Share Buybacks

quantext2002 — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:39:10 GMT

I have been getting interested in share buybacks (aka repurchase plans). With many good firms getting beaten down by the broader market, it makes sense to

Share Buybacks

quantext2002 — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:45:12 GMT

Here is an interesting article in share buybacks: Hulbert article

Re: Will your bank fail?

quantext2002 — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:51:33 GMT

Bankruptcy risk can be diagnosed statistically and it is related to implied volatility. Credit Default Swaps, for example, are closely tied to implied

Re: Will your bank fail?

investor952 — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:44:16 GMT

bankruptcy is a fundamental thing...not a stock price technical thing. I don't think you can use QPP to determine this. ... One

Re: High performance portfolio

Mick_Stevens_ — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:34:46 GMT

... I thought it might be interesting to take a look at how this portfolio has performed over the past seven months. It appears as if the YTD return is a loss

Re: Steady 19% Returns

billb_ — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:52:41 GMT

Sadly, it looks like the links got wrapped. You'll need to copy the entire URL into the browser. I've also encoded them using tiny url. Here's the intro:

Re: Market timing, being invested or wait in cash for clearer pictue

Frank — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:39:57 GMT

For the curious, as I calculated, the past buy signals from the Coppock indicator: SP500: 9/70, 2/75, 4/78, 9/82, 1/85, 10/88, 3/91, 2/95, 11/01,(12/02),

Re: Steady 19% Returns

James — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:07:10 GMT

Bill, none of your links worked for me. I went to the website and still couldn't find the articles. ... hot ... for- ... for- ... in ... records ... this ...

Will your bank fail?

symphony231 — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:58:18 GMT

Hi All, In light of recient bank failures I ran some banks through QPP. One that I find alarming is Washington Mutual (WM). Data are from 5/14/08 to 7/18/08.

Re: Steady 19% Returns

bleuhorseshoes — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:55:24 GMT

A couple of places to read up on similar strategies: www.etftradingstrategies.com - Site has pretty much all of the information in the book that they are

Re: Is it possible to model this?

Frank — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:51:23 GMT

Maybe one of the Merk funds http://www.merkfund.com/ Merk Asian Currency Fund and/or Hard Currency Fund, high expense ratios but they pay dividends, gold

Re: Rob Arnott and Fundamental Indexing

lbill1996 — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:16:39 GMT

Ask and ye shall receive. Just posted by Arnott at IndexUniverse is a discussion of the whys and wherefors of the recent performance of RAFI:

Re: Steady 19% Returns

James — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:47:03 GMT

I have all my investments in IRAs, so don't care about tax consequences. Using monthly data, trades are reduced to once or twice a year, so transaction costs

Re: Is it possible to model this?

lbill1996 — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:52:23 GMT

I've been concerned about this for some time. I believe your options are foreign currency ETFs, unhedged foreign bond ETFs/funds, gold ETFs, and commodity

Is it possible to model this?

Sandra Carrico — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:16:04 GMT

I'm somewhat concerned about a dollar currency crisis. Not a lot, but more than I'd like. Lets say 30% concerned. I'd like to protect against this

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Share Buybacks

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Re: High performance portfolio

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Re: Market timing, being invested or wait in cash for clearer pictue

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Will your bank fail?

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Re: Rob Arnott and Fundamental Indexing

Re: Steady 19% Returns

Re: Is it possible to model this?

Is it possible to model this?