Tuesday, September 4, 2012

DailyMarkets.com - Hot Option Plays: Summer Is Over

DailyMarkets.com - Hot Option Plays: Summer Is Over

Hot Option Plays: Summer Is Over

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 11:18 AM PDT

Cusick’s Corner
The short-term test has not changed the longer-term up trend, but it does have many traders thinking. Watching the futures over the last two days did validate (especially in Gold and Crude) that the bulls are still in control. Equities have pulled back, S&Ps ~-6.0, but continue to hold the lower half of the consolidation of the last 2 weeks. A test of support and any headline out of the EU could get the sidelined market participants potentially back into the market. We are … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

Costa: “Anticipation Of It Being A Bad Month”

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 10:28 AM PDT

09/04/12 Empire Executions’ Peter Costa talks equity market expectations for September. Key economic data and the outlook for central banks are also … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

Big Ben Statement Boosts Gold

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 10:17 AM PDT

Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Big Ben essentially issued a blank check from the Fed, indicating the bank will take steps to inject liquidity into a slowing US economy. After very weak manufacturing numbers from Europe and China, many traders likely will shift their focus toward US manufacturing data when the ISM number is released later this morning. If the ISM number disappoints and is followed by equally disappointing job numbers, the Fed could take swift action. An injection of liquidity could … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

Oil Rises On Risk Appetite

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 03:29 AM PDT

09/04/12 Front month crude oil prices were on the rise early Tuesday as risk appetite helped push the euro higher, favoring higher-yielding/riskier … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

US Stocks Decline, Key Technical Levels Breached

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 08:14 AM PDT

09/04/12 US stocks kicked off the month in negative territory. Key events will be released later this week, including the US jobs report and the ECB rate … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

Euro Rises On Draghi Comments

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 03:00 AM PDT

09/04/12 As ECB president Mario Draghi stated comfor in buying government bonds to help EU nations, the euro experienced a brief rise early Tuesday … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

Global Markets Open Lower

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 02:27 AM PDT

09/04/12 Chinese growth concerns and a Swiss contraction helped lead the way for a sell-off start for the markets Tuesday … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

The Year Of The Housing Recovery: CoreLogic Home Price Index Up 3.8% In July, Largest Gain In 6 Years

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 06:22 AM PDT

CoreLogic Home Price Index, Percentage Change Year-Over-Year, January 2002 to June 2012

CoreLogic released its July Home Price Index (HPI) report today, here are some highlights:

1. Home prices nationwide, including distressed sales, increased on a year-over-year basis by 3.8% in July 2012. This was the biggest year-over-year increase since August 2006. 

2. On a month-over-month basis, including distressed sales, home prices increased by 1.3% in July 2012. The July 2012 figures mark the … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

Who’s Puttin’ Who In Chains?

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 06:04 AM PDT

America recently suffered the indignity of a high profile politician in Washington engaging in race baiting by bellowing to a largely African American audience that a rival political party would "put y'all back in chains." I have no interest in wasting readers' time by even dignifying those remarks.
I do have very real interest in drawing attention to two recent releases that address what I believe is the most critical issue of the day in the hope that NOBODY in our nation feels … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

Gold Tests Your Mettle

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 05:17 AM PDT

When markets don't go our way, our emotions get tested.  Our thought processes and decision-making ability gets polluted by fear.  And when overcome by fear we often make bad decisions.  Sometimes these bad decisions can be actions taken as a direct result of fear.  But fear can also lead to an inability to take action, as a result of emotional scars from the experience.
Back in April and May of this year, there was a lot of negativity and fear in the gold space.  I … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

Ignoring Liquidity Is A Recipe For Option Trading Losses

Posted: 01 Sep 2012 03:01 AM PDT

"You can check-out any time you like, but you can never leave!"
~ "Hotel California", The Eagles ~
One of the traps for budding options traders is to attempt to apply various strategies to any underlying that exhibits a familiar technical pattern. This is a mistake. Option trading strategies must only be applied to underlying assets that have very liquid options.
To attempt to trade thin options puts the trader at serious risk of the situation the Eagles described in their … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards
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