12 Aug 2015

Taking Loss On EEM Following Last Week’s Buy-Write

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Markets are acting very fidgety.  Emerging ones are no exception. On Monday, off Friday’s intra-day high, VIX, the S&P 500 Volatility Index, dropped 16-percent plus.  Yesterday, at one point it was up 17-percent plus.  TLT, the iShares 20+ Year Treasury … Continued

3 Aug 2015

EEM Looks Ripe For Buy-Write

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After a three-month 17-percent drop, EEM, the iShares Emerging Markets ETF, looks ripe for an options trade. On May 22, 2013, Ben Bernanke, then-Fed chair, suggested that the Fed would begin tapering back nearly $70 billion in monthly purchases of … Continued