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The Pain in Spain: A Turn for the Worse The Spanish 10-year yield closed north of 6% amid growing concerns about Euroland. This prompted me to take another look at Spain's benchmark index, the IBEX 35 (EWP) and the S&P 500 Index (SPX) (SPY). The
[Below is a thought-provoking piece where an economic analyst/historian provides a fairly unique view of the modern economic global eco-system.] The world needs to clue in to changes to its economic system, including the death of capitalism, according to noted financial author Richard
Currency ETFs As the ETF market has exploded over the past few years, mutual fund companies are trying to create every type of ETF that comes to mind. ETFs have made trading commodities and currencies much easier for the average
With 2 months under our belt in 2012, it's been a strong general performance for stocks. As we previously analyzed, the strong start to this year bodes well for rest of the year in terms of the market holding gains
You've probably been aware that it seems certain securities have traded more and more similarly in recent years, especially since the market panic of 2007/2009. Many large broad-based stock mutual funds have posted remarkably similar performance numbers. There are always those stocks/commodities/sectors/indices
There's a little country (population-wise) near the Arctic Circle that posts fascinating opportunities and insights for both traders/investors and political/social scientists. Norway only has a population of about 5 million, but has one of the best fiscal/monetary balance sheets in the world
Gold is reaching record highs these days. Who benefits most of high gold prices? Those who hold a lot of the yellow metal, of course. In India (EPI) (PIN), there seems to be a real gold rush these days. At
In this article we will discuss different ratios, including the important Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) (DJIA)-to-Gold (GLD) ratio, but also a special ratio which we will discuss below. Let's start with the DJIA-to-Gold ratio. When you see the following chart,
The chart tells the tale, as we often paraphrase Jesse Livermore's famous quotation. And you can certainly spend thousands of hours macro-analyzing the debt & economic situation in both the U.S. and Europe. But it's often more instructive for shorter-term trading
"The paranoia gripped us, The rain turned engines to rust The panic set in like a cancer to our hearts; Spreading through We bet on finite genius; Or prayed for God to save us But there was no antidote, Disease
As we begin to approach the mid-point of 2011, let’s take a look at international trends in relation to currency movements. We’re seeing some interesting developments, especially for ETF and ETF option traders. I looked at the single country ETFs
We recently had a bearish Put Debit Spread (some of you may know this as a Vertical Put Spread) trade recommendation in ETF Tradr that I wanted to do a little post-mortem on today. On the first half of the trade we (myself and Andrew Hart co-manage this premium advisory program) took 43% profits in 1 day, and we closed the remainder of the trade for 100% profits on Thursday
So onto ETF trading in China — with my ETF Tradr colleague Andrew Hart, we’ve compiled a list of the most active China ETFs. Some of these are more liquid than others both in terms of the underlying and the options, so keep an eye on the bid/ask spreads
Hey folks, did you get the chance to download the complimentary 2011 BigTrends Market Outlook, written by myself and all the BigTrends experts? — Bob Lang, Moby Waller, Andrew Hart and Scott Downing all contributed to the 30 page PDF.
It includes our outlook for the S&P 500 Index, VIX, ETFs, Fed, Economy, International, and Gold — including free stock and ETF picks!
