iShares S&P Global Technology Sector (IXN)

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    watertanker
    Sep 06 03:46 PM
    A 360 View of Returns (July 2008) [view article]
    job well done and very easy to follow Reply
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    jaded risk
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    Aug 12 03:03 AM
    P/E Ratio & Estimated Earnings Growth for S&P Sectors [view article]
    wondering how all sector earnings significantly below the total S&P500 earnings? should the S&P500 earnings be close to the weighted sector earnings? Reply
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    apeakay
    Aug 06 09:24 AM
    A 360 View of Returns (July 2008) [view article]
    Finally, a universal overview that gives the reader direction for areas to research for future investment. Great job! Reply
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    granger
    Aug 06 04:05 AM
    A 360 View of Returns (July 2008) [view article]
    Thank you, very helpful. Reply
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    phdinsuntann
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    Aug 05 04:56 AM
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    A 360 View of Returns (July 2008) [view article]
    very good job Richard, it gives a sectoral - global view, I learned a lot with the summary! Challenging times Reply
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    Indexor
    Jun 22 12:55 PM
    ETF Opinion: Extreme Bearishness Will Tell You When to Buy Again [view article]
    Karmaguy - here's one solution for you. Like most dynamic indicators, why not smooth the results using a simple moving average. The current 200-day moving average is "Neutral" at the moment Reply
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    Indexor
    Jun 22 12:45 PM
    ETF Opinion: Extreme Bearishness Will Tell You When to Buy Again [view article]
    Good post Gary. Here are a few stats on the $VIX. Over the past 10-months (200-days) it reached a high of 32.24 on March 17, 2008. Its low of 12.78 was on June 1, 2007. Its 200-day average is 21.80, median 22.44 and standard deviation 4.35. Since 2000, its high was 45.08 on August 5, 2002. Its low was 9.97 on December 14, 2006. Its median since 1990 has been 19.00. $VIX is generally considered Bearish when it is above 25 and becomes Bullish below 20. Reply
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    karmaguy
    Jun 22 12:30 PM
    ETF Opinion: Extreme Bearishness Will Tell You When to Buy Again [view article]
    Gary, You may be playing a dangerous game of chance. By your own submission the Put/Call ratio as measured by the last 5 years of data has been recently hitting new all time highs. So, where's your buy-in point now? When it hits 1.00?? Let's say the S&P is trading at 1260 (March lows) at a reading of 1.00. Are you going to buy? But if the Ratio expands to 1.35 or say a new record of 1.45 then where do you think the S&P will be then. I'll tell you, 900!! Are you prepared to tell people to buy at 1.00 and then face that kind of potential loss? I think not! So what do you do? Buy some stocks when the Ratio hits 1.00, buy more at 1.10, more at 1.20, more at 1.30 and even more at 1.40? I think not! That would be like all those out there that have been trying to guess the bottom on the Financials. Reply
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    gordon
    Jun 22 12:25 PM
    ETF Opinion: Extreme Bearishness Will Tell You When to Buy Again [view article]
    Sorry- here's the $VIX chart I referenced, tinyurl.com/66ec9t Reply
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    gordon
    Jun 22 12:24 PM
    ETF Opinion: Extreme Bearishness Will Tell You When to Buy Again [view article]
    Why not follow it on a chart? It's the same, basically as the $VIX, which is close to breaking above 25, if it does, it could go to 30, but "capitulation&quo... is at 35 or above,
    stockcharts.com/h-sc/u...=$VIX&p=D&yr=1...

    because the Plunge Protection Team, aka Paulson, has opened a window for trading desks to borrow at 2.25% and TRADE COMMODITIES and buy SPY/DIA futures to prop the market. Since Paulson came on board from Goldman Sachs, the broker-dealer's "trading profits" have skyrocketed. Why is no non-dumbass reporter on this website pointing out the broker-dealers are being subsidized by the Fed at 2.25% $21 BILLION PER DAY LAST WEEK! and there is no oversight as to their role in pushing up oil futures, they are using this money to trade commodities, they are NOT LENDING IT OUT.     Reply
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    Indexor
    Jun 22 12:20 PM
    ETF Opinion: Extreme Bearishness Will Tell You When to Buy Again [view article]
    Sorry for the additional post. One place the CBOE "Total" Put/Call ratio to the S&P 500 can be found is at stockcharts.com under the symbol $CPC. If you choose the Point & Figure chart method, you can change the dates going all the way back to 1995, to backtest how this indicator responded to both fear and greed within the US large capitalization stock market, and what the eventual outcomes were. Reply
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    datalink1995
    Jun 22 12:19 PM
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    ETF Opinion: Extreme Bearishness Will Tell You When to Buy Again [view article]
    What chart is he reading? March S & P 500 ended at 1323. Reply
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    Indexor
    Jun 22 12:05 PM
    ETF Opinion: Extreme Bearishness Will Tell You When to Buy Again [view article]
    The CBOE "Total" Put/Call ratio to the S&P 500 closed Friday at 1.33, up from 0.98 the day before. In the past 10-months, it reached a high of 1.53 on August 16, 2007. Its recent low of 0.57 was recorded on December 21, 2007. Its 10-month average is 1.03, median 1.01 and standard deviation 0.16. The average norm has been 0.75 since 1995.

    For a simple perspective, this contrarian indicator represents the number of Put contracts divided by the number of Call contracts. A number above 1 indicates more Put buying, which is Bullish. And, of course, being a contrary indicator, a number below 1 indicates more Call buying, which is Bearish.
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    JimG
    Jun 22 11:49 AM
    ETF Opinion: Extreme Bearishness Will Tell You When to Buy Again [view article]
    Where do you easily find the put/call ratio? Reply
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    Bear Stocks
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    Jun 22 10:55 AM
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    ETF Opinion: Extreme Bearishness Will Tell You When to Buy Again [view article]
    Commodity ETFs like DBC, GSP and XME are still going great guns. Reply
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