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    • ON: Mon Sep 29th 15:57 PM
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      What is Hank Paulson Thinking?
      What use is it to tell people ad nauseam that ad nauseum is incorrect. They keep on writing it anyway.
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    • ON: Sun Aug 10th 18:05 PM
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      Oil vs. the Market: Major Changes Expected This Month
      gigem77...thanks. Looks like I should have done more dd before I bought DUG.
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    • ON: Sun Aug 10th 10:26 AM
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      Oil vs. the Market: Major Changes Expected This Month
      I'm curious about the performance of DUG relative to OIL in the last week. OIL dropped 8.2% but DUG increased just 8%. It should have been closer to 16%. The action on Friday was particularly noticeable. OIL declined by $2.88 relative to the close on Thursday but DUG increased only $0.81.
      What do you think was happening here?
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    • ON: Mon Jul 21st 09:51 AM
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      Emerging Markets Infrastructure Is Booming
      So how do you suggest an investor should best take advantage of this?
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    • ON: Thu Jul 17th 15:29 PM
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      Suncor, US Bancorp and MasterCard: Using a Stop Loss When Investing
      Many thanks to foobah and Popska5125 for the suggestions. I wouldn't switch brokers (to TD Ameritrade) to acquire the alert feature but I'll follow up with Marketwatch and Yahoo.
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    • ON: Thu Jul 17th 10:10 AM
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      Suncor, US Bancorp and MasterCard: Using a Stop Loss When Investing
      Given the title of the article, I was hoping to find a reference to a software program that continuously tracks movements of selected stocks and triggers alerts after an investor has set stop loss percentage amounts. For example, when, say, SU is rising in price, I want to set a trailing stop loss of 10% so that as soon as it declines 10% from its high, I receive an alert to sell. Does anyone know of such software? At present, I have to review all my stocks one by one, every day to see whether they've dropped 10% (or whatever) below their all-time highs.
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    • ON: Fri Apr 25th 11:33 AM
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      Ag Stocks Could Have Steep Pullbacks
      What is it with you guys? I think this is the second time lately you've beaten this drum. Are you short these stocks?
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    • ON: Tue Apr 22nd 12:06 PM
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      Bullish on Chinese Microcaps
      I doubt that any of those companies can rival the U.S./Malaysia/China microcap in which I've been invested for the last three years. It's just produced its audited 2007 results. Revs up 30% at $48 million, net inome up 147% at $1.76 million. Guidance for 2008; revs $55-60 million, net income $2.5-3.5 million. The stock is now selling at $0.15. Call sign SDGL. I think it will be a 10-bagger in two years. By the way, I'm also an Oxford graduate - and have managed multinational subsidiaries in Asia.
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    • ON: Mon Feb 18th 09:40 AM
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      Chicago Bridge and Iron: A Golden Infrastructure Opportunity
      Maybe the forced sale will do CBI a favour. (Or is it contesting the decision?) Like an infusion of cash, for example. But I don't have the time to check the history and see what the implications might be for CBI's earnings. Any views on this, anyone?
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    • ON: Sun Feb 10th 11:08 AM
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      Russian Internet Advertising Market Booming
      It would have been more helpful if the writer had indicated how investors might cash in on this huge increase in internet advertising. For example, is VIP a possible beneficiary of advtg revenues?
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    • ON: Tue Aug 14th 15:47 PM
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      VIX Call Options As Put Options
      I'd probably do the same. Many investors regard the VIX as a contrarian indicator so at higher VIX values, logic dictates buying puts that are either at or slightly out of, the money.
      Peter Dunkley
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    • ON: Sun Jul 29th 15:40 PM
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      More Volatility Likely Following Last Week's Selloff
      I don't understand the difference between the two sets of figures. What does 'absolute' indicate and why do all the negative figures in the first set turn positive in the second?
      Peter Dunkley
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    • ON: Thu May 31st 11:46 AM
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      U.S. Oil and Gas Producer Exposure to Gulf Area Hurricanes
      Given that this time of year is good for refiners (summer driving), what refinery stocks have the least potential exposure to the hurricane season?
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    • ON: Thu May 31st 11:41 AM
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      Small Cap ETFs In a Large Cap Economy
      As an aside to this issue, it seems from the PWY chart that it's had about an 8% increase over the three months. I hold many ETFs that are are up about this amount or more over the same period. Unfortunately, my home currency is the Canadian dollar which has appreciated over 7% against the US dollar in the last 45 days. I'm running hard just to stay in the same place. Meanwhile, I also have carrying costs...
      It looks as though the US dollar will continue to weaken, although not perhaps to the same extent. Does anyone have a suggestion?
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    • ON: Wed May 30th 09:59 AM
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      Using Options on ETFs
      Can the webmaster please do something to enhance the printability of the articles after downloading? The content is excellent and I often want to print out the material but the hard copy print is so faint it's very difficult to read. I've tried copying to Word Perfect but the result is chaotic. Help!
      Thanks...Peter Dunkley
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