Archive for March, 2009:

Vega vs. Volatility: Understand the Difference

{ Posted on Mar 31 2009 by Minyanville }
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There''s an old saying: “Volatility represents opportunity but vega measures money.” Okay maybe that’s not an old saying. But it speaks to the fact that while many people use the terms vega and volatility interchangeably there is a distinction. ...Read More »

Snapback Beheads the Bulls?

{ Posted on Mar 31 2009 by Minyanville }
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Editor's Note: This is a free edition of Jeff Cooper's Daily Market Report. To receive a 14-day free trial of Jeff's insights twice daily click here.“And she said we are all just prisoners here of our own device.” --Hotel California ...Read More »

Snapback to Behead the Bulls?

{ Posted on Mar 31 2009 by Minyanville }
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Editor's Note: This is a free edition of Jeff Cooper's Daily Market Report. To receive a 14-day free trial of Jeff's insights twice daily click here.“And she said we are all just prisoners here of our own device.” --Hotel California ...Read More »

Fannie, Freddie to Steal Banks’ Crutches?

{ Posted on Mar 31 2009 by Minyanville }
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With mortgage rates at historic lows housing prices plummeting and Washington throwing billions at housing-market recovery efforts why is it still so damn hard to get a loan? And while the easy answer is that banks are flat-out broke the real answer ...Read More »

College Students: Assess Your Readiness to Invest

{ Posted on Mar 31 2009 by Minyanville }
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"I've seen you guys can shoot but there's more to the game than shooting. There's fundamentals and defense."--Coach Norman Dale (Hoosiers)After class the other day a student informed me that he had been watching Citigroup (C) cascade lower and ...Read More »

Leveraged ETFs: Looking for Bear Tracks

{ Posted on Mar 31 2009 by Minyanville }
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So I expanded my highly sophisticated Dollar-Volume Leveraged ETF Ratio graphing (last seen in Bears Back to Maul Financials). Here we see the Russell 2000 offshoots: And here's the SPX-Russell 1000: Again what I did was compare the dollar ...Read More »

Stress Test: Suze Orman

{ Posted on Mar 31 2009 by Minyanville }
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Suze Orman is a best-selling author and host of a self-titled call-in show on CNBC. When it comes to personal finance with a drop of tough love she's American's unofficial sweetheart.But in a year replete with backtracking and bad calls the ...Read More »

Ticker Shock: GM Heading for Bankruptcy? Or Just Playing Chicken with Unions?

{ Posted on Mar 31 2009 by Minyanville }
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So I’m sitting next to a guy on my commute home yesterday and he’s drinking coffee. No big deal right? But he’s taking these little delicate baby sips and after each sip he says: “Ahhh.” After the fourth or ...Read More »

The Interest Rate Debate: Mr. Practical & Minyan Peter

{ Posted on Mar 31 2009 by Minyanville }
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Dear Minyan Peter and Mr. P I'm curious about the discrepancy between Minyan Peter (who advocates a low interest-rate ceiling on bank deposits) and Mr. Practical (who espouses a somewhat higher Fed interest rate to attract savers to get ...Read More »

Synergy in Life and Money

{ Posted on Mar 31 2009 by Trent }
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It’s amazing to me how often one part of my life is in opposition to other parts. Last Thursday, for example, my wife stayed home with our daughter to take her to her eighteen month checkup at the doctor. I ...Read More »
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