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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
Options Update on Vale, Sysco and Kroger	The VIX jumped over 7% on the day as investors reached for protection. Goldman Sachs reiterated its conviction buy rating on shares of Accenture (ACN) and increased its price target from $47 to $50. [[SYY]] – Sysco Corp. – The largest North American distributor of food to the foodservice industry received an upgrade to ‘buy’ from ‘hold’ with a $34.00 price target at Citigroup Tuesday. Shares rallied more than 1% to a new 52-week high of $28.80 during the trad...	December 09, 2009
Mean Street: Bernanke and Geithner Join the Pantheon of Heroes	Many of you were unhappy when I called former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson a hero for saving our economy last autumn. Well, here we go again. With Bank of Americas monster $19.3 billion capital raise and its imminent repayment of the TARP, its time to welcome two new heroes into the pantheon. Congratulations, Ben Bernanke and Tim Geithner. Over the past fifteen months, you stopped us from destroying our economy. You deserve more thanks than this nation will ever give. I know we�...	December 04, 2009
Mean Street: Bernanke and Geithner Join the Pantheon of Heroes	Many of you were unhappy when I called former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson a hero for saving our economy last autumn. Well, here we go again. With Bank of Americas monster $19.3 billion capital raise and its imminent repayment of the TARP, its time to welcome two new heroes into the pantheon. Congratulations, Ben Bernanke and Tim Geithner. Over the past fifteen months, you stopped us from destroying our economy. You deserve more thanks than this nation will ever give. I know we�...	December 04, 2009
Book Review: Market Indicators	Every one one us has limited bandwidth for analysis of data. We pick and choose a few ideas that seem to work for us, and then stick with them. That is often best, because good investors settle into investment methods that are consistent with their character. But every now and then it is good to open things up and try to see whether the investment methods can be improved. For those that use market indicators, this is the sort of book that will make one say, “What if? What if I com...	November 28, 2009
Bank of America-Merrill Lynch: No Year-End Correction Coming	Fear not, investors. No year-end correction will be forthcoming, BofA analysts say. “We expect the S&P 500 to finish 2009 at a little over 1100. We do not expect a year-end correction because the earnings and interest rate support is very strong,” wrote Bank of America-Merrill Lynch analysts on a research note out today. Of course, right now the S&P is currently trading at around 1104, which means BofA sees us pretty much cruising flat into the end of the year. Other’s ...	November 23, 2009
Recovery Trade in Final Stages for Global Equity Markets?	Global markets showed signs of fatigue in October with the MSCI All Country World Index dropping 1.6%. Emerging markets once again outperformed the developed world although the MSCI EM Index was essentially flat for the month. The S&P 500 had the first down month since February. Volatility increased with the VIX Index closing above 30 on October 30th for the first time since early July. On a number of occasions, investors chose to sell stocks on good news. Global Equities vs. US Dollar This ...	November 21, 2009
Rosenberg on Strangeness of the Dollar/Everything Correlation	We’ve all gotten so used to the clockwork impact that the movement of the U.S. dollar has on everything lately. But here are some interesting factoids from Gluskin Sheff’s David Rosenberg, via a rather swell post over at Pazzomundo.com. The U.S. dollar has become a huge carry trade vehicle for all risky assets. Historically, there is no correlation at all between the DXY index (the U.S. dollar index) and the S&P 500. In the past eight months, that correlation is 90%. Ditto f...	November 20, 2009
Deals Deals Deals..Where Were You Last October?	Last October, there were death knells. The VIX was at 90. We were vomiting. VC’s were writing their CEO’s secret letters entitled ‘R.I.P Good Times ‘ Everyone wanted their MOMMY. Today, AdMob was bought by $GOOG for $750 million. Playfish was bought by Electronic Arts $ERTS for $400 million. There were like 10 other deals. Accel partners is the Tiger Woods of the venture capital world. Life is good for the the POLO boys of Sand Hill Road. I don’t want to jinx...	November 10, 2009
ETF Update: Recognizing and Reacting to Risk	Let us consider this interesting question: What distinguishes the "smart money" from the average investor?My nomination is a better understanding of risk. The individual investor is always looking backwards and focuses excessively on returns. The pros try to measure risk in many ways -- valuation, economics, or even finding the next black swan. They also implement risk control through the use of sophisticated option positions, long-short trades, or outright ...	November 08, 2009
ETF Update: Recognizing and Reacting to Risk	Let us consider this interesting question: What distinguishes the "smart money" from the average investor?My nomination is a better understanding of risk. The individual investor is always looking backwards and focuses excessively on returns. The pros try to measure risk in many ways -- valuation, economics, or even finding the next black swan. They also implement risk control through the use of sophisticated option positions, long-short trades, or outright ...	November 08, 2009