My initial title for this article was “Hough not to insure a stock portfolio” (inspired, perhaps, by Waugh in Abyssinia), but the Seeking Alpha editors apparently aren’t fond of puns. Below is the first paragraph; I’m not allowed to post the whole thing here, but you can read the rest at the link.
As of [...]
On 05.19.11, In Investing, Long positions, Market Neutral Investing, Pairs trades, Short positions, Technology, hedging, by David Pinsen
In a post elsewhere last week (Revisiting a Losing Market-Neutral Trade), I mentioned a market neutral trade where I got stopped out of the short side for a loss. I got stopped out of the short side of a more recent market neutral trade (Short TRGL, Long IMO) for a gain, but I missed an [...]
On 05.12.11, In Investing, Market Neutral Investing, Pairs trades, Short Selling, Short positions, by David Pinsen
This is a specialty chemical market neutral trade. More details at the link.
On 05.12.11, In Investing, Long positions, Market Neutral Investing, Pairs trades, Short Selling, Short positions, hedging, by David Pinsen
In a post here in December (“Market Neutral Investing in China’s Fast Food Industry“), I mentioned a market neutral trade I had entered going long Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM), the largest fast food operator in China, and shorting Country Style Cooking Restaurant Chain, Ltd. (CCSC), a start-up fast food chain in China. I figured the [...]
In previous posts elsewhere, I’ve mentioned a few guidelines I’ve been keeping in mind when making speculative options buys (the first three of which are mentioned in Tim Knight’s book, Chart Your Way to Profits):
Start small (since options often expire worthless).
Avoid out-of-the-money-options (instead, try to get ones with some intrinsic value).
Avoid nearby expiration dates (to [...]
On Tuesday morning, I shorted USG at $15.09 and bought an equivalent dollar amount of IFSIA at $18.55. I e-mailed the trade idea to those on the market neutral trade notification list before market hours Tuesday.
USG Corporation (NYSE: USG) manufactures Sheetrock and other times of wallboard. I shorted this one last year, and got stopped [...]
These two screen caps were taken from AppShopper.com earlier today. The first shows that, among the top 200 paid finance iOS apps, Portfolio Armor had the highest rating; the second shows that Portfolio Armor was the 32nd highest-grossing finance iOS app.
Thanks to those of you who downloaded the app — I’m gratified to see that [...]
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