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Hot Option Plays: Stock Market Finishes Flat
Markets In Everyting: 3D Printed Fetus
Wednesday Evening Links
Starbucks And Square Partner Up
Nat Gas Is Poised For A Move
The Great American Wealth Transfer
Using Volatility To Trade IBM Using Options
US Stocks Settle Mixed, S&P Reclaims 1400
US Jobless Claims, Chinese Data In Focus
Home Ownership: Tax Benefits
Intraday Reversal Or Breakthrough For SP500 Oil And The Dollar For August 8
Hot Option Plays: Inside Day
Keating: “Summer Definitely Here…low Volume And Volatility”
Oil Tops $94 On Supply Worries
Wall Street Edges Higher, McDonald’s Pares Losses
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Hot Option Plays: Stock Market Finishes Flat

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 03:26 PM PDT

Cusick’s Corner 08-08-2012
I did not force the issue and I did not trade much at all today, especially in this tight range. With this type of mixed action, discipline and not forcing the trade is pinnacle. Volatility in the general market continues to come in, VIX -2.8%, and the Dollar dipped into the close, so the bulls still have the momentum. With PCLN -~17%, I have been taking a look at the Retail segment, XRT, and with most of these names starting to report, I will be looking for some … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

Markets In Everyting: 3D Printed Fetus

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 03:18 PM PDT

Japanese company will 3D print your fetus for … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

Wednesday Evening Links

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 03:12 PM PDT

1. Late Payments on Mortgages Hit a Three-Year Low of 5.5% in Q2, Lowest Since Q1 2009. America’s most economically successful state, North Dakota, leads the country with the lowest mortgage delinquency rate in Q2 for any state, at only 1.3%.

2. If you tax something, you get less of it, French edition:

As French President François Hollande vows to tax income above one million euros at 75%:

“Many companies are studying contingency plans to move high-paid executives … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

Starbucks And Square Partner Up

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 02:58 PM PDT

08/08/12 Starbucks and Square are teaming up to help bring mobile payments mainstream. Square will process credit and debit card transactions at Starbucks stores in the … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

Nat Gas Is Poised For A Move

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 02:47 PM PDT

Natural Gas has traded within a very narrow 4-day range that could forecast the next major breakout opportunity in this commodity. Here's the setup and targets to watch..

Buy Signal
The daily chart of Natural Gas shows price has traded higher since the June bottom and is currently enduring a pull-back that could lead to the next key buying opportunity.
As a matter of fact, two consecutive buy signals have fired from the PEMA Pull-Back system, which looks to take advantage of "buy the … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

The Great American Wealth Transfer

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 02:32 PM PDT

Home prices around the country remain significantly below their housing bubble peaks, but some areas have fared far worse than others.
In Detroit, for example, which once represented the heart of the U.S. manufacturing industry, property values are nearly half of what they were back in December 2005, and are just 14% above the levels that prevailed two decades ago.
But it’s a different story in Washington, DC., the seat of our nation’s government. There, prices have only dropped by a quarter … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

Using Volatility To Trade IBM Using Options

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 02:18 PM PDT

One of the hallmarks of an option based trading approach is the ability to accommodate various market conditions by varying the specific construction of your option trade in order to maximize the probability of success.
In order to form a logical basis for trade selection, it is best to think in terms of each of the three primary forces impacting option pricing- price of the underlying, time to expiration, and implied volatility.
For option traders, one of the fundamental characteristics of the … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

US Stocks Settle Mixed, S&P Reclaims 1400

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 01:57 PM PDT

08/08/12 Stocks closed mixed, with the Dow and S&P 500 tacking on a small gain on the session. The S&P 500 closed above 1400 for the second consecutive … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

US Jobless Claims, Chinese Data In Focus

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 01:32 PM PDT

08/08/12 A slew of data from China will be released overnight. Thursday brings US jobless claims and international trade data will be released on Thursday … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

Home Ownership: Tax Benefits

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 06:47 AM PDT

08/07/2012 InnerHarbor Advisors’ Michael J. Keating, CFP, helps dissect the tax benefits of home ownership: what is tax deductible in the American … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

Intraday Reversal Or Breakthrough For SP500 Oil And The Dollar For August 8

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 11:30 AM PDT

If you are a swing trader, it can be helpful to drop to the intraday or lower frames to assess the current structure and indicator combinations to plan your next plays.
Of course, intraday traders will be keenly aware of the indicator signals and key levels, but it can help to put your market in the context of what signals develop in related markets.
Let's take a quick step inside the intraday chart of the Risk-On S&P 500 and Crude Oil markets and compare what we see there to the intraday … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

Hot Option Plays: Inside Day

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 11:24 AM PDT

Cusick’s Corner 08-08-2012
Tech, QQQ/XLK, is showing some strength but there is a battle line in the S&Ps at 1400. I am not going to belabor this Corner but this is going to be a tight-range session at this point. The dip in the Dollar, UUP, has renewed some enthusiasm in the Energy markets. See you After Hours.
Stock market averages are holding modest gains on another light news day. A report released this morning showed second quarter productivity at a 1.6 percent annual rate, which was … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

Keating: “Summer Definitely Here…low Volume And Volatility”

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 10:32 AM PDT

08/08/12 James E. Coffey Securities’ Gregory Keating weighs in on the recent gains in US equity markets. Monetary policy expectations for the Federal Reserve and ECB are also … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

Oil Tops $94 On Supply Worries

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 05:07 AM PDT

08/08/12 US crude oil hit a 12-week high after U.S. data showed a bigger-than-expected decline in domestic crude stocks. Inventories fell by 3.73 million barrels from the previous … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

Wall Street Edges Higher, McDonald’s Pares Losses

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 03:35 AM PDT

08/08/12 US stocks started off with a modest pullback, but managed to turn higher in morning trade. McDonald’s share fell on a flat July reading of flat global same-store … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards