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Don't Get Mad...Just Make Money!

Friday, September 3, 2010 | Ethan Roberts

After last week's negative reports and subsequent media drubbing of the real estate market, this week there is speculation that we might get yet another round of government stimulus in an effort to prop up home sales. It's not clear if it's the media speculating on this, or some well conceived leaks from government officials being planted, but nobody is officially willing to commit to anything yet. The buzz this time is that any stimulus might not be just for first time home buyers, but also for ...

The Smartest Folks Are Using this Secret to Make Money

Friday, September 3, 2010 | Ed Pawelec

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Editor’s Note: On behalf of The Tycoon Report staff, we wish you and your family a safe and happy Labor Day Weekend! In observance of the holiday, The Tycoon Report will not be published Monday, September 6th. We'll be back Tuesday ready to help you navigate these volatile markets. Thought plain vanilla options trading was fun? Wait 'til you give the ever more popular weekly options a try. Now I understand that options aren’t for everyone, despite my belief ...

A Currency ETF You Can Trade Right Now

Thursday, September 2, 2010 | Costas Bocelli

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IS THERE AN INTERVENTION COMING IN THE CURRENCY MARKETS? That’s on the minds of investors who are positioned in the US Dollar/ Yen trade, whether they're riding the trending strength of the Yen or taking the other side, looking for it to reverse. The Yen has been gaining strength, with investors pouring into the currency as a safe haven hedge against the slowing global recovery/ possible double dip recession. In uncertain times like these, money flows to safe havens such as ...

6 'Deflation' Trades You Can Make Now

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 | Teeka Tiwari

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At the beginning of the year, every trader and their mother was looking for inflation. Fast forward eight months, and now the word deflation seems to be on every trader's lips. But how real is this fear? Are we to believe that inflation is actually going to go negative and that we are about to descend all the way into an actual honest-to-goodness deflationary spiral? The large drop in Treasury yields has certainly fueled the fire of this debate. We've gone from a 4% ...

Beware: Markets May be Headed for Large Drop

Tuesday, August 31, 2010 | Chris Rowe

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ANOTHER 15% MARKET DROP FROM HERE? That's what one method of stock market valuation ("CAPE") is telling us right now. 15% lower brings us down to about 8,519 on the Dow-30, 1,801 on the Nasdaq, and about 892 on the S&P 500. Of course, whatever method of valuation you use (whether it's based on the P/E ratio using future operating earnings or twelve-month trailing GAAP earnings), the simple fact is that market prices deviate well above and below whatever "fair ...