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Natural Gas Fund Is Flaming Out

I seem to have a real knack for investing in funds that don't quite work as one would expect. For instance, there was that little incident back in February with the UltraShort FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Fund. Since then I have moved on to investing in ...

From GARY LUCIDO, ETF Investor,  22 Aug 2008

A Blockbuster Arbitrage Opportunity

There are a lot of things in this world that just don’t make sense to me. Add to that very long list the relative prices of Blockbuster’s two classes of stock - the A (BBI) and B (BBI.B) shares. According to the Blockbuster Web site the B shares each ...

From GARY LUCIDO, Seeking Alpha,  15 Aug 2008

Why Yahoo is in Trouble

Here is a phenomenal business model. Spend lots of money developing rich content to attract advertisers then make it really difficult for them to give you their money. If you would like to invest in this business, get in line behind Microsoft (MSFT). ...

From GARY LUCIDO, ETF Investor,  11 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Yahoo!,  Microsoft Corporation,  Google Inc.

MacroShares Oil Funds Offer Major Arbitrage Opportunity

Oil is trading around $98/barrel as of Thursday. So if I told you that you could buy it or sell it at $78.30 on Thursday which would you do? The answer seems pretty obvious doesn't it? So then why is it that some investors are paying full market price ...

From GARY LUCIDO, ETF Investor,  22 Feb 2008

ProShares UltraShort China ETF: Caveat Emptor!

A week ago I concluded that the UltraShort FTSE/Xinhua China 25 ProShares fund (FXP) was not working as advertised. I decided to follow up with ProShares to get to the bottom of the mystery and ended up discovering that there is much more to ...

From GARY LUCIDO, ETF Investor,  18 Feb 2008
Related Topics: iShares

Spanish Arbitrage Opportunity

One of my favorite strategies is to arbitrage international closed end funds when they start selling at too steep of a discount or a premium. I will either buy or short the closed end fund and take the opposite position with a similar ETF. I almost ...

From GARY LUCIDO, ETF Investor,  22 Jan 2008

Does Market Timing Actually Work?

Why not just buy low and sell high? That’s easy enough, right? The classical answer is a resounding no and there are reams of analyses to prove that it’s not a good idea to try to do this. Most arguments against timing make the case that the market is ...

From GARY LUCIDO, ETF Investor,  9 Jan 2008
Related Topics: Warren Buffett,  Google Inc.,  Alan Greenspan

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