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After Coming Rate Cuts, Some Appealing Short ETFs [view article]
Monty Man "No housing crisis in Canada... YET ". I think your right. After all the chips fall, many Americans may be heading north. I would go long property in Ontario and also the Montreal area. ReplyAfter Coming Rate Cuts, Some Appealing Short ETFs [view article]
Learn from this experience. Don't invest unless you have your exit strategy determined from the start. And have it adjusting to conditions on a continual basis. ReplyAfter Coming Rate Cuts, Some Appealing Short ETFs [view article]
Rate cuts got us into the the easy money credit mess. Does the USA want to another Japan that suffered a lost decade? ReplyAfter Coming Rate Cuts, Some Appealing Short ETFs [view article]
There are two very good Bear Market mutual funds as well. These are: 1) Prudent Bear Fund (BEARX). This one shorts some indexes and individual stocks, and also keeps around 15-20% of their money in precious metals stocks; 2) Leuthold's "Grizzly Short" fund (GRZZX), which uses a quantitative methodology to choose its shorts. These actually own short stock positions, not just derivatives. Keep in mind, once you are already have a short position, you can keep it, no one forces you to sell. Of the two, GRZZX has by far had the better year, in fact, I own quite a bit of it and I'd have been sunk with out it! ReplyAfter Coming Rate Cuts, Some Appealing Short ETFs [view article]
for more on deleveraging, redemptions, hedge fund turmoil: www.marketfolly.com/20...and hedge fund september performance #s: www.marketfolly.com/20... Reply
After Coming Rate Cuts, Some Appealing Short ETFs [view article]
Before going off the deep end, take a deep breath.What Sector Bottoms before all of the others? What Sector presages an end to a recession?
IMHO, I would be very adverse to short either the Currency or Country Index of any resource Rich Country. Unless the Global Recession does indeed become Global, not just a drop from 11-12% GDP to say 8-9% in China. Reply
After Coming Rate Cuts, Some Appealing Short ETFs [view article]
adan,since that fateful day (9/19) SKF has indeed seen a 75% decrease in volume. Take a look at the 1 month chart with volume overlay and you'll see the dramatic difference. If SKF were 'yin', then UYG would be its 'yang'. Comparing the two on the following trading day (9/22) saw UYG down about 10% while SKF was up only about 3%, so the two had indeed lost their inverse correlation. I was able to get into SKF on the 19th at $90 and 9/22 made me worry I'd made a mistake. However, since 9/22 SKF and UYG have slowly resumed their inverse correlation. Presumably ProShares accomplished this as they do not directly short Financial stock, but rather look for buyers of futures contracts, etc. (search SA with 'SKF' and you'll pull up articles that explain it better than I can. Reply
After Coming Rate Cuts, Some Appealing Short ETFs [view article]
The short ETFs all use derivatives to accomplish their magic. These derivatives come from companies like AIG and from hedge funds that could fail at any moment. If there is a crash the big payoff for these ETFs will have to come from companies that will probably be bankrupt.www.trendsimwatching.c... Reply
After Coming Rate Cuts, Some Appealing Short ETFs [view article]
The perfect storm is going on in one Canadian Stock. The fourth quarter is always a weak one for GLHIF as rain fall is typically diminished over the Northeast and eastern Canada during this period. We can also see the decline in the "Loonie" continuing through year end. While there are impending 2011 tax issues with this company their business model is fundamentally sound. Hydropower! The dividend is getting ridiculously rich at the current price. If the Fed cuts rates and the Canadian central bank fails to follow the "Loonie" could easily make a stand at 90/110. While the Nat resources are indeed getting hammered many of those companies have hedged contracts in place and should muddle through. There is also the chance that US deflation will turn to inflation sooner than most expect. The world is still afloat in liquidity. If the Chinese start moving some of their cash out of US treasuries. (The last US Treasury TIC report for the month of July was a negative $75 Billion) Canadian resource companies look like good acquisition targets at cheap valuations. The Canadian model looks a lot stronger going into next year than the US economy. Their economy should also benefit from the 2010 Winter Olympics in greater Vancouver. If GLHIF were to cut it's dividend or the "Loonie" sink below 90 then GLHIF could trade back to around $6 US dollars and change. Any recovery in oil prices by next year due to inflation or a weakening dollar will have a leveraged positive benefit to GLHIF. With global warning initiatives possibly becoming more in vogue or mandated by law the value of hydro power itself can be seen to increase, as utilities buy hydro to off set their carbon footprints. Investors should keep in mind that under the current tax treaty with Canada the current 15% with holding on these trust payouts will be eliminated when the 2011 tax change occurs. These companies will no longer operate as trusts but convert into MPLs,REITs or other more commonly seen corporate structures. Many like GLHIF should be able to continue paying strong dividends. In this case many of these types of investments will be seen as good bets for tax sheltered US investors looking for yield. ReplyAfter Coming Rate Cuts, Some Appealing Short ETFs [view article]
No housing crisis in Canada... YET Replybailout
After Coming Rate Cuts, Some Appealing Short ETFs [view article]
Dont bet against CDN banking stocks. They are off their highs by anywhere from 12% (BNS) to 44% (CM) and are paying dividends ranging from 4 - 6%. Canada is stable politically and economically and is a member of G7, G8 and UN. Canada is running a budget surplus .... a refreshing idea in the world of ever increasing government deficits. There is no housing crisis in Canada. ReplyAfter Coming Rate Cuts, Some Appealing Short ETFs [view article]
The Canadian banks have not fallen as much for good reason, they lack the exposure to poor credit. They have already priced in a mild recession which will likely happen in Canada and at this point I'm not sure that is the first sector I would want to bet against going forward. ReplyAfter Coming Rate Cuts, Some Appealing Short ETFs [view article]
i wonder how much the (legitmate) short selling ban, and threat of another at any time on any stocks, has had or will have on the short etf'shas there been reduced volume or correlation in the short financial etf's?
if anyone has good data, that'd be great, thanks Reply
Short Cut to Profits? A Closer Look at Inverse Funds [view article]
anyone know how far out banks do profit projections? calculations on what percentage of people will default? i assume its at least 50 yrs? don't they know what to expect? PS-SRS is doing GREAT ReplyDouble Short ProShares ETFs [view article]
I figured it out myself. DXD issued a 6% dividend. I take back my insinuations that the DXD ETF is less than credible. Reply