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How Value At Risk (VaR) Reporting Works For Banks Today

Value at Risk (VaR) was much maligned immediately after the crisis but it still plays a fundamental role in banks’ risk management today. Its...
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COT Data Review: Traders Make Moves Around The Fed

The following is a recap of COT data (Commitment Of Traders) released by the CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission) looking at futures positions of...
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Unusual Options Activity: 10 Stocks With Notable Trades

Each week on Sunday night I'll be posting an account of several stocks that had unusual options activity during the prior week and what...
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Top Trading Links: Investor Sentiment, Herds, And Market Turning Points

Market turning points are ugly. Speaking of individual stock breakdowns, this week’s ‘turning point pain’ has been pretty severe. When the market starts to pull...
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What Consumer Stocks Are Saying About The Health Of The Consumer

One market leading indicator (and sector) is the consumer. If the consumer and consumer-related stocks are healthy, the stock market tends to perform well....
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4 Information Technology ETFs To Watch: A Technical Review

Overview This is a top-down technical review of the Information Technology (IT) sector, which incorporates relative strength analysis not only to judge the overall health...
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Why Silver (SLV) Prices May Continue To Chop Higher?

This update on Silver prices follows our February post in which we wrote that traders should expect a corrective rise in silver prices. Our analysis...
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Why Apple’s Next Move Is Important For Stocks (AAPL)

Everyone knows that Apple, Inc. (AAPL) is one of the titans in the stock market. And due to their market cap (currently $728 Billion),...

Apple (AAPL) Earnings Analysis And An Options Trade For Income Seekers

Apple, Inc.’s (AAPL) March quarter was a blowout – gross margin of 40.8 percent, along with 61.2 million iPhone units sold (135 million in...
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Large Caps vs Small Caps: May Seasonality Insights

As we noted in a post last month, there is a strong seasonal tendency for the large caps (via the SPDR S&P 500 ETF -...

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