shorting stocks, 2011-06-01

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Options: Apple Traders Look for Rally Apple has a major calendar event on Monday, but traders are looking for a pop even sooner. ..... Mario Gabelli's Natural Gas Play—Water Treatment Mario Gabelli said all roads lead to natural gas development, but he's looking beyond the energy drilling itself—and digging into water-treatment companies...... Corrections Will Become 'Common' Once QE2 Removed June is typically a rough month for stocks and so we’re beginning to see more of the defensive sectors outperform, said Mark Tepper, managing partner and co-founder of Strategic Wealth Partners. ..... Unusual Pricing in New LinkedIn Options As LinkedIn options trade for the first time today (Friday), pricing remains a bit unusual because of the newness of the social-networking stock. ..... LinkedIn Options Trading Points to Downside According to Bill Lefkowitz of vFinance Investments, early trading indicates puts are trading at a premium to calls in price and are also, trading bigger size...... Hot IPOs the Exception, Not Rule Despite all of the hoopla, when it comes to IPOs there is LinkedIn and Yandex. Then there is everybody else. ..... Options Bulls Betting on Travel Company—Again Avis Budget Group saw upside option activity for the second time in three sessions yesterday (Thursday). ..... What to Expect From LinkedIn's Options This Week Since LinkedIn's spectacular initial public offering last Friday, concerns have been raised about potential short-sellers waiting in the wings. Today (Thursday, 5/26) may provide a good gauge of any s.....

Egon Von Greyerz And James Turk Video – Discussing Gold Price Targets Interesting new video interview with James Turk and Egon von Greyerz discussing gold as a means of preserving wealth, their respective gold price targets, their views on currencies, especially Switze.....     XLF Financials ETF – Chart At Technical Inflection Point Looking at the sector overview charts on my public list I still cannot come up with any decisive conclusion. The market is starting to display more weakness and lots of stocks and sectors are threaten..... Missing The Excitement? Markets are still more or less boring right now. Missing the excitement?Here's my favourite 'excitement' video. So exciting. Enjoy There hasn't been this much excitement since the Romans fed the Chri.....