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• U.K. North Sea Oil Companies “Going Galt”
• A Lesson On Silver, Stability, And The Sigma Bands
• Vertical Credit Spreads & Clues About S&P500 Left Behind By The Russell

Posted: 28 May 2011 05:19 PM PDT We couldn't agree with some of the commentary from this article in  Financial Advisor Magazine.  Its why we created SmartStops.    The broader message is that indexing is moving past the standard beta carve-ups, such as small- vs. large-cap equities and value vs. growth stocks. A new era of factor-based indexing is dawning… Among the catalysts for the new indices is the growing use of factor models, says Rolf Agather, director of index research … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Balance Transfer Credit Cards

U.K. North Sea Oil Companies “Going Galt” Posted: 28 May 2011 04:10 PM PDT UK Independent — “North Sea oil production has slowed to its lowest level since records began 15 years ago following the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s recent tax raid on the industry. An update from the U.K. Department of Energy yesterday showed the biggest fall in oil production since quarterly records started in 1995. Gas production fell 17.6 per cent from a year ago. The slowdown follows the Chancellor’s controversial Budget decision to increase the supplementary tax on North Sea Oil … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Balance Transfer Credit Cards

A Lesson On Silver, Stability, And The Sigma Bands Posted: 28 May 2011 03:04 PM PDT Many investors were taken sharply by surprise initially by the stellar run-up in Silver prices, and then perhaps more so by the dramatic collapse in prices after the period of euphoria and instability. But how do you define "instability" and "euphoria" objectively? Let's learn a lesson from Silver's Sigma (Standard Deviation) Bands and see what they had to say about the stable rise that morphed into a multi-day unstable rise ahead of the violent collapse. What we're seeing is the … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Balance Transfer Credit Cards

Vertical Credit Spreads & Clues About S&P500 Left Behind By The Russell Posted: 28 May 2011 02:47 PM PDT Before discussing why I think the S&P 500 may be setting up to rally I have to discuss an options strategy that often times is overlooked. Besides writing covered calls and cash-secured naked puts (same risk profile by the way), one of the most basic spread constructions available to option traders is the vertical spread. A vertical spread can be written when an option trader believes prices are going up (bull call spread) or when prices are going down (bear put spread). In addition to the … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Balance Transfer Credit Cards

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