Jack Reacher

ProShares Launches First-Ever 130/30 Strategy ETF (CSM)

Not the first 130/30.
see JFT.

Is Inflation a Fact… Or Just an Opinion? Part I

Liddy took the fall for his boss. It was an honorable move. It was a soldier charging the machine gun, so his colonel would not have to.

I wonder if you realize how shallow and ignorant you sounded calling him a "crook".

jr

Using the 5-10-20 Strategy to Trade the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100

Finally, the last graph below shows that the 5-10-20 strategy (red) has been much more effective than the classic 50/200-day EMA crossover approach (blue) on this particular index.

Global Meltdown, Part III

...and we are. Stocking up on soup and Uzis.
jr


On Mar 31 10:01 AM Carl Spackler wrote:

> Let me finish your story for you - "Dogs and cats sleeping together,
> mass hysteria" - From the movie "Stripes".
>
> Your a little heavy on the pending apocalypse, but I think we do
> have further to fall. My brother also falls into the same category
> - the "end of the world is coming" bear. Heck, I am bearish too,
> but if we get this bad why even invest. You would be better off buying
> an old nuclear bunker in Idaho and holing up for the next few years.
> Will things get worse - yes, but I doubt we are going to see the
> end of American democracy, modern industrialism and capitalism. These
> are great times for those that can see beyond the bullish diatribe
> that the press floats out there, but people have been betting on
> the end of the world for ever and nobody has collected on that bet
> yet. My brother too is talking about "civil unrest" and the coming
> gangs of marauders, but if it gets that bad, betting on the direction
> of any market or commodity is worthless. If you truly believe in
> this scenario, you should be stocking up on soup cans and Uzi's.
>

American Express Calls Investment Banks' Bluff

Citigroup, Visa, and Mastercard......none of these are the business as American Express. You are not comparing apples to apples.

Options Trader: Friday Outlook - GE Missed!

To think that a company with almost 50% of it's earnings coming from the financial world...was NOT going to get hit...is the stupidest thing I've heard all day. All day that is what I heard and read: "GE Missed"..you've gotta be kidding! I thought this was the worse financial crisis since WWII? And....who expected GE's earnings to hold up?

Merck and Schering-Plough Make the Bad News About Vytorin Even Worse

As a Pharmacist, I see so much wrong with 1) the study, and 2) with how the drug company management handled it on Monday. The article in the Wall Street Journal has the management saying, "...oh well, back to the drawing board..." when it seems real clear to me that the drug does what they said it does. The companies should have defended the drug. The WSJ article mentioned that only one "panelist" gave the presentation, and it was not what was expected. The whole thing sounds fishy to me. Zetia works. It FURTHER lowers cholesterol in the blood. The study smells from here. But, hey...if people want to stop taking it and INCREASE blood levels of cholesterol---that's up to them. Something is not right here.

Based on Total Returns, DBO Beats Other Oil ETFs

check out DBE...