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The month of August is quickly becoming a month of misery for hedge funds and short sellers in particular. Like last year, when the credit crisis seemed to initially explode and cause many large hedge funds, particularly quant-based ones that employ ...
From DAN KNIGHT,
Seeking Alpha,
17 Aug 2008
I noodled around with the recent monthly history of regular gas prices since 2000 and monthly performance
of the Energy ETF XLE. As you can imagine, the two time series are
correlated; as gas prices rise, so does the XLE. What was curious
though was ...
From DAN KNIGHT,
Seeking Alpha,
24 Jun 2008
Analyzing
sources of returns, I looked at the top/bottom quintile spreads of
SP500 stocks ranked by various growth and value criteria. For example,
the spreads between stocks ranked by earnings estimate revisions,
upward vs downward, was 15%; for ...
From DAN KNIGHT,
Seeking Alpha,
11 Jun 2008
Many investors try to add leverage to their portfolios through high
beta stocks. The thinking is if the market rebounds, they will get a
greater pop with the higher risk/higher return nature of high beta
stocks, because we always read that high beta ...
From DAN KNIGHT,
ETF Investor,
8 Apr 2008
Related Topics:
NVIDIA
I've seen some posts around the net about the VIX, or market
volatility, and the level and change of the 10 year yield. The two
measure a couple of powerful and somewhat predictive aspects of the
market - the rate to discount future earnings, and a ...
From DAN KNIGHT,
ETF Investor,
19 Mar 2008
United Natural Foods (UNFI)
reported less than expected earnings last week, and that negative
earnings surprise drove the stock down 25%. Since short the stock, I am
elated, and one of the several reasons I am short is that the stock had
missed ...
From DAN KNIGHT,
ETF Investor,
25 Feb 2008
It always amazes me that so many active investors who pick individual
stocks, rather than buy funds or get passive market exposure through
index funds and ETF's, are unwilling to express their bearish views
through short selling. Instead, they sell ...
From DAN KNIGHT,
ETF Investor,
14 Feb 2008
The proliferation of hedge funds over the last 5+ years has led to a
dramatic increase in the amount of short selling. Traditionally, if an
investor didn't like a stock, he could either sell it, if owned,
underweight it relative to a benchmark or just ...
From DAN KNIGHT,
ETF Investor,
11 Feb 2008
January was unusual not just due to the market's losses, but more so by
the magnitude that underperforming stocks from December outperformed.
Typically in January, the most beaten up stocks from December, whether
due to tax loss selling or ...
From DAN KNIGHT,
ETF Investor,
4 Feb 2008
January has been a tough month for price momentum. Past winners are
underperforming past losers, which generally is atypical. I researched
how one measure of price momentum, trailing 6 months returns excluding
the most recent month, has worked monthly ...
From DAN KNIGHT,
ETF Investor,
31 Jan 2008
