Year: 2009

Strategy Lab: The Impact on the Market from Option’s Expiration

(From my latest journal entry for the MSN Strategy Lab. Take a look on the left at the current standings)

In this volatile market, contracts on options have become increasingly more expensive. This is because the main pricing components of options are: expected rate of return,...

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Links and Reading for January 19th

Some of the more interesting and important items for January 19th :

Time to Sell US Treasuries – Korea's government may shift investments out of US Treasuries.
RBS to unveil up to $37 billion of losses – Well, at least it is not $40 billion. Right?
Buffett says US in 'economic...

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TDI Podcast 92: An Unavoidable Depression? (Dent and Shedlock)

Guests: Harry S. Dent Jr. and Mike “Mish” Shedlock help to uncover the market’s direction for the next few months. Harry provides us an important update and sobering outlook for an economy. We questions whether or not a full-blown depression in inevitable.

Mish provides us with excellent...

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Video: WSJ “Stimulus Scam” with Peter Schiff

The excessive spending and ridiculous level of government intervention is the cause of the problem, not the solution exclaims EuroPacific’s Peter Schiff. This is a continuation of a similar discussion Peter and I had in a recent episode of The Disciplined Investor Podcast .

Is this a reasonable and rationale thought...

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Sunday Fun: The Dreaded Octobox

This has me rolling. Unfortunately, the most funny thing is that it is true. You have to admit, there is no way to make this stuff up!

Stewart has it down to a science, much more so that the Fed or Treasury ever will.

I vote for Jon Stewart for the next...

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