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    • Wed Dec 3rd 12:00 PM
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      Hedge Fund Sues Bank of America Over Countrywide Mortgage Modifications
      My guess is that Greenwidh would be well satisfied if the mortgage originators repurchased the fraudulent mortgages rather than recast them.
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    • Wed Dec 3rd 11:19 AM
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      A Dividend Primer, You Don't Get Something for Nothing
      For the pro or con dividend argument look at DELL.
      Profits pretty consistently. No dividend. Little Book Value. Where did the money go? Would they have operated the company differently if required to supply some money to the stockholders?
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    • Wed Dec 3rd 07:32 AM
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      Lundin Mining: Unearthing Big Gains from the Commodity 'Supercycle'
      Odd that the article begins with a discussion of the Canadian mining sector. then recommends a miner with operations in countries all over the place. What did Cananda have to do with it? Any asset in the DRC is a high risk development.
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    • Wed Nov 26th 05:57 AM
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      Profiting from Risk Aversion
      In the present situation, considering that the market has been hammered nearly 50% from highs, the trade may be to sell puts on the individual companies and buy puts on the index. With the extreme levels of IV on the individual stocks the IV arbitrage should be pretty good. I would want to select more than 20 names for the trade. Possibly something with the Naz 100 sould be better to deal with as there are fewer names in the index.
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    • Wed Nov 26th 05:43 AM
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      Life After Citi: Shorting High Yield Bonds
      The factor that is driving the price of the low grade bond sector is the deleveraging of the hedgies. They had a pretty good trade going of borow short and cheap from the banks and lend longer and higher to the companies / buy bank loans. That is unwinding with a real crash as the hedge funds have to sell. It is driving the yields through the roof. As noted by someone else, the priced in default rates are unlikely to be hit in the real world future. I would rather look for a bottom pretty soon and look to get long in this sector. Why buy shares when you can lock in near 20% yields on the debt?
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    • Fri Nov 21st 12:30 PM
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      The REIT Time to Buy
      The real problem will be in the Retail / shopping center REITs. They will not have tennants after January.
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    • Fri Nov 21st 12:24 PM
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      'Market Timing Is Impossible'
      Click on the Author name. His earlier articles are available here and it is fairly well laid out. In addition there is a paper that you can download that will give the data for the different assets.
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    • Tue Nov 18th 09:01 AM
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      Testing Ablin's Trend Following Strategy
      The difficulty that the individual has in using the 200 da cross over strategy are shown in the graphs. There are years and years of under performance. Then the "big one" happens and the market does make a large drop that is avoided. In general, this can go along for 10 to 20 years with the B&H outperforming the timing because of the whipsaws. So the investor endures small annual underperformance while telling themselves that there will one day be a crash that they will avoid.
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    • Fri Nov 14th 09:13 AM
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      Redefining Strategy for ETFs
      As I understand your article, you still use the 200 dma. When price is below the 200 dma, AND the 50 dma is also below the 200 dma, then use the 50 dma as the signal for the 25% and 25% investments. If price declines below the 50 dma, sell out the position again and wait. Continue to use the 50 dma as the trigger line until the 50 dma exceeds the 200 dma and then follow that for the trigger, combined with the 8% drop.

      Is the 8% drop sell trigger employed with the 50 dma when it is below the 200 dma? Suppose I'm up 10% above the 50 dma which is still below the 200 dma. Do I sell on an 8% drop from there or wait until a break below the 50 dma?

      Finally, if there any data available showing how the outlined trading method would have worked in the past with the major indices along with the increasing number of trades? Doing the additional dance on the over / under of the 50 dma could lead to quite a number of additional whipsaws. Sometimes the seemingly logical tweaks do not improve the returns.

      Thanks for putting out the article.
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    • Thu Nov 13th 11:39 AM
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      REITs Are Gold Mines on the Short Side
      The problem with the SRS is the huge price swings. It is almost impossible to look at it on a daily basis. Watching something lose 30% in a day or two is not good for the stomach.
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    • Tue Nov 11th 14:27 PM
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      AIG Bailout 2: Why?
      As others have commented, AID is having to post collateral based upon a Mark to Market valuation of securities which no one is actually selling. The securities may not have suffered defaults, but they have been marked as if they will. Calling their bluff and having them turn over the bonds will cause there to be at least some market. Any appreciation and the current payments will accrue to AIG. The coupons may be reasonably current. Taking the 6% bonds in at 50% will give AIG a current yield of 12 and retire the debt to Treasury. I like the idea but more needs to be known about the particular bonds being called in by AIG.
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    • Mon Nov 10th 19:14 PM
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      Where Are the TIPS Strips?
      The value of TIPS can go both up or down depending upon inflation or deflation. Getting the stripped version would have some downside risk. Buying the coupon version and reinvesting the coupon could give a better ride.
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    • Thu Nov 6th 14:58 PM
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      Pair Trade: Oil & Gas Exploration and Drillers
      BBG is not a drilling operation but a production company. It seems to be pretty sound financially and has substantial production volumes. I don't see it as a comparable company to RDC.

      Thanks for the idea of the JPM / WFC trade.
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    • Tue Nov 4th 20:56 PM
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      Short Term Still Bumpy for MLPs
      If you follow these and the index, perhaps you can comment upon BSR and MTP. Both should offer diversification among the MLP operations and avoid the tax filing hell that they can cause.

      Thanks
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    • Sun Nov 2nd 22:26 PM
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      VIX Watch: Uptrend Could Still Continue
      try a chart with the 10 dma, and a 10,50,10 macd histogram, then look at the $RUT at the crossover points.

      Declining VIX indicates declining fear, still very high but declining.
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