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Planning for the Week Ahead

by Jared Levy on June 21, 2010 Any successful trader or business man (woman), knows that planning ahead and preparing for upcoming events and potential threats to your investments is key to preventing catastrophe.  The first thing every investor needs to do is to maintain a general awareness of upcoming events that are already announced.  Planning for the Week Ahead

Quadruple Witching – What is it?

by Jared Levy on June 18, 2010 Don’t worry, the wicked witches from each nautical direction aren’t going to come swooping down on their broomstick, although it may feel like that now.  Quadruple witching happens on the third Friday at the end of each quarter – March, June, September, and December.  Most of us are Quadruple Witching – What is it?

Here Come the Earnings…

by Jared Levy on June 16, 2010 It’s the broken record that we traders love to play again and again.  While the process is the same, the outcome is almost always different.  Earnings season is often a catalyst for change in a stock’s direction, volatility, and even sentiment.   It can also simply accelerate a trajectory Here Come the Earnings…

The Jobs Report: Not to Beat a Dead Horse, But …

One of the statistics that bothers me is the drop in the unemployment rate to 9.7%, because it can be misleading. You have to look at the data closely and be careful of the headlines, which may have it at least partially wrong. Here is an inside look at the numbers:

CBOE Options Coming to Market

by Jared Levy on June 14, 2010 The Chicago Board Options Exchange, which is right across the street from where I’m sitting as I write this, is bringing their shares to market tomorrow, 11.7 million of them initially under the ticker CBOE. They are looking to raise at least $339 million with Goldman Sachs as CBOE Options Coming to Market

Gold is on a Tear Again…

So the yellow metal is back on the upswing and so is the dollar. When you are buying gold, on some level you are getting short the U.S. dollar.  But what if you want to remain long the dollar as well?  As a result, any investment in gold itself may be tied to the dollar Gold is on a Tear Again…