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CBOE Options Coming to Market

June 14, 2010
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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…

June 14, 2010
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by Jared Levy on June 14, 2010 Contemplating dipping your toe into the market? If you are one of those traders who has been sitting in cash altogether or is thinking about adding to your existing positions, some options strategies may offer an alternative to buying stock outright. This may…

June 14, 2010
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1. Understand the equity markets. Options are derivatives, meaning they derive their prices from the prices of the stocks, ETFs and indexes they are listed on. While options strategies can limit risk or even change the risk you take, you should have some sort of opinion of the general direction…

June 14, 2010
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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…

June 8, 2010
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by Jared Levy on June 3rd, 2010 *Data courtesy of Bloomberg So the second-quarter earnings season has basically ended and the S&P 500 Index (SPX) just had its worst monthly performance in almost 50 years, dropping 8.2% in May. In terms of earnings numbers for the overall index and the…

June 7, 2010
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by Jared Levy on June 7th, 2010 …Friday’s nonfarm payrolls report was much worse than expected, hence the market’s very bearish reaction. Only about 20,000 “real” permanent jobs were added in the month of May. The Bureau of Labor Statistics noted that 411,000 of the 431,000 jobs were temporary positions…

June 6, 2010
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by Jared Levy on June 7th, 2010 Expectations are always high for new Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) products and with Steve Jobs being the showman and master of spin that he is, he can generally deliver. Blogs are lit up with anticipation ahead of today’s Worldwide Developers Conference and Jobs’ keynote…

June 3, 2010
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by Jared Levy on June 3, 2010 The short-term fate of S&P 500 (and the rest of the market, for that matter) face some relatively high expectations for non-farm payroll jobs tomorrow. The consensus among analysts is for the addition of more than 500,000 jobs, but I am seeing indications…

June 2, 2010
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As the markets were screaming higher earlier this year, I remember having conversations with friends of mine both in and out of the industry. Many of the financial folks were in disbelief that the market kept rising, but as it continued to do so, it seemed many of them were…

May 11, 2010
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Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) Gets Lapped? No question … Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is an innovator and has always had a very unique way of doing business. In the early days of the Apple-versus-PC/Windows debate, Apple founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) founder Bill Gates had very…

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