September 2011 – Page 3

Hewlett Packard (HPQ): Down But Maybe Not Out, Let’s Give Meg a Few Months, Maybe Even a Whole Year

September 23, 2011 by Dan • Commentary

HPQ $21.70 Yesterday the company named board member and former CEO of EBAY to be their third CEO in less than a year and a half. Investors and the Wall Street analyst community have met this change …

First Solar (FSLR): We Don’t Need No Stinking Loans – Play for Reversal in Beaten Down Stock

September 23, 2011 by Dan • Commentary

First Solar $67.80 News flow couldn’t be worse, the solar panel manufacturer will not receive a $1.9 billion loan guarantee for a solar energy project. Crude Oil prices are falling and there are hearings going …

MorningWord: 9/23/11

September 23, 2011 by Dan • Commentary

MorningWord: 9/23/11: Waking up this morning we see a continuation of yesterday’s very poor action….Europe is down across the board, the DAX is close to the intra-day low it made on Sept 12, which is …

The Fed: Twist and Fail

September 23, 2011 by CC • Commentary

Here’s a roundup of some macroeconomic bloggers discussing their disappointment in Operation Twist and Fed policy in general as not being nearly aggressive enough for the situation at hand: The Money Illusion Memo to …

In Between Days: A Global Bear Market, G20 Pledges to Do Something?

September 23, 2011 by CC • Commentary

Bespoke While the S&P 500 would still need to drop another 4% to 1,090.89 in order to officially enter bear market territory, global equities led by weakness in Europe and Asia now find themselves in …

We Could Crash Tomorrow, But…..

September 22, 2011 by Dan • Commentary

I Am Covering (selling) half of All My Short Trading positions right now with the SPX at the Aug 9th closing low of 1121…… -Selling 1/2 of: BAC jan 5/2.5 Put Spread JPM Oct 30/25 …

2nd Update: BAC and the Mother of All Black Swan Trade Structures

September 22, 2011 by Dan • Commentary

Update Sept 22nd, 2011: With the stock at 6.00 I just bought back 1 of the Jan12 2.5 Puts for .16….Now I am long the Jan12 5/2.25 put spread for .28 (original .12 debit plus …

Friggin Sell the News: How Does it Work?

September 22, 2011 by CC • Commentary

We’ve talked a little about how technically and correlated the markets have been trading lately. I wanted to point out another trend, which is the sharp selloffs we’re seeing after what look like will be …

MorningWord: 9/22/11

September 22, 2011 by Dan • Commentary

MorningWord: 9/22/11: So let’s recap the last 24 hour’s events, Moody’s downgrades BAC and WFC, FOMC states policy that was already in the market and specifically responsible for last week’s 5% rally, weak initial read …

in Between Days: The Fed’s “Significant Downside Risks”

September 22, 2011 by CC • Commentary

It seems like markets reacted more to the language in the Fed’s “Operation Twist” announcement than the operation itself. Bloomberg The Federal Reserve will replace $400 billion of short-term debt in its portfolio with longer- …

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