... recently received a dividend payment for my SDS holdings. What I don't understand is... how does one earn dividends on an ultrashort stock? SDS is a 100% leveraged ultrashort of the S&P500. It would seem to be ...
personal blog entry - Vooch - 2007-04-10 19:38 - 6 comments
Although my Nasdaq short has provided a hedge - and peace of mind insurance against a fast violent correction - I am somewhat concerned. Shorting is a very difficult thing to do and in the past I have not been successful. This time it does not ...
personal blog entry - Theo - 2007-05-22 02:01 - 8 comments
This evening Dell Inc ( DELL ) announced that Michael Dell will return to run the company as CEO , replacing CEO Kevin Rollins who also resigned from the board. Personally, I think Michael Dell returning as the CEO is great news. He is the ...
personal blog entry - Theo - 2007-02-01 00:55 - 2 comments
Everything was red on this Tuesday, February 27, 2007. The S&P/TSX composite index fell 2.7%, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 3.3%, the Nasdaq composite fell 3.9%, and the S&P 500 index fell 3.5%. All this started wh ...
personal blog entry - Theo - 2007-02-27 19:55 - 4 comments - 1 attachment
The Feds hinted at possible interest rate cuts and the market cheered. Hurrah! Everything went up. Everything is fine. Easy-money is returning. We're back to the regular all-assets-appreciating program. Or are we? Wh ...
personal blog entry - Theo - 2007-03-22 00:34 - 1 comment
Wow, what a crazy few weeks. I've had a couple of acquisitions, made some bone-headed moves, got hammered along with everyone else in the correction, and yet, after all that, I saw a glimpse of a bright golden light at the end of the tunnel…. ...
personal blog entry - Theo - 2007-08-13 02:17 - 1 comment
Margin debt is at a record $321.2 billion , which is about $20 billion more than the previous record set in March 2000. This causes me concern. Should a major correction occur, a lot of people will get margin calls which will start a wave of ...
personal blog entry - Theo - 2007-04-11 22:50 - 4 comments
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