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Reduced our Hedge Position

Tim McPartland | August 31, 2015
As we had previously mentioned we would reduce our position in Proshares Ultra Short SP500 (ticker:SDS) with the next market drop and thus did reduce by 25% today.  Originally we had thought of reducing by 1/3rd, but with the modest drop in the markets we cut our reduction a little.As previously written about the problem with a successful hedge is…

Be Careful with Energy Share Purchases

Tim McPartland | August 31, 2015
Certainly everyone has noticed the spiking crude oil price the last 2 days. We would contend that oil is spiking for the same reason that stocks are moving violently--traders riding the wave and pushing prices to extremes. This isn't a game that individual investors should even be contemplating getting into--if you are a speculator fine--if you fancy yourself a income…

1 Cent – 1 Measly Penny

Tim McPartland | August 30, 2015
We all know the older, more conservative investors in this country have been totally ignored by the FED in their quest to juice the economy with QE and their ZIRP.  We were personally reminded of the absolute screws that have been put to the income investor as we surveyed the end of month statement for a new Roth IRA we…

Here We Go Again – Futures Off Tonight

Tim McPartland | August 30, 2015
Hopefully you are all ready for another wild stock market again this week. Stock futures are off nearly 200 points tonight as we see traders using the excuse of a potential interest rates increase as a reason to sell--of course this reason and sentiment could all evaporate by 10 am in the morning and shares could shoot higher.The facts are…

Mom and Pop Flee the Stock Market

Tim McPartland | August 27, 2015
Investors (mom and pop) have withdrawn a huge amount from the stock market in the week ending 8/26/2015 (Tuesday). ETF's accounted for the lions share of outflows with over $15 billion leaving the markets, with mutual funds accounting for another $2.6 billion in outflows. There is no reason this should come as a surprise to anyone--we have seen this time…
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