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Options Education Series - Part 2 : How To Profit Like A Hedge Fund

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:42:13 GMT

Many of you might already be familiar with this strategy. But even if you are, keep reading to check out the spin that you can put on it to make it even more effective than most professionals do.[More...]

Game On?

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:21:39 GMT

Farewell, summer, we hardly knew ye. The commuter trains were noticably fuller this morning as the passage of the August bank holiday signals the onset of autumn and full staffing levels. With Labor Day on the horizon, there are likely to be another few days of liquidity impairment and potentially sluggish trade, but for all intents and purposes it is tempting to put one's hockey net in the street and yell "Game on!" It was a year ago tomorrow that Macro Man scaled into equity shorts at elevated levels, and sure enough, 52 weeks on, major indices are once again at localized highs (but running out of steam.) We're now a month away from National Day in China, the trigger date that Macro Man had circled in his calendar for fireworks.[More...]

An Important Housing Market Update

Fri, 08 May 2009 15:39:11 GMT

If you've been reading my stuff for the past few years, then you've been ahead of the real estate pack every step of the way. I warned you well in advance that the housing market would implode ... that the mortgage industry would collapse ... and that virtually ...[More...]

Quant Funds And Market Rallies: All Rotten?

Mon, 04 May 2009 01:22:19 GMT

Anytime I see a well-written article by another college student, I pay extra attention. Such is the case with Naufal Sanaullah’s piece on why he thinks this recent rally is unsustainable. It’s quite a comprehensive bearish argument, with good points about the technical aspects of trading and a number of shots at the accuracy of last quarter’s bank earnings – and it will also serve as a good starting point for me to assess my own view of where the market is going. Still, I couldn’t help but be struck by the conspiracy-heavy undertones (most of which were backed by links to Zero Hedge – which provides a lot of thought-provoking pieces, none of them ever being positive). I’m not going to argue on points about CDS trades with AIG, because there are[More...]

Financial Sector Review – Net Income & Dividends

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:00:34 GMT

We recently reviewed Net Income (ex. Special Items) & Common Dividends for a list of 86 financial institutions in the S&P500 and made the following observations: The market value of equity has been reduced by ~ 65% since 2006 (from $2.66T on 12/29/08 to $945B on 4/24/09). The Financial Sector lost $173B (Net Income to Common ex. SI) in 2008 ($251B loss if Special Items are considered). Over 50% of the firms (44) have lowered dividends in 2009. The Financial Sector lowered Common Dividends by 68% or $41.4B ($19.9B in 2009 vs. $61.4B in 2008). 20 out of 86[More...]

Bloomberg Derivatives: Geithner, Summers

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:09:00 GMT

Geithner Says He May Oust Executives at Banks Needing `Exceptional’ Aid - hmmm, I don’t trust this soundbite that he made on Face the Nation, note how Geithner makes this prospective, something that would only be done with banks that get in trouble in the future: “If in the future, banks need exceptional assistance in order to get through this, then we will make sure that assistance comes… Where that requires a change in management and the board, then we will do that.” It could be the administration is floating another trial balloon, to see how that goes over publicly and within the bankster community. Geithner said the Obama administration has no intention of letting banks get around the rules. “Our obligation is to apply the laws that Congress just passed,” he said. Hmmm,[More...]

Stock Valuations Are Vulnerable--Government Officials Are Desperate

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:28:00 GMT

Welcome to the "Post-Wall Street Meltdown (PWSM)" world of investing. It feels like "the eye of the hurricane" after we were leveled by the the front-end of this "perfect storm."[More...]

Suncor's (TSE: SU) CDS - Is A Default On The Horizon?

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 03:20:00 GMT

Sometimes equity investors have a habit of overlooking the bond/credit markets. But in times like these, when credit markets are tight, the states of corporate balance sheets become more important than ever and it becomes imperative for all equity investors to watch and understand the credit markets. Take Suncor Energy (TSE: SU) for example. SU was Canada’s favourite oil and gas stock from 2004 – 2007. It is one of Canada’s largest oil and gas stock (by market cap), it produces almost 300,000 Boe/d, earns over $2 billion per year, and has probably the most ambitious plans for the Albert Oil Sands – plans that were originally estimated to cost ~$6 billion. Now that oil prices have tumbled by over 70%, oil and gas companies like[More...]

CME Group: Downgraded At JP Morgan And Sanford Bernstein

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:37:00 GMT

Two firms are out cautious/negative on CME Group (NYSE:CME): - Sanford Bernstein downgrades CME to Market Perform saying they will re-evaluate 2009-12 future volume growth rate estimates based on revised outlook for the macroeconomic and financial markets and our reduced reliance on their regression-based future volume forecasts, which have broken down over the past 2 quarters. New price tgt is $200 for CME (and $80 for ICE which is also discussed in the note). The biggest concern they have with regards to the CME is the weakening volumes the firm has seen in its interest rate futures complex. The credit markets have undergone a structural shift during the past 6-12 months in which securitization volumes[More...]

Fraud And Greed of Trusted Rating Agencies Helped Spread The Credit Crisis

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:49:00 GMT

By, Shah Gilani Contributing Editor Money Morning Underlying the credit crisis gripping the U.S. and world economies is a crisis of confidence. Blame has been laid at the feet of the U.S.... Money Morning is here to help investors profit handsomely on this seismic shift in the global economy. Money moves markets. But Money Morning lets you move first. [More...]

Home sales shoot up in November from year ago thanks to federal tax credit

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:58:00 GMT

Dec. 3--The deadline that wasn't helped push King County home sales up in November.
Buyers closed on 1,574 houses last month, a whopping 81 percent increase from November 2008, according to statistics released today by the broker-owned Northwest Multiple Listing Service.
In Snohomish County the increase was even more dramatic: 120 percent.

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Options Education Series - Part 2 : How To Profit Like A Hedge Fund

Game On?

An Important Housing Market Update

Quant Funds And Market Rallies: All Rotten?

Financial Sector Review – Net Income & Dividends

Bloomberg Derivatives: Geithner, Summers

Stock Valuations Are Vulnerable--Government Officials Are Desperate

Suncor's (TSE: SU) CDS - Is A Default On The Horizon?

CME Group: Downgraded At JP Morgan And Sanford Bernstein

Fraud And Greed of Trusted Rating Agencies Helped Spread The Credit Crisis

Home sales shoot up in November from year ago thanks to federal tax credit

Domestic Bank, of Cranston, R.I., sold to private investment group

How he rescued Boscov's: Al Boscov's work and goodwill saved the stores that bear the family name.

The decade: Many bubbles, many busts

Southeast Asian economies look to return to growth in 2010

Fed's Bullard: Inflation risks substantial in two to four years

Economist projects slow recovery; new normal sought

Bonuses grow on Wall Street

FDIs decline in August; portfolio investments surge in October

Economy to slowly recover, says economist

TheMarkets.com Appoints Chief Technology Officer

Financial Crisis on Wall Street Will Have Minimal Direct Impact on China's Banking Industry, But Policy Adjustments and Economic Transformation Will Affect Profitability and Future Business Models

ONN.TV's Mark2Market: CME Trader Peter Yastrow Describes Today's Massive Central Bank Actions to Keep Money Flowing

Investors Benefit From 97% Profitability Regardless of Market Volatility

Black Hills Corp. Provides Initial 2009 Earnings Guidance and Update for 2008

2007 Public Company Bankruptcies Surpassed, According to BankruptcyData.Com

Cincinnati Financial Corporation Comments on Full-year 2008 Outlook

Zacks Analyst Interview Highlights: Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, Bank of America and AIG - Sep 16 2008 7:09AM

KBW Announces Changes to KBW Capital Markets Index (KSX) - Sep 16 2008 1:07AM

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes to U.S. Indices - 15-09-08

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