February 8th, 2012 11:49 am
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Why Our Currency Will Fail
The idea that the very same economic forces that are currently plaguing Greece, et al., are somehow not relevant to the United States' circumstances does not hold water. As goes the rest of the world, so goes the US.
When we back up far enough, it is clear that money and debt are there to reflect and be in service to the production of real things by real people, not the other way aroun...
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February 8th, 2012 10:35 am
Courtesy of Doug Short.
About 4 1/2 months have passed since the latest Federal Reserve intervention, Operation Twist, was officially announced on September 21. We've now seen several bouts of aggressive Fed attempts to manage the economy following the collapse of the two Bear Stearns hedge funds in mid-2007 about three month before the all-time high in the S&P 500.
Initially the Fed Funds Rate (FFR) underwent a series of cuts, and with the bankruptcy of Bear Stearns, the Fed launched a veritable alphabet soup of tactical strategies intended to stave off economic disaster: PDCF, TALF, TARP, etc. But shortly after the bankruptcy filing, the Fed really swung into high gear. The FFR fell off a cliff and soon bounced in the lower half of the 0 to 0.25% ZIRP (Zero Interest Rate Policy). The thud to the FFR bottom coincided with the first of two rounds of quantitative ea...
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February 8th, 2012 10:00 am
Courtesy of Benzinga.
South Korea's opposition leader threatened that if her party wins the race for president, it will scrap the free trade agreement between South Korea and the United States.
Democratic United Party (DUP) chairwoman Han Myeong-sook said that unless the current government revises certain clauses in the free trade agreement, her party would be forced to repeal the entire free trade agreement if it wins the next election. The DUP also sent letters to United States President Barrack Obama and other leading American politicians requesting that they look into the matter.
The opposition says that one of the clauses in question, which Han Myeong-sook called "poisonous", would allow American companies to circumvent South Korean courts a...
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February 8th, 2012 12:00 am
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XBUYThe projected value for US Steel is still rising quickly even though past earnings have already improved significantly.
CMISTRONGBUYMany analysts are expecting higher than previously expected long term growth from Cummins, and its near-term earnings outlook is also improving.
CAIBUYCACI is one of the top candidates projected to achieve both higher than previously projected earnings in the short run and a higher earnings growth rate in the long run.
ANBUYProjected value continues to rise for AutoNation while long term increases in earnings growth are also becomin...
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February 7th, 2012 11:49 pm
Courtesy of Mish
Greece bailout talks that were postponed on Friday to Saturday, then Saturday to Sunday, then Sunday to Monday, then Monday to Tuesday. They have been postponed again, this time for a reason that makes perfect sense "Political Suicide".
The New Work Times reports Greece Puts Off Decision on Austerity Measures Amid a Strike Protesting Them
As thousands of Greeks walked off the job in a general strike on Tuesday to protest stringent new austerity measures, there was a growing sense that the country was reaching a critical point in its efforts to survive the debt crisis.
Greek political leaders postponed for yet another day a decision on an ...
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February 7th, 2012 7:05 pm
Courtesy of John Nyaradi.
Major Indexes and Index ETFs rose today on “Greek” hopes and European solution.
Major indexes cheered in hope today for a possible Greek solution as the S&P 500 rose .2%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added .26%, the NASDAQ Composite scored a .07% increase, while the Russell 2000 Index dropped -.12%. Major index ETFs of course followed along as the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:SPY) increased .25%, the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (NYSEARCA:DIA) rose .3%, the PowerShares QQQ Fund Series 1 E...
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February 7th, 2012 3:58 pm
Submitted by Mark Hanna
Courtesy of MarketMontage. View original post here.
It finally looked like some sort of selloff may occur this morning but ONCE AGAIN the "buy the dip" crowd was rewarded. At these levels of overbought I am now officially falling into the shocked camp that the same ploy can work day after day without fail. I can't remember the last time the buy the dip crowd was punished. Generally the market does not reward the same behavior this often.
As the market goes higher and higher into the ether, generally you want to tighten stop losses so you don't get caught red handed on a reversal but this morning's selloff was just deep enough to capture some of those…. which of course after the ...
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February 7th, 2012 1:40 pm
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February 6th, 2012 9:02 am
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February 5th, 2012 5:19 am
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February 3rd, 2012 1:42 pm
Today’s tickers: F, GM, MAS & GILD
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January 30th, 2012 7:22 am
Here is a quick update of past trades and our current position.
AA Money
No trade this week as we wait for AA to settle. Phil remarked last week that AA seemed overvalued. In the meantime, it looks like we might have to roll our Feb 9 calls. Good thing we sold only 5 of them against our position.
Last week P&L - 310.00
We lost ground last week, but we still have 11 months to sell premium!
FAS Money
Very good week for FAS Money as we benefited from the large amount of premium sold the previous week. We covered most of the shorts in advance of the Fed speech, but sold another set of options on Wednesday after the speech - 2 FAS calls that expired worthless on Friday, 2 FAS put that we are still holding and 2 FAZ put that we bought back for a profit on Friday. A late stick comparable to last week's almost gave us problems at the end of the day though!
Last week P&L - $4277.00
IWM Money
A decent week in this virtual portfo...
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January 18th, 2012 1:09 am
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Finding new and exciting Biotech companies that target novel mechanisms is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. Sure there are many companies working on cutting edge science, but investing in those companies to reap the rewards of their work is a very dangerous game. More often than not, companies fail because the mechanism does not pan out, the compound(s) do not have pharmacokinetics (get into the body or last very long in the body), or an adverse event happens that knocks years off a development timeline. In addition, the stock can be manipulated by market makers so investors don't know which way is up. I approach investing in biotechs as a long term prospect. I continue to like our current portfolio of biotech companies (join in chat for many of those plays), and we continually add/subtract shares and sell/buy options on ...
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