Ugly Sell Off, Margin Money Management
10/15/2005
BIRTP Performance
Market sold off sharply in the past week, so did Blast Investor Real-time Plus model portfolio. Nasdaq index is down -5.08% year to date. The S&P 500 index is down -2.09% year to date. The Blast Investor Real-time Plus (BIRTP) model portfolio continues to beat the...
Exchange Traded Funds Are Good for Investors
Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are growing. Investors are choosing low annual expense and market return over high annual expense and promised performance. Total ETF inflow is growing faster than Mutual Fund inflow. ETF inflow grew from $42.5 billion in 2000 to $54.4 billion in 2004. In...
Option Spread Trading
Spread trading is a technique that can be used to profit in bullish, neutral or bearish conditions. It basically functions to limit risk at the cost of limiting profit as well. Spread trading is defined as opening a position by buying and selling the same type of option (ie. Call or Put) at the...
Guru Focused: Robert Olstein’s Short Sells
While it is rather rare that value gurus sell stocks short, Robert Olstein has been selling short in his Financial Alert Fund. The accountant-turned fund manager spots values by looking behind the numbers. In the second quarter of 2004, Robert Olstein sold short American Italian Pasta Co. (PLB) at...
Diversify, Diversify, Diversify
Diversification, even in trading, is very important for risk
reduction. Since you aren't going to be correct in every trade
you make, diversification is necessary and important as a means
to risk reduction and capital preservation.
The simple fact is this: if you put all your trading...