market (Russell 3000 Index) has fallen by almost 4% over the last two trading days. On to the individual stocks:
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  29 Junio, 2008| Fundamental Analysis | Comments (0) @ 4:00

The Dividend Investing and Value Network (DIV-Net)

It is with great pleasure that I, and our collective membership announce the debut of The Dividend Investing and Value Network (DIV-Net). Dividends4Life is proud to be a Founding Member of this new investing network focusing on dividend investing, value investing and a long-term buy and hold philosophy. The authors of …
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  29 Junio, 2008| Fundamental Analysis | Comments (0) @ 3:30

What is a Secondary Offering and Why Should I Care?

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Besides Initial Public Offerings (IPOs), the fund that I manage is also very involved in secondary offerings. The concept of secondary offerings may not be very familiar to most individual investors, but it actually may have more of an effect on the price of stocks they participate in than originally thought.
A secondary offering is […]
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  28 Junio, 2008| Fundamental Analysis | Comments (0) @ 18:39

“Now’s the time to buy and hold”

Now’s the time to buy and hold, says T. Rowe Price’s Rogers - MarketWatch
Just reading/scanning through the couple of hundred comments shows the T. Rowe Price chief investment officer is probably right. Skip the article linked above, go straight to the comments. (Grab a nice scotch first, I am having a Grant’s)….
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  28 Junio, 2008| Fundamental Analysis | Comments (0) @ 16:27

CSCO: Look Ahead to July 2008 Results

Our analysis of Cisco’s April 2008 quarter, the third of the fiscal year, resulted in an Overall Gauge score of 46 of the 100 possible points, just about matching the score after the January quarter. Both Revenue and Net Income grew at decelerating rates, although earnings benefited to some extent from a decline in the effective income tax rate. More positively, the R…
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  28 Junio, 2008| Fundamental Analysis | Comments (0) @ 13:42

How are the Dow Components Doing this Year?

The Dow Jones Industrial Index (DJIA) is the most widely followed index, holding our 30 most dear and near corporations - the names everyone knows. It actually has a very convoluted methodology which gives weight to the stocks within the indix by PRICE instead of market capitalization like most indexes. Hence the higher the stock price (which is quite an arbitrary thing, since if a stock splits 2:1 it should not matter to its “importance” in an index) the more it affects the DJIA. If you are interested in the morbid details (you engineering types) y…
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  28 Junio, 2008| Fundamental Analysis | Comments (0) @ 12:45

Weekend Stuff for Political Junkies

For any of you political junkies out there - here is an interesting site with analysis and compilations of all the polling - fivethirtyeight.com. Some good stuff.

Back when the blog started, and everyone was still talking about Iraq as “the issue” last summer and recession / inflation were laughable concepts in the mainstream, I predicted whomever came out of the Democratic side (at the time it was looking like a H…
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  28 Junio, 2008| Fundamental Analysis | Comments (0) @ 12:01

35 Stocks Returning 7%+ this Week

Another small list of names, and a familiar lineup of stocks. The big change was the flight into precious metals - gold and silver which we outlined in last week’s list as the potential new group of strength, and our old gold holding was the 2nd best stock in the market (in the criteria group we use) [G…
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  28 Junio, 2008| Fundamental Analysis | Comments (0) @ 10:36

Weekend Edition: Probably Not a ‘Beat-and-Raise’ Month for Obama

The following email arrived this morning, from the Obama campaign:

On Monday, everyone will be watching our fundraising totals to see if we can compete with the McCain campaign.

This month is the first test of our grassroots fundraising strategy since we declared our independence from the broken campaign finance system…….
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  28 Junio, 2008| Fundamental Analysis | Comments (0) @ 8:15

NYTimes: U.S. Freezes Solar Projects on Public Land for 2 Years

Watch they do (this) versus what they say (we feel so much empathy for the public of the US, we need to find ways to bring down the price of energy!). Environmental impact? Of “renewable” energy? Are they serious? So much for my mandate for a Manhattan Project of Energy, which included taking huge pieces of public land in sun drenched southwest and putting solar farms all over. Have to study the impact on the environment first. And “two” years, really means “four” years.
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  28 Junio, 2008| Fundamental Analysis | Comments (0) @ 8:00

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