Archive | January, 2010

Correlation and Volatility for Monday

This correlation matrix tracks short-term movements in asset classes found in our model portfolios. Daily and weekly volatility analysis helps to identify extremes.
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Hedge Ratios for Monday

Hedge ratios are used to calculate the amount of inverse ETFs needed to hedge ETFs found in the model portfolios.
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The Hot 100 (or so) Stocks for Monday

The Hot 100 is a list drawn from three sources purported to have expertise at picking momentum stocks. Rank and stop losses are updated daily.
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Trading Ideas & Workbook for Monday

The stock scan performed after the close found 5 winners and 136 losers. They have been ranked along with 300+ ETFs, all S&P 100/NASDAQ 100 Index constituent stocks and 60 optionable indexes.
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Market Barometers for Monday

Let’s transform these statistics into market barometers to give us the big picture.
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Irrational Fear of Inflation

I’m quite tired of hearing all this inflation talk, aren’t you?
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The Davos Zeitgeist

[This article was written prior to the announcement of the U.S./Taiwan arms deal.] It’s a running joke that the crowd at Davos gets it wrong every time. So far, almost every story has been about the rise and decoupling of two nations that are the toast of today’s investors.
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Market Survey for Friday

I reviewed the market sentiment charts and updated last week’s comments on the daily and weekly charts of the S&P 500 index in the half-hour before today’s real-time trading session. THERE IS MUCH MORE TO COME THIS WEEKEND.
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