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Our Broken Economy
Forgive us a short rant this evening. This country is sick. When the three main engines of growth – consumer spending, real estate, and financial services – are broken, it’s just not possible to make...
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Dow Slips Below 12k on Whatever Random News
We got a round of the correlation game started this afternoon, but it went nowhere fast: either headline writers are getting smarter, or today’s action is just too tenuous even for them! We realize...
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June Monthly Review
We feel like we’re saying this every month, but it sure feels nice not to have any skin in the game come expiration day. Options expiration surely had something to do with the intensity of today’s...
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Equities Can’t Get a CLUe
Ok, stupid pun. But the August crude futures contract (CLU8) is down another $2 today (about 1.6%), and the market indexes don’t seem to care that much. While the NDX(QQQQ) and RUT(IWM) are up about...
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Bull Markets Don’t Rally 300 Points
Wiser heads than ours are still thinking hard about the unrelenting credit troubles, the generally absurd situations of FNM and FRE, and the possibility that this time, socialism for the rich (that...
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Sleepy Nasdaq
Here are some data that have us thinking this afternoon: maybe the Nasdaq doesn’t resume its parabolic move from here. There are certainly plenty of short term reasons for Nasdaq bulls to frown and...
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Effects of the Short-selling Ban
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Volatility Tracker for the Week of July 20, 2009
Volatility Tracker for July 20, 2009 Equities had a strong week, but the view from the volatility front is not so clear – if anything, it favors caution rather than optimism. Volatility futures...
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Should Market-Neutral Options Traders Diversify?
We generally restrict iron condor trades in our paid newsletter and managed accounts to index products. For those who prefer ETFs, we look at SPY, DIA, IWM, QQQQ; otherwise, SPX, RUT, NDX, DJX are...
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Trading the Nasdaq 100 with Precision
The Powershares Nasdaq 100 Trust (QQQQ) is a highly liquid, very popular ETF with actively traded options. But for traders who want to implement an options strategy on the Nasdaq 100 with any...
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