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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
Mid-Cap ETFs And Stocks Are Just The Right Size	What type of stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs) are not too large and not too small, and doing mostly just right in 2008? The mid-caps. Between the three cap sizes, mid-sized companies have been the most profitable area year-to-date. Their stocks are up 3.4% during the first five months of this year. Gary Gordon for ETF Expert says that in comparison, the largest companies in the S&P 500 collectively are down 4.6% for the year. Small-caps are struggling as well, but not quite as mu...	June 03, 2008
ETFs every investor should know	Filed under: Other issues, eBay (EBAY), Next big thing, Technical Analysis, Agriculture, Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (POT)If you've ever delved into investing in ETFs (exchange-traded funds, basically entire indexes and sectors that trade like stocks), you're already familiar with the most popular, those being Powershares QQQ Trust (Nasdaq: QQQQ), SPDR Trust Series 1 (AMEX: SPY), Diamonds Trust, Series 1 (AMEX: DIA), iShares Russell 2000 Index (NYSE: IWM) and lately Financial Select SPDR (AMEX:...	March 26, 2008
Option Update: Market volatility flat compared to 50-day moving average; financials are elevated	Filed under: OptionsVolatility Index S&P 500 Options-VIX at 26.62; 50-day moving average is 26.39. NASDAQ 100-QQQQ overall implied volatility at 30; 50-day average is 29.Russell 2000-IWM overall implied volatility at 32; 50-day average is 29. Financial Select Sector-XLF overall volatility at 45; 50-day average is 37. Over all market option implied volatility is flat compared to its 50-day moving average according to Track Data, suggesting non-directional price movement. Financial stock vo...	March 21, 2008
Which Types of Stocks Are The Most Recession Proof?	We’re already in a recession. Or, that’s what the pundits say. They may well be right. But what will you do about it? Will you follow common wisdom and seek relative safety of large cap stocks? After all, large cap stocks are safer—right? That’s what I had thought too, until I studied the S&P 500 and the Fama/French Small Cap Value benchmark portfolio in all nine recessions going back to 1950. My study looked at time periods of one year and three year returns into a reces...	February 25, 2008
Which Types of Stocks Are The Most Recession Proof?	We’re already in a recession. Or, that’s what the pundits say. They may well be right. But what will you do about it? Will you follow common wisdom and seek relative safety of large cap stocks? After all, large cap stocks are safer—right? That’s what I had thought too, until I studied the S&P 500 and the Fama/French Small Cap Value benchmark portfolio in all nine recessions going back to 1950. My study looked at time periods of one year and three year returns into a reces...	February 25, 2008
Fast Money	Word On The StreetWall Street experienced some wild swings on Wednesday with the Dow moving 600 points from top to bottom. The Dow finished the day up 298 points and the NASDAQ closed up 24 points. Pete Najarian explained the rally Wednesday was due to the prospect of a government bailout of the bond insurers and rumors of a rate cut out of the European Central Bank. He feels the volatility in the market...	January 23, 2008
Fast Money	Word On The StreetRecession fears have put the S&P 500 on track for the worst start to January in history. The Dow closed down 59 points and the NASDAQ lost 6 points. Karen Finerman mentioned she bought back a lot of short positions Friday on names like Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (LEH) and Simon Property Group Inc. (SPG). Pete Na...	January 19, 2008
ETF Investors Want Shelter	Some may wonder if the Fed is in denial: while Bernanke calls for a "slow growth path," Wall Street is calling "recession" and exchange traded fund (ETF) investments and benchmarks are on a steady drop. As Gary Gordon for ETF Expert points out, the S&P 500 SPDR Trust (SPY) has dropped 9.5% in 12 trading days and is roughly down 15% since the October 9 market top. Ouch! Other benchmarks and ETFs on the same trend are PowerShares QQQ (QQQQ), iShares Russell 2000 (IWM...	January 18, 2008
Covering SPY and IWM…Testing Long Side for Trade	It’s gorgeous here in New York, people will either hit the sell buttons and go for a walk or decide that the world is not ending just yet and do some short covering. I am in the mood to bet, so I am covering all my SPY and IWM shorts from yesterday and getting long SPY, AAPL ($158 and change - wow) and QQQQ We shall see. ...	January 16, 2008
What Today Meant…	More than yesterday . Also, a possibility of what I thought might happen this weekend . You may not believe me but Twitter must have been down and I was twittering short sale SPY and IWM today. I am seeing now that my Twitters did not get through. Andy Swan knows it’s true though because we were texting whether to get long and I was telling him about crash puts. I have to say that Twitter ain’t worth squat to me and you if it does not work when you need it. Very disappointed. H...	January 15, 2008

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