Saturday, March 3, 2007

HOTS Weekly Options Commentary

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Peter Stoclers Earnings are good, the economy is strong, employment is full, the P/E ratios are in-line… The stocks that looked good a week ...
Friday, March 2, 2007

Flash Update on SPX & Gold

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Frank Barbera We are issuing this brief flash update, as we see a great of evidence continuing to mount that both the S&P and the Gold m...

Market Gyrations

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Sally Limantour An unexpected rebound in the Feb. manufacturing survey helped support the market after a swift move down. Personal income wa...

Equity Index Update

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Brad Sullivan THE UNWINDING CONTINUES…yes the infamous carry trade continues to dominate the trading headlines and collective minds of parti...
Thursday, March 1, 2007

Sullivan talked .....the Market listened !

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From our Virtual Trading Room Transcript 11:57:14 PST> Fari_Hamzei : 2 min before last hour begins 12:00:15 PST> Fari_Hamzei : what ha...

Volatility Squared

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Sally Limantour Carry traders are in an option buying frenzy with implied volatility on a 1-month dollar-yen option moving to its highest le...
Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Volatility -- My Two Cents

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Fari Hamzei We have enjoyed a Low Vol environment fueled by tremendous global liquidity that began approximately about a week before Gen. To...

Equity Index Update

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Brad Sullivan Driving into work this morning I was listening to a local Chicago radio station when the news report came on and the pre – new...

Volatility Revisited

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Sally Limantour The wave of risk aversion for most global equities finally broke yesterday as rumors of a government crackdown in China on b...
Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Equity Index Update

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Brad Sullivan This morning the indices are trading sharply lower on the heels of a mini-crash in China where the market lost -9% of its valu...