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PETER TCHIR'S FIXED INCOME CHALLENGE
What asset class outperformed the S&P 500 in 2011 and 2012 is running neck and neck with it in 2013 and only lost by a smidge in 2010? What asset class has outperformed the S&P 500 since...
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Options for Tax Selling
Unlike 2012 when looming changes to capital gains and other taxes sent owners of assets from stocks to real estate and caused a mini-year-end selling frenzy to lock in gains at lower rates 2013...
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Mission Accomplished
I have squandered my resistance for a pocketful of mumbles Such are promises all lies and jest Still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest. - Simon & Garfunkel "The Boxer"...
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Ben's Excellent Adventure
And she'll have fun fun fun Til her daddy takes the t-bird away. - The Beach Boys "Fun Fun Fun" There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say...
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Covered Calls for 2014: Keep the Income Coming
During 2012 and the first half 2013 stocks that delivered dividends were the toast of the town for equity markets as they provided proxies for bonds in the yield-starved world of a zero-interest-rate...
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2014: The Year TINA Goes AWOL?
Ooh it's a funny game Don't believe that it's all the same -Holiday (Bee Gees) If 2013 was the year of 'take that bubble and shove it' 2014 may be the year TINA goes AWOL. TINA is 'there is no...
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The January Effect Will Boost These 15 Tech Stocks
This alert was originally sent to TechStrat subscribers on December 17 2013 Well as I have detailed for a few weeks I think we have a very powerful setup for a January Effect this year. The reason is...
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Portfolio Protection: Stocks are High and Options are Low
In 2013 the stock market has enjoyed a huge rally with the lowest volatility in years. The S&P 500 Index (INDEXSP:.INX) is set to gain 28% this year the best return since 1995 and has now risen...
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The Glamour Stocks: Profit Taking or Something More Sinister?
No other stocks other than the leaders can have more than a temporary effect on the market's course. -Joseph Kerr Jr. (1931) It's not the reasoning; it's the conviction. -Robert Prechter When...
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Options for Earnings: Getting All the Parts Right
Earnings reports for Q4 are rolling in with Alcoa (NYSE:AA) leading the charge yesterday afternoon. Since the aluminum maker was removed from the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) last...
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Will Stocks Turn a Brighter Shade of Red?
I was feeling kinda seasick But the crowd called out for more The room was humming harder as the ceiling flew away. Reid Brooker "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" Many people not content with the forgetfulness...
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Is the S&P Coiling for a Strong Move Up or Down?
It has been three weeks since the S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) peaked on December 31 (there was a nominal new high by 0.02 on January 15). We are seven weeks from the fifth anniversary of the March 2009...
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Secrets of the Square of 9 Chart
The S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) has not yet satisfied a 90-degree decline off the high. This was one reason why the decline into January 13 was suspect and why it was unlikely to prove a "one-day...
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Paired Trades: Using Options to Reduce Risk
In 2013 the rising tide lifted almost all boats as 9 out the 10 major S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) sectors all enjoyed double-digit increases propelling the overall index to a whopping 30% gain. But...
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The Power of the Square of 9
We've flagged the 408 time-and-price square-out in Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) several times in this space. (See here.) On January 22 Amazon left a little stealth Gilligan sell signal. A Gilligan sell is a...
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Volatility Precedes Price
The dollar is our currency but it's your problem. -U.S. Treasury Secretary John Connally 1971 If the dollar is the world reserve currency it is fair to say that what happens in the U.S. does not stay...
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Options Strategy: Exploit the Correlation Crush
In a recent piece I discussed the use of a paired options trade strategy to capitalize on a decline in correlations in 2014. Correlation refers to assets sometimes in very different classes moving up...
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VXX: Contango and Cash
Stock market volatility is on the rise which not only presents trading opportunities in stocks but in volatility itself. The recent 6% market decline as sent the VIX (INDEXCBOE:VIX) is up some 30% over...
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The Glamour Stocks: Profit Taking or Something More Sinister?
No other stocks other than the leaders can have more than a temporary effect on the market's course. -Joseph Kerr Jr. (1931) It's not the reasoning; it's the conviction. -Robert Prechter When...
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Portfolio Protection: Stocks Are High and Options are Low
In 2013 the stock market has enjoyed a huge rally with the lowest volatility in years. The S&P 500 Index (INDEXSP:.INX) is set to gain 28% this year the best return since 1995 and has now risen...
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