John Tandlich

Oil ETFs: Cramer Discovers Contango, But Forgets History

What everyone fals to appreciate is that USO is a play on the roll yield for crude oil proces. In a period of contango where the spot price is lower than the price of oil in the future, USO will decline when expiring contracts are rolled into the following month.

USO works during periods of backwardation, when the spot price exceeds futures' prices. This occurs when demand for the commodity exceeds supply.

Why Obama Was Right to Demand Wagoner's Head

What everyone is forgetting in the cases of GM, AIG and the banks is that the government/taxpayer money were in the form of loans and guarantees and does not represent a common equity ownership stake. It does not confer any right to dictate day-to-day decisions unless expressly stated at the beginning, which the Bush and Obama administrations neglected to do.

Wagoner's Firing: The Surprise That Wasn't

In mentioning people who "f** up and keep their jobs", you failed to mention members of Congress. If it were only as easy for the real shareholders of our country, the American Taxpayers, to fire them.

Money Managers Now Leaning to Bonds

What is their opinion of TIPS?

Loonie May Suffer Some Short Term Pain

The Australian and New Zealand dollars should perform the best - or should we say, least worst - due to their proximity to the Chinese market. The SA Rand will ick up when infation reignites the price of gold. The canadian dollar is unfortunately tied to the fortunes of its larges trading partner, the United States economy.

Considering the Widespread Suppression of Free Markets

In this Bizarro World we are living in, it sems to make sense that Europe is chastising us for our administration's profligate spending and trashing of property rights.

Contango: How It Affects Crude Oil ETFs and ETNs

A more straight forward explanation would have stated that severe contango and backwardation are instances of short term bearishness or bullishness, respectively, for a particular commodity. Investors can profit by identifying those situations and investing accordingly. A current example of backwardation is Cocoa.

Why Sugar Has Never Been Sweeter

Does anyone know the ticker symbol for the ETF that tracks sugar?

What Obama's Victory Means for the Defense Sector

Beware of the law of unintended expectations here. Following the end of the Cold War and the inauguration of Clinton, everyone expected defense stocks to tank [no pun intended]. Instead, they soared, here and in Europe, amid a wave of industry consolidtion. Even Obama is not going to eliminate the deense budget. Some big ticket items such as the Future Combat System and missile defense will be slashed or eliminated, but funds for repair and restoration of equipment after two wars will be there.

Adventures in Technical Analysis, Jim Cramer Edition

Does CNBC stand for "Cramer's Nothing But Crap?"

Adventures in Technical Analysis, Jim Cramer Edition

Just more proof that technical analysis is no better than consulting a gypsy fortune teller.

Continuing the Jim Cramer Truth Watch

Caught Cramer hosting CNBC Opening Bell this morning harassing a money manager. What a gasbag!!! All he had to say was that his only concern is that investors don't lose money in this market. Tell that to the suckers who followed his advise to hold on to Bear Stearns at $30. ANOTHER JIME CRAMER PUMP AND DUMP.

Continuing the Jim Cramer Truth Watch

Colin,

You're reference is just the latest in Jim Cramer's long history of blatant pump and dump pronouncements going back to his hedge fund days. I wonder how long Cramer will avoid prosecution now that his Harvard Law School buddy and guardian angel - Eliot "Client 9" Spitzer - is exposed.

J. Tandlich

Using ETF Volumes to Identify Market Themes

Brett, you are the first to cogently identify a free and easy to use tool for identifying momentum ETFs. Thanks.