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The first week of trading in 2012 has come and gone, and we’re all still here. A couple good things happened in Europe, a couple bad things happened in Europe, a central banker profited from his policy decisions, and no one has any idea what’s going to happen
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It’s a rally day and the markets are trying to kick out of their recent range by breaking to the upside it seems. For now. And that’s got the VIX down today. For now. Meanwhile, Google’s down fractionally after having started the day with a pop. Technically
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Well, I have to apologize for confusing you further when I tried to clarify. I wrote in the most recent post: We’re not going to be in these VIX options for more than a few weeks at most, so I expect the ETFs to track the VIX rather well
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Just a quick note of clarification for you guys regarding option trading the VIX. Some brokers don’t offer options on the VIX so you have to use the VIX-based ETFs like VXX or VXZ in that case. We’re not going to be in these VIX options for
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The weekend’s gone, just like that. And so is the new year and the holiday season. Just like that. And now the collective breath that had been held into new year, as I’d been looking for, is about to be let out. First, let’s hit on the
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Happy Friday! Markets are mixed which means we’re still at the levels we were at in 1998, 2002, 2008, 2010 and 2011. Apple’s up today and it’s up a lot over that same time period though, see what I mean about why we need to focus on
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Early going and the indices are back where we were to start the year. I could be referring to either 2011 or 2012 of course in this 1 year S&P chart: Or I could be referring to the fact that the markets are still flat from where they
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Over the last few months, I’ve asked you guys several times to answer the following question — and every single time, the results of the poll have indicated the next moves of the market: Who’s more scared right now, bulls or bears? For more than a decade, I’ve
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Welcome back friends, trust you all survived the holidays (read: relatives) and are looking forward to a prosperous 2012; another year of making money while the Chicken Littles scream about falling skies and failing currencies. At some point volatility will simmer down — but probably not for the time being. If
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Here’s what I was reading and thinking about when I wasn’t trying to get my hands warmed up in the chilly NM mountain air this morning. On Insurance Stock Indexes – Merkel’s thinking about starting an insurance-only hedge fund and the reason I like the idea is
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Good morning and happy new year. I hope you all had a great break. The markets are screaming to kick off the new year, up 2% here in the early going. FIO’s continuing its wild ways, up 10% on the day. And Google’s kicking in again, making my
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It’s Friday. And it’s the last trading day of the year. And we’re going to close out the year at just about the exact same levels we started the year at. Aren’t you glad you didn’t panic when Greece blew up. Or when Greece blew