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I’m short VXZ to protect against volatility spikes

If VIX contango persists, I will replace my short VXZ exposure with a short exposure to VXX to profit from the term structure.

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I’m short VXZ to protect against volatility spikes

It would not be surprising or unprecedented to find the markets in a protracted trading range.

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What if earnings have peaked?

Determined to follow my pairs trade plan

As of this moment, we think the market is overbought.

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Determined to follow my pairs trade plan

Taking profits quickly in this news-driven market

Managing risk is extremely important in the current environment.

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Taking profits quickly in this news-driven market

Patience is very important to a strategy that aims to buy stocks after large selloffs.

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Volatility can benefit the patient buyer

This commodity stock should ride a mega-trend

There are plenty of potential candidates to capture today’s mega-trends, but identifying them isn’t the most difficult issue. Timing is the biggest challenge.

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This commodity stock should ride a mega-trend

Positioned for either an upswing or a downswing

The latest central bank actions may have been enough to spark a medium term rally, but many cracks remain in the system that could quickly derail any recovery.

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Positioned for either an upswing or a downswing

Risk On / Risk Off and the Economics of Moneyball

Risk on, risk off. No four words could better describe the frustrating year that was 2011.

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Risk On / Risk Off and the Economics of Moneyball

Ignoring conventional wisdom and embracing volatility

Trying to trade in and out of the broad market is not something I seek to do. I’ll leave that for folks who think they are smarter than the market.

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Ignoring conventional wisdom and embracing volatility

Here's how we're hedging for downside protection in this market.

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Committed bulls: Comfortably dumb?

Have your dividends and your capital gains too

How to hedge the economic risks of a stock with other stocks from different sectors.

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Have your dividends and your capital gains too

Please render unto drinkers the Miller Lite which is theirs, unto smokers the Malboro that is theirs, and unto us, the shareholder value that is ours.

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