Archive for April, 2009

• Wednesday links: leveraged volatility
  abnormalreturns, April 22nd, 2009 at 12:38 pm, Comments: 0

  Were you worried about the volatility leveraged ETFs engender?  Guess what more 3x leveraged funds are on the way.  (Daily Options Report, IndexUniverse.com) The arms [...]

• Wednesday links: leveraged volatility
  abnormalreturns, April 22nd, 2009 at 12:38 pm, Comments: 0

  Were you worried about the volatility leveraged ETFs engender?  Guess what more 3x leveraged funds are on the way.  (Daily Options Report, IndexUniverse.com) The arms [...]

• Tuesday links: do half
  abnormalreturns, April 21st, 2009 at 2:09 pm, Comments: 0

  Do half. “Scaling in and scaling out gives freedom to investors, and removing many of the psychological burdens that they bear.” (Aleph Blog) “Every one [...]

• Monday links: rational economic actors
  abnormalreturns, April 20th, 2009 at 1:38 pm, Comments: 0

  The stock market is now the most overbought it has been in 23 years, but that is not necessarily a bad thing.  (Quantifiable Edges) The [...]

• Sunday links: government guarantees
  abnormalreturns, April 19th, 2009 at 8:47 pm, Comments: 0

  “If indeed we have hit generational lows or are entering a new bull market, the best is yet to come.”  (Howard Lindzon) How to approach [...]

• Friday links: models are just a tool
  abnormalreturns, April 17th, 2009 at 12:55 pm, Comments: 0

  Talk of a “sucker’s rally” ignores the fact that the stock market is back to where it was just two months ago.  (The Balance Sheet) [...]

• Friday links: models are just a tool
  abnormalreturns, April 17th, 2009 at 12:55 pm, Comments: 0

  Talk of a “sucker’s rally” ignores the fact that the stock market is back to where it was just two months ago.  (The Balance Sheet) [...]

• Thursday links: a bull market in new ETFs
  abnormalreturns, April 16th, 2009 at 12:48 pm, Comments: 0

  Where does the S&P 500 stand relative to its moving averages.  (Bespoke) “Real buyers” have been absent from the current rally.  (FT.com also Clusterstock) “(V)ast [...]

• Wednesday links: earnings season ahead
  abnormalreturns, April 15th, 2009 at 12:14 pm, Comments: 0

  Skepticism abounds on the quality of Goldman Sachs’ (GS) earnings.  (WSJ.com, Zero Hedge, Clusterstock) Who gained from the Goldman offering? (Felix Salmon, Bespoke, 1440 Wall [...]

• Tuesday links: all Goldman, all the time
  abnormalreturns, April 14th, 2009 at 2:02 pm, Comments: 0

  If Goldman Sachs (GS) is selling, should you be buying?  (Clusterstock, WSJ.com) Goldman claims it made no profits from AIG…this quarter.  (Floyd Norris, Big Picture) [...]