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- A Quick Wrap Of Friday's Market
Earlier Friday I posted that the intra-day S&P futures chart signaled a shift in the market Friday. When I look at a chart I always look for an intra-day trend to develop and should that intra-day trend 'change' then there is a shift in the dynamics of the day. I am only concentrating on intra-day in this analysis, I always keep in mind the longer term trends, but in this case I'm looking for how the market is behaving … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Volatility Index (VIX) Slips Below 19
One of the interesting side benefits of having a blog is that you can get a sense of what some investors are thinking just by looking at the Google searches that result in people clicking through to the blog. Today, for instance, I note some have found their way to VIX and More with the following Google searches:
- "VIX oversold"
- "VIX call options"
- "trade using the VIX"
- "bull call spread … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - FDIC Announces Another Bank Failure
Another one bites the dust…
Columbian Bank of Topeka, KS had been in operation since 1920. I guess they were able to withstand the Great Depression but the current credit implosion was just too much for them…
From their web site:
The Columbian Bank is an independently owned, family-run bank that has been serving the people and businesses of eastern Kansas since 1920. As … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Ship Finance Cruising On Profits
I should not be bored owning a high yield stock that is this consistent, but the quarterly earnings reports for Ship Finance International Ltd (SFL) almost make it difficult to write an interesting analysis. Ship Finance has developed a business model that appears to be bullet proof and the market puts such a low value on the company there appears to be no room for a negative surprise. This quarter SFL increased the quarterly dividend 2¢ to 58¢, giving the stock a current … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Drought Has Cut Iran's Wheat Production, Growing Our ETFs
Agriculture and grains-focused exchange traded funds (ETFs) could get a lift from a new customer buying wheat from the United States: Iran.
After a 27-year break, the country has started buying our wheat again. It's a sign of the limited options for importers who want high-quality grain, say Tom Polansek and Louise Radnofsky for the Wall Street Journal. Their timing is good, too: … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - U.S. Investment In Renewable Energy
Over the past few months, the renewable energy industry has struggled to maintain investor confidence as Congress continued to drop the ball on the renewable energy production and investment tax credits.
They’re set to expire at the end of the year. And if that happens, renewable energy stocks are sure to fall.
Now before you draft your hostile e-mails about how renewables should be able to compete without subsidies, I call your attention to the … [visit site to read more]
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EURO
The euro moved lower vis-à-vis the U.S. dollar today as the single currency tested bids around the US$ 1.4790 level and was capped around the $1.4910 level. Technically, today's intraday low was right around the 38.2% retracement of the move from $1.4630 to $1.4910. The U.S. … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - When It Comes to Taxes, Commodity ETFs Are A Different Breed
Now that commodities have come down from their recent highs, are you tempted to go in on a market dip with a focused exchange traded fund (ETF)?
Commodity ETFs are popular, no doubt, especially given the bull run they've had this year, garnering nearly $20 billion in net inflows, reports Paulette Miniter for Smart Money, and Morgan Stanley analyst Paul Mazzilli says assets now stand … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - A Quick Review Of I.O.U.S.A.
I attended a showing of I.O.U.S.A last night and I really enjoyed it.
The movie’s strength is that it organized all of the elements of our national debt problem into a cohesive narrative, and presented the facts in a way that was largely apolitical and easy to digest. As a result people who are new to the issues or are fairly knowledgeable can both walk way with new knowledge and/or a better understanding of the big picture; the movie’s strength wasn’t in presenting a lot of new information … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Bernanke And Buffet Speak, Markets And Financial ETFs Smile
Stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs) rose Friday morning after some hopeful words from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
He said that while the inflation outlook is uncertain, the recent decline in commodity prices and the stabilization of the U.S. dollar are encouraging signs, report Mark Felsenthal and Alister Bull for Reuters. If this sticks, he says, inflation should be moderate both this year and … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Warren Buffett Quote From The I.O.U.S.A Panel Discussion
Warren Buffett had a great quote (granted he’s probably said something like this before) during the panel discussion that’s shown after I.O.U.S.A.
“I like to invest in wonderful companies that an idiot could run because sooner or later one will”
(The audience laughs)
“In fact you could say that this country is like that too”
(more laughter)
To put the quote in context he was being asked about the future of the American economy, and after the zingers above he discussed how he felt … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - The Carry Trade At Everyone's Fingertips With An ETF
Institutional strategies are becoming more and more common for the individual investor, especially with the exchange traded fund (ETF) explosion.
Take into account the carry trade: it is all about selling currencies at low interest rates and buying currencies with high interest rates, and then the investor benefits from the interest rate spread, reports Matthew Hougan for Index … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - McCormick & Schmick's Traffic Low
McCormick & Schmick’s (MSSR) is suffering declining traffic and comps as cash-squeezed consumers are dining out less. Early signals indicate that traffic may be stabilizing and we think historical levels of growth and profitability will resume when the economy recovers. Meanwhile, with debt-to-capital of just 12 percent, the company can comfortably continue its expansion plan, which has been greatly scaled back for 2009 to 6 units from 11 planned for 2008.
However, we … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Chevron Shares: A Great Value
We are upgrading Chevron Corp. (CVX) shares to Buy from Hold following the stock's recent commodity-price related weakness. We think that the risk-reward trade-off is very favorable at current levels.
While a weak oil price environment may weigh on the stock over the coming weeks, we believe that Chevron's strong pipeline — which is projected to add more than 1 MMBOE/d by 2011 — and impressive recent exploration successes have significantly improved its long-term … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Buffett Moves The Markets
The dollar is up.
The Dow is up.
Oil is down.
And it’s all thanks to an interview Warren Buffett gave this Friday to CNBC. The oracle is suddenly more postive on the greenback.
From Reuters by Jonathan Stempel entitled: Buffett sees economy weak until 2009
“Warren Buffett said the economy is still in a recession and unlikely to improve before 2009 but that stocks appear … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Linktone Unprofitable Thru '09
Linktone Ltd (LTON) is a provider of wireless interactive entertainment services for mobile telephone users and advertising services to enterprises in China.
The Chinese wireless value-added services market has seen increasingly intense competition and the policy/regulatory changes have a material impact on Linktone's business. However, the company's revenue has increased sequentially for three consecutive quarters, which may indicate that the worst time for Linktone has … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Lehman Saga Continues: Will There Be A Takeover?
Yesterday, it was reported that beleagured U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings (LEH) may not be receiving its hoped-for $5 billion bailout from the Korean Development Bank (KDB). No public statements were issued, but we did point out that a former Lehman executive had left the firm earlier this year to head up the KDB. So we knew we didn’t have the full story as of yesterday’s close.
However, before the market opens today, new speculation … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Changing Markets Require Changing Tactics
The second law of thermodynamics states that entropy always increases. Put another way, “things change.” How one reacts to changing environments can often make the difference between long-term success and failure.
Yesterday’s Olympic relay action clearly demonstrated the dangers of taking a cavalier approach to changing circumstances. The abject failure of the US 4 x 100 relay teams (and indeed, the GB men’s team) to manage the passing of the baton as leg-runners changed provides an … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - British Pound Plummets To Two-Year Low Against Dollar As UK Economy Stagnates
The worse performer of the day has been the British pound, which fell more than 250 pips against the US dollar from a high of 1.8770 towards 1.8500, more than erasing Thursday’s gain. Friday’s release of UK GDP was worse than expected, coming out at 0%, compared with a previous estimate for growth of 0.2%, worse than the +0.1% growth expected. When the market saw that the UK economy … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Bundesbank Favours Gold While U.S. Government Mint Sells Out Of Gold Coins And Suspends Sales
Gold finished trading in New York yesterday at $833.30, up $23 and silver was up 73 cents to $13.76. Gold and silver remained firm in Asian trading and have given up some of the gains in early European trading. Gold is trading at $831.30/831.70 per ounce (1100 GMT).
Gold surged yesterday on concerns regarding Russia - NATO tensions, surging oil and commodity prices and confirmation that the US Mint is suspending sales of American Eagle gold bullion coins (1 ozt) due to an inability to meet … [visit site to read more]
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