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Sunday Morning Coffee

A bit of a departure this morning as Thanksgiving is coming up in a few days. We had a bit of a scare in the Nusbaum household the last week or so. Two of our dogs have had seizures in the last couple of weeks the latest being Trixie this past Monday ...

From ROGER NUSBAUM, Random Roger's Big Picture,  22 Nov 2009

The Big Picture for the Week of November 22, 2009

Something to ponder. This came up in various places earlier on during this event but is worth thinking about again. Simple question; historically when do the biggest bounces in stock prices occur? While I have opinions as to what will happen the bigger ...

From ROGER NUSBAUM, Random Roger's Big Picture,  21 Nov 2009

ETP Utility and Silliness

First utility. IndexIQ is coming out of the gate as a bit of an enigma. The new Merger Arbitrage ETF (MNA) at first glance seems odd to me. There have been several articles already that have ripped it up for not really being an arbitrage product and I ...

From ROGER NUSBAUM, Random Roger's Big Picture,  20 Nov 2009

Risk Assets And Other Greenback Fun

Yves Smith from Naked Capitalism had a particularly meaty post earlier in the week about the current affairs of the US dollar. Of most interest was the following one-liner; But one difference this time is now the dollar, rather than the yen, looks like ...

From ROGER NUSBAUM, Random Roger's Big Picture,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: CNBC,  iShares

Death Blow ETFs

The opinions expressed on this site are those solely of Roger Nusbaum and do not necessarily represent those of Your Source Financial (“YSF”). This website is made available for educational and entertainment purposes only. Mr. Nusbaum is an Investment ...

From ROGER NUSBAUM, Random Roger's Big Picture,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Securities and Exchange Commission

What Was I Saying?

The other day I made a passing reference to the fact (hope?) that there would be some new ETP launched as the year winding down was a busy time. Well there have indeed been several interesting product launches that we can talk about. First up is First ...

From ROGER NUSBAUM, Random Roger's Big Picture,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: CNBC,  iShares

"Its Not Obvious To Me That There Is Any Large Misalignment Currently"

Sweet Fancy Moses. I am not a big fan of the word bubble as I think it gets overused. Not everything that goes up a lot and then goes down a lot is a bubble. In all likelihood the best time to really assess whether something is a bubble or not is well ...

From ROGER NUSBAUM, Random Roger's Big Picture,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: CNBC,  Ben Bernanke,  Securities and Exchange Commission

Virtual ETF Conference

The opinions expressed on this site are those solely of Roger Nusbaum and do not necessarily represent those of Your Source Financial (“YSF”). This website is made available for educational and entertainment purposes only. Mr. Nusbaum is an Investment ...

From ROGER NUSBAUM, Random Roger's Big Picture,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Securities and Exchange Commission

She Loves Gold!

My brother forwarded this link from the NY Post by Hilary Kramer (remember her?) about gold. The article spelled out the recent history of the price of gold, some reasonable opinions as to why gold could go higher and then different ways to get into ...

From ROGER NUSBAUM, Random Roger's Big Picture,  16 Nov 2009

The Ups and Downs of Currency Funds

The myriad of strategies, investment goals and funds makes answering the question a multi-faceted endeavor. The starting point is that cash is an asset class. In allocating to stocks, bonds and cash, it makes sense to consider foreign exposure ...

From ROGER NUSBAUM, The Street,  16 Nov 2009

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