Saturday, July 21, 2007

HOTS Weekly Options Commentary

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Peter Stolcers Two weeks ago the market staged a convincing rally to new all-time highs. The buying continued right in the close Friday and ...
Monday, July 16, 2007

Takeover Mania, Uncle Ben and Earnings Season

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Sally Limantour Another strong week on Wall Street and the focus continues to be on takeover activity and stock buyback news. Vodaphone is ...
Sunday, July 15, 2007

HOTS Weekly Options Commentary

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Peter Stolcers Monday, the market tried to resume the prior week’s holiday rally. It struggled to add to the gains and by Tuesday morning an...
Saturday, July 7, 2007

HOTS Weekly Options Commentary

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Peter Stolcers Last week the market did not take a holiday with the rest of the country. It started the week strong on the coat-tails of M...
Sunday, July 1, 2007

HOTS Weekly Options Commentary

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Peter Stolcers Last week the market opened with a whimper. Monday morning prices followed through to Friday's decline. Throughout the da...
Monday, June 25, 2007

A note from Brad Sullivan

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Dear Friends, I would like to announce that earlier this month I accepted a trading position at a proprietary firm here in Chicago and ...

SubPrime Worries Persist

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Sally Limantour Last week the main focus was on the subprime mortgage mess, hedge fund blowups and widening credit spreads. The contagion ef...
Sunday, June 24, 2007

HOTS Weekly Options Commentary

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Peter Stolcers I’ll start by saying that I am bullish over the next six-month period. Earnings are strong, valuations are in-line, interest ...
Thursday, June 21, 2007

US Equity Indices & Bonds

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Jason Roney Yesterday was a very dynamic day in markets of course. Let’s first note where we are in the cycle for equities. It’s the week af...
Wednesday, June 20, 2007

SPX at a Critical Conjuncture (Monthly Pivot)

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Fari Hamzei Notice in the chart below, that for the last 11 months, only during last March, SP500 Cash Index (SPX) traded below its Monthly ...