investmentyearbook.com: February 19, 2006

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Random thoughts and rhetorical questions from yet another blog focused on business trends for an audience of one, me. Just jotting thoughts, notes, etc. Nothing much more than that. There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know... ~The ironic zen of Donald Rumsfeld

Saturday, February 25, 2006

V is for VIX

The all-time low of the $VIX (new methodology) was in December 1993. Note the subsequent blow-off top before a mini-crash. Roadmap for 2006?

Friday, February 24, 2006

Power to the People

The strongest Intellidex/PowerShares sectors vis-a-vis the TLT.

$DWU/PUI: Intellidex Utilities (RSI 70)
$DWC/PKB: Intellidex Building + Construction (RSI 63)
$DZO/PBE: Intellidex Biotech + Genomics (RSI 61)
$DWR/PMR: Intellidex Retail (RSI 61)

Wednesday, February 22, 2006

Where are they now?

A review:

ARA: Buy some paper at the copacabana? ARA: long. Highlighted: 12/22/05 @ ~$40.00. Today (2/22/06): $47.50. +~18%
EZPW: Schaudenfreude. EZPW: long. Highlighted: 12/09/05 @ ~$15.00. Today (2/22/06): $22.83. +~52%.
KOF: El Coke es el. KOF: long. Highlighted: 12/22/05 @ ~$27.10. Today (2/22/06): $29.40. +~8%.
RHAT/MSFT: The end of monopoly rents. Long RHAT/optional long-short with MSFT. Highlighted 12/9/05 @ ~$24.90. Today (2/22/06): $25.32. +~1%