Last Friday, I initiated a position in gold by shorting the Power Shares DB Gold Fund (SYM: DGL). As I will display, gold usually trades directly opposite the dollar. Consequently, one would believe I have a bullish position in the dollar ... but not exactly. Although I do believe the dollar is going ...
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Editor's Note: In today's issue, we're featuring an article written by Tycoon Report reader "Merlin." It's an exceptionally reasoned and professionally presented piece that we hope you enjoy. Please feel free to let Merlin know how you feel about his article by leaving a comment ...
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In my lifetime there has been a few famous lines exalting maximum effort. I found myself muttering one of them as the market surged yesterday. "Run stocks...run." I'm like the zealot that sees a religious figure in each corn flake or silhouette from a row of hedges. I get down, but it doesn't ...
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We are continuously faced with expectations of $200 a barrel oil and gas prices hitting 6, 7, even 8 dollars a gallon by the end of the summer. Much of our lives are affected by the price of oil, making it easy for one to be “hysterical” about rising prices. Nevertheless, major oil ...
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I love options. To me, they are one of the greatest investment and trading tools out there.
However, when most folks try to use options, they get burnt. This applies even more to wildly gyrating markets such as the ones we currently have.
Does that mean options are risky and should ...
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"Home prices down a staggering 16%!" and "Property values plummet!" are what the headlines read after the Case Shiller report was posted on Tuesday, July 29. Perhaps, it is the media's obsession with de-moralizing investors, or maybe it is our custom of judging all of our economic reports on a year ...
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This week has investors talking of a market bottom. I don’t believe we have seen a bottom at all. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are the principal drivers of this assumption. Today July 23, 2008 congress will make one of the most important decisions in the history of this country. If foreign investors ...
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The American economy seems to be going through a rough patch. However, it seems people can't live without their jeans. I am not talking about just any jeans, but high end jeans that sell for $120 to $180 a pair. Check out any American company that sells high end jeans as their major product line ...
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We get the sense that the bullish toned financial pre-announcement issued by Activision Blizzard Inc. (ticker: ATVID) is only an indication of what lays ahead. Actually, we must point out that the preliminary financial data provided for 1Q09 on July 14 was predicated on Activision as a stand-alone ...
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"And put the load right on me," sings Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, and the rest of the band as the government mills over the situation at mortgage financing giants Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE). Shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac fell more than 40% in ...
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We are still actively dissecting the June same-store sales data out this morning, but on balance, it appears as if the sector averted the much ballyhooed crash and burn scenario. Stimulus checks and favorable weather served as the primary underpinnings to many retailers reporting better than expected ...
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Everyday there is some new projection about how high oil prices are going to go or how the U.S. economy is slipping deeper into a recession; some have even begun comparing the current state of the economy to the Great Depression. This article will show the hopeful silver lining to that cloud over ...
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The term "bucket shop" is often confused with "boiler room" by the financially uneducated. Actually, the two concepts have no relationship at all. A "bucket shop" is simply a brokerage firm that puts customer orders in a "bucket", and does not execute them in the OTC market or on the floor of ...
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Today, I had the pleasure of attending the Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. (ETH) analyst/investor conference held at its new design center in NYC. The sprawling space, tucked nicely behind Bloomingdales, was a sign of what's to come for the repositioned Ethan Allen. Over the past twelve-months the company ...
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It is no secret that the American consumer is pinched for cash in light of inflationary pressures, leaving them frustrated and even angry whenever they need to go to the store to purchase a good or service or even just fill up their tank. It remains true, though, that consumers still have their needs ...
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