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ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Crude Oil ETF (SCO)

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  • Valero's Margins: A Template [View article]
    "Nobody expects refiners to make money in the fourth quarter." Like try for the next four... More »
    Comment by 10Q Detective
    Dec 12 22:49 pm |
    Rating: +1 0
  • Valero's Margins: A Template [View article]
    Excellent article. In discussing the difference between "crack spread" trends and individual profits of each refining company (i.e.... More »
    Comment by User 498607
    Dec 12 00:29 am |
    Rating: +1 0
  • Valero's Margins: A Template [View article]
    So you are saying that these poor companies that only make $10 billion a quarter need help from us to function.
    Comment by WayneS
    Dec 11 11:28 am |
    Rating: +1 0
  • Valero's Margins: A Template [View article]
    ..the learned foregoing spread-margin-risk-security vs index rationale comments are well taken. For me, 3 elements are prominently... More »
    Comment by blackjack
    Dec 8 13:14 pm |
    Rating: +1 0
  • Valero's Margins: A Template [View article]
    There's economic merit in hedging. The crack spread (and its opposite) is used by commercials to manage cash flows. Hedging reduces... More »
    Comment by Brad Zigler
    Dec 8 09:00 am |
    Rating: +3 0
  • Valero's Margins: A Template [View article]
    If buying refiner's shares facilitates the production of useful materials, then that is investing. If it is just a means of making... More »
    Comment by WayneS
    Dec 7 23:42 pm |
    Rating: +1 -1
  • Valero's Margins: A Template [View article]
    Would you consider the purchase of refiners' shares investing? Why? You're essentially banking on the same condition: improving profit... More »
    Comment by Brad Zigler
    Dec 7 14:58 pm |
    Rating: +3 0
  • Valero's Margins: A Template [View article]
    "For investors, though, there's a distinct advantage to playing the crack spread instead of buying refiners' shares. You don't have to... More »
    Comment by WayneS
    Dec 7 14:32 pm |
    Rating: +2 -2
  • Premarket gainers: Short ETFs (EDZ, DTO, SCO, TZA, FXP, EEV, FAZ, SPXU BGZ, VXX, TWM,... [View news story]
    Short market day today... This could get wild!
    Comment by tripleblack
    Nov 27 09:08 am |
    Rating: 0 0
  • A Guide to Oil and Gas ETFs and ETNs [View article]
    Thank you! I've moved it to the Discontinued section. On Nov 19 09:29 AM Czech wrote: > FYI: DXO no longer exists.
    Comment by David Jackson
    Nov 19 09:46 am |
    Rating: +1 0
  • A Guide to Oil and Gas ETFs and ETNs [View article]
    FYI: DXO no longer exists.
    Comment by Czech
    Nov 19 09:29 am |
    Rating: +1 0
  • Long and Shot Leveraged ETF's: A Decay Theory [View instapost]
    It depends on how they are being leveraged, if by options, yes there would be decay, if by margin then decay should be apparent only on... More »
    Comment by StevenK
    Nov 11 03:10 am |
    Rating: 0 0
  • Long and Shot Leveraged ETF's: A Decay Theory [View instapost]
    If this is as you say, would there not be a low risk arbitrage between these ETF's and options on the underlying indices? Could you... More »
    Comment by StevenK
    Nov 11 03:07 am |
    Rating: 0 0
  • Time (Again) for Crack Trades [View article]
    The utilization rate for the week preceding September 19, 2008 was 66.7%. On Oct 27 08:26 PM User 330464 wrote: > The... More »
    Comment by Brad Zigler
    Oct 28 13:31 pm |
    Rating: +1 -1
  • Time (Again) for Crack Trades [View article]
    I give credit for a good recap of a crack for investors outside of the industry, with one caveat. Keep in mind the low refinery run... More »
    Comment by User 469345
    Oct 27 22:05 pm |
    Rating: 0 0