<p>I think there is something in between what we have now in the mortgage markwt and 2006.</p>
<p>I think the stock market is priced fairly, if the interest rates were normal, but rates aren’t.</p>
<p>I think there is something in between what we have now in the mortgage markwt and 2006.</p>
<p>I think the stock market is priced fairly, if the interest rates were normal, but rates aren’t.</p>
<p>If FED didn’t know in 2008, the crash was coming, how do we know this time that they know what’s coming? I think they are groping in the dark hoping for the best.</p>
<p>Gotta love the EU and their handling of Cyprus</p>
<p>Doct, for next week’s expiration looks like aapl and goog’s volatility is down. I am not thrilled with the premium. </p>
<p>I looked at orcl. The premium there is amazing. Sooooo low. Probably should buy it. But i won’t.</p>
<p>I guess whatever happens with Cyprus isn’t going to move those stocks…</p>
<p>I sold a couple of the 430 puts in aapl that expire next week. I am not really happy with the price. Plus…if the stock got down there…the downtrend might be back on…I haven’t looked at the chart.</p>
<p>I also sold aapl 3/28 430 for 1.62 yesterday. Today I’m trying to sell the goog 3/28 785</p>
<p>I sold them today for a 1.12. :)</p>
<p>"Cyprus in June became the fifth euro-area nation to request a rescue after Greece’s debt restructuring, the largest in history, trashed the financial health of lenders including Bank of Cyprus Plc (BOCY) and Cyprus Popular Bank Pcl, the nation’s two biggest. "</p>
<p>I’ve been trying to figure out who’s at fault for the Cyprus problem and it appears that it was a domino effect on the failed banks in Greece. I guess the ECB/IMF forced failures in Greece that resulted in failures in Cyprus.</p>
<p>[Gerald</a> O’Driscoll: The Federal Reserve’s Covert Bailout of Europe - WSJ.com](<a href=“Gerald O'Driscoll: The Federal Reserve's Covert Bailout of Europe - WSJ”>Gerald O'Driscoll: The Federal Reserve's Covert Bailout of Europe - WSJ)</p>
<p>It seems to me that the ECB could be more generous with Cyprus given that we’ve been generous (see my interest income for 2012 from money market accounts) with the ECB for several years.</p>
<p>Interesting BCEagle91…</p>
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<p>If you suspect that money is going to leave the EU because of the instability of the banking system exhibited in the fact that the “haircut” philosophy was even explored by the EU troika, then one of the places it probably gets parked is in overbuying US securities. </p>
<p>If there was only some way I could short the euro against the yen, then I’d never have a dull moment…</p>
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<p><a href=“http://thismatter.com/money/forex/leverage-margin-pips.htm[/url]”>How to Calculate Leverage, Margin, and Pip Values in Forex, with Examples](<a href=“http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/fx/g10/euro-fx-japanese-yen.html]EUR/JPY[/url”>Euro/Japanese Yen EUR/JPY Quotes - CME Group)</a></p>
<p>Anybody contemplating buying orcl for a quick trade?</p>
<p>I had a look at the earnings report and I’m undecided on what to do with my small position in the company. I’m probably going to do nothing in the short-term.</p>
<p>"CALGARY, March 21, 2013 /CNW/ - Pembina Pipeline Corporation (“Pembina” or the “Company”) (TSX: PPL); (NYSE: PBA) is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced bought deal offering of 11,206,750 common shares at a price of $30.80 per share through a syndicate of underwriters (the “Offering”), which includes 1,461,750 common shares issued at the same price on the exercise in full of the over-allotment option granted to the underwriters. The aggregate gross proceeds from the Offering is approximately $345 million. "</p>
<p>[Pembina</a> Pipeline Corporation | Pembina Pipeline Corporation Announces Closing of Bought Deal Financing and Exercise in Full of Over-Allotment Option for Gross Proceeds of $345 Million](<a href=“http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1133229/pembina-pipeline-corporation-announces-closing-of-bought-deal-financing-and-exercise-in-full-of-over-allotment-option-for-gross-proceeds-of-345-millio]Pembina”>http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1133229/pembina-pipeline-corporation-announces-closing-of-bought-deal-financing-and-exercise-in-full-of-over-allotment-option-for-gross-proceeds-of-345-millio)</p>
<p>I just realized that I need to look on the $TSX volume to see what’s happening with PBA. The volumes on the US exchanges are too small to account for the number of shares sold in the offering. $30.80 Canadian is $30.10 US so that explains the stock falling to about $30.10 US.</p>
<p>Sold goog 3/28 790 put = 1.31. A couple hundred here, a couple hundred there over a year adds up.</p>
<p>i just sold 1 AAPL 460 3/28 call @ 4.20 (as they trade at 4.45… oops) after rounding up my position to 100 so I could sell the call.</p>
<p>sheesh! I sell the call and it takes off. Dont you hate it when that happens??</p>
<p>aapl is up to 457</p>
<p>Yes… BCEagle91. I guess I wasn’t clear enough earlier. You are right.</p>
<p>Doct, yeah. A little at a time.
As far as aapl goes… I had no problem selling 420 puts or 425 or 430 puts. As the stock rises, the premium on those is getting smaller and smaller. So now… The stock increases the puts I sell have higher and higher strike prices. Selling puts in higher strike prices increases the risk…</p>
<p>Well as the stock goes up, it may be time to buy calls instead of selling puts.</p>
<p>Must be a new recycled rumor of either a special dividend or dividend increase. What else makes AAPL pop these days?</p>