Dag: 28 oktober 2012

MMM een lekkere geef

MMM een lekkere geef. Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing is een Amerikaanse multinational die producten maakt, die je overal wel tegenkomt. Het meest bekende product is wel de gele memostickers, de Post-its.

MMM Weekly
MMM Weekly

‘Geven’ is jargon op de beurs voor verkopen/short gaan. MMM wist niet door de $95-weerstand te breken en gaf vorige week middels een ‘gap down’ een verkoopsignaal. Kortom, we zijn flauw gestemd  (dus negatief) betreffende MMM en hebben voor u dan ook een baissestrategie opgetuigd, jawel: een driepoot.

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2 Great Earnings Plays For Monday

2 Great Earnings Plays For Monday
I want to create an in-the-money call spread and an in-the-money put spread to "play the middle." On the call side, I want to buy the $ 44 weekly calls for $ 2.44 and sell the weekly $ 45 call for $ 1.72, a net cost of $ 0.72. On the put side, I am a buyer …
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Naked Puts: High-Risk, But A Win-Win Strategy

Naked Puts: High-Risk, But A Win-Win Strategy
For those that use options to leverage, hedge or simply to generate additional income, I would like to reacquaint you to Naked or Uncovered Puts, an option strategy that is classified as high-risk by the broker-dealers. Naked puts involve selling the …
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No Herd Left Behind: Federal Caribou Recovery Strategy On "Collision Course …
… Risk Act, the Canadian government has finally released its controversial Recovery Strategy for the Woodland Caribou. The report, originally released in draft form in August 2011, ignited severe public criticism for emphasizing 'predator control …
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Disaster hedging strategies abound as tail-risk fears rise

Disaster hedging strategies abound as tail-risk fears rise
One simple, but expensive approach would be buying put options that offer a guarantee against any downside risk if stock prices slump below a set level. But the effectiveness of this strategy is damningly weak, the study's author, Ric Thomas, head of …
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Porsche Option Data May Not Have Swayed BNP, Court Told
BNP Paribas SA (BNP)'s 2009 decision to lend money to Porsche SE may not have been decisively influenced by all of the details of an option strategy the carmaker used in its Volkswagen AG takeover bid, a bank official testified. Juergen Schlangenotto …
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AEX versus IBEX

AEX versus IBEX
Let op Ga niet experimenteren met soorten van (combinaties van) financiële instrumenten. De waarde van beleggingen is immers aan kleine, maar ook aan grote fluctuaties (met name in het geval van opties) onderhevig. In het geval van een optiestrategie …
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