Is It Time to Hedge Your Portfolio with Options?
With the VIX just coming off a three-year low, it may be time to hedge your portfolio with options. Here are a few ways you can do it.
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IWM Archives
Should You Invest in ETFs that are Wild and Wacky?
There are some odd, uber-specific ETFs out there these days. Should you invest in ETFs that are a bit offbeat? Yes, but with certain parameters.
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Wall Street’s Best Investments 797
Market Views
No Change in the Bull
The S&P 500 (SPY) made a new all-time high last Friday. The SPY made a high today of 250.12 intraday, very close to the upside channel objective at 251.50, but was unable to get through. A break above would...
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Why I Bought S&P 500 Put Options
With the market at all-time highs and the VIX at all-time lows, buying put options, betting the market would go lower, was too good to pass up.
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Cabot Dividend Investor Weekly Update
The market continues to lean bullish, with warning signs. While the Dow has been hitting all-time highs, the S&P has gone nowhere for two weeks and the Nasdaq has actually lost ground. Investors seem to be deserting “risk-on” assets, leading to underperformance in Russell...
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Cabot Options Trader Pro Weekly Update
The Chicago Board of Options Exchange Volatility Index (VIX) closed the week at 11.49, marginally higher on the week. This was interesting price action as the market was making new highs and ahead of a long weekend (would have expected new lows).
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Cabot Options Trader Weekly Update
The Chicago Board of Options Exchange Volatility Index (VIX) closed the week at 11.49, marginally higher on the week. This was interesting price action as the market was making new highs and ahead of a long weekend (would have expected new lows).
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Wall Street’s Best Investments Daily Alert: Buy (DIA), (SPY), (QQQ) and (IWM)
SPDR DJIA ETF (DIA), SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY), PowerShares QQQ (QQQ), and iShares Russell 2000 (IWM)
From Stock Trader’s Almanac
Faster moving MACD indicators applied to DJIA, S&P 500 and NASDAQ are all positive as of today’s close. The criteria to issue our Seasonal Buy...
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Analyzing BDCs
A BDC, or Business Development Company, is an investment that gives ordinary investors a way to participate in the rarified world of venture capital.
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All My Thoughts on the Market (plus Cocktails!)
I want to run through all my thoughts on the market: What I’m watching now, some stock and sector ideas that are beginning to show relative strength, the possibilities of a bear market (and what that will entail) and exactly what would turn bullish...
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Three Top Business Development Companies
Some BDCs are still very risky, so you should know how to analyze their unusual financials.
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Best Canadian Dividend Stocks to Buy Now
Today I’m introducing a new series highlighting the Best Canadian Dividend Stocks to Buy Now.
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The Money Pit
I’ve found that projects in the real world do have a lot in common with investing. Treat investments as a business.
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Stock Market Crash Course: All Systems Go
In today's Stock Market Crash Course, we look at the market's technical health to see if the QE3 spike can be sustained. Experts quoted include John Bollinger, Clif Droke and Dr. Marvin Appel and Gerald Appel. Click below to watch the video.
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Talking About Exchange-Traded Funds
Cabot ETF expert Robin Carpenter explains his interest in market analysis and shares his thoughts on the current stock market.
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