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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
Crude Oil: What Goes Up, Must Come Down?	It was only two months ago when I wrote my surprisingly well-received post, Ten Notes on Crude Oil: The Fixation. It was surprising to me because I’m not an expert on energy issues. I’m just a good generalist portfolio manager who knows a little about a lot. So, I have to be careful what I say, and candidly say that I’m not sure, when that’s the case. Here’s a graph of the price of crude over the last year. Over the last two months, it was up fast in month one,...	August 17, 2008
Option Update: Oil pullback affecting international oil companies' volatilities	Filed under: PetroChina Co Ltd ADR (PTR), Options, OilPetroChina (NYSE: PTR) closed at $132.04 Friday. WTI Crude Futures are recently up 1.03% to $116.39 according to Bloomberg. PTR over all option implied volatility of 40 is below its 26-week average of 46 according to Track Data, suggesting decreasing movement. CNOOC Ltd (NYSE: CEO) closed at $133.78 Friday. CEO overall option implied volatility of 43 is near its 26-week average according to Track Data, suggesting non-directional risk. Cana...	August 11, 2008
Today’s Worst Gap-Downs	Below is a list of today’s worst performing stocks as of 9:40 AM EST: MIDWAY GAMES INC. (MWY) $3.17 (-$0.75; -19.13%) GLOBAL INDUSTRIES (GLBL) $9.23 (-$2.19; -19.18%) OTTER TAIL CORP (OTTR) $36.78 (-$7.94; -17.75%) RACKABLE SYSTEMS (RACK) $10.40 (-$2.15; 17.13%) HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES (HIMX) $2.92 (-$0.62; -17.51%) NUMEREX CORP. (NMRX) $5.10 (-$0.90; -15.00%) W&T OFFSHORE, INC. (WTI) $36.60 (-$6.00; -14....	August 05, 2008
Oil Companies Consider All ‘Options’	Doug Cameron of Dow Jones Newswires has this report on the increasing use of options by oil companies. Major oil companies are continuing to shift their hedging strategies by using options more frequently, according to the head of IntercontinentalExchange Inc., who on Monday defended its recent loss of market share to arch-rival Nymex Holdings Inc. ICE and Nymex, operator of the New York Mercantile Exchange, are the two largest global venues for trading energy derivatives, and both have benefit...	August 04, 2008
Thursday's Upgrades and Downgrades	UpgradesMassey Energy (MEE)- Howard Weil Market Perform » Market Outperform W&T Offshore (WTI)- Howard Weil Market Perform » Market Outperform Callon Petroleum (CPE)- Howard Weil Market Perform » Market Outperform Seacoast Banking (SBCF)- Sterne Agee Hold » Buy MarineMax (HZO)- FTN Midwest Neutral » Buy Mattel (MAT)- BMO Capital Markets Underperform » Market Perform Fuel Systems Solutions (FSYS)- Broadpoint Capital Neutral » Buy Gushan Environmental Energy (GU...	July 10, 2008
How to Play a Market That Isn’t Going Your Way	My latest column is up at RealMoney. I usually want a stock to score highly in four out of five categories before giving it much consideration: earnings momentum, earnings quality, price momentum, free cash flow and return potential. This week, only three stocks went four for five, and I’ve talked about them all before: W&T Offshore (WTI) , Pitney Bowes (PBI) and Rent-a-Center (RCII) . As I look for new investment ideas, I’m left with three options, each of which has...	June 10, 2008
Option Update: Continental volatility up into capacity, fleet, staffing reductions	Filed under: Contl Airlines'B' (CAL), OptionsContinental (NYSE: CAL) announced it plans to reduce its work force by 3,000 jobs and its Q4 domestic departures would be 16% lower than a year earlier. CAL closed at $14.50 Wednesday. WTI Crude oil is recently up 0.20% to $122.54 according to Bloomberg. CAL July option implied volatility of 97 is above its 26-week average of 80 according to Track Data, suggesting larger risks. Option Update is provided by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyo...	June 05, 2008
Option Update; ConocoPhillips volatility flat; shares near record	Filed under: ConocoPhillips (COP), OptionsConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) is recently trading up 85 cents to $93.17. WTI crude oil futures are recently up 0.18% to $133.41 according to Bloomberg. COP overall option implied volatility of 31 is near its 26-week average according to Track Data, suggesting non-directional movement. Volatility Index S&P 500 Options-VIX up 27c to 18.26. Option Update is provided by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.comPermalink \| Email this \| Comme...	May 22, 2008
Option Update: Low volatility at major Chinese companies	Filed under: Options, China Life Insurance ADS (LFC)China Petroleum & Chemical (NYSE: SNP), an energy and chemical company based in the People's Republic of China, closed at $98.35. WTI Crude Futures are down 0.33% to $123.82 according to Bloomberg. SNP overall option implied volatility of 46 is below its 26-week average of 57 according to Track Data, suggesting decreasing price risk. China Life Insurance (NYSE: LFC) offers products and services, including individual life insurance, accide...	May 13, 2008
Tuesday's Upgrades and Downgrades	UpgradesPFF Bancorp (PFB)- B. Riley & Co Sell » Neutral Western Refining (WNR)- Caris & Company Below Average » Average Allion Healthcare (ALLI)- Broadpoint Capital Neutral » Buy A.O. Smith (AOS)- Robert W. Baird Underperform » Neutral Applied Industrial (AIT)- Morgan Keegan Mkt Perform » Outperform Commvault Systems (CVLT)- Morgan Keegan Mkt Perform » Outperform Longtop Financial (LFT)- Kaufman Bros Sell » Hold Cubic (CUB)- Needham Hold » Buy Network Equip...	May 13, 2008

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