Bull Bear Trader


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The Bull Bear Trader discusses market events and news with an interest in understanding risk and return in both bull and bear markets. Discussion topics include trading and hedging strategies, derivatives, risk management, hedge funds, quantitative finance, the energy and commodity markets, and private equity, as well as an occasional investment opinion.

Friday, November 20, 2009

TIM Report: Market Sentiment Still Bullish in US, Down Globally, with TJX, BAX, and DKS as longs, DRYS, GS, and POT as shorts

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According to the recent TIM (Trade Ideas Monitor) report for the week of November 13-19, 2009, the TIM Sentiment Index (TSI) increased 0.85 ...
Friday, November 13, 2009

TIM Report: Market Sentiment Down, But Still Bullish, with STT, AAPL, and AMZN as longs, FDO, TOL, and ESV as shorts

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According to the recent TIM (Trade Ideas Monitor) report for the week of November 6-12, 2009, the TIM Sentiment Index (TSI) fell 1.05 points...
Friday, November 6, 2009

TIM Report: Market Sentiment Moved Bullish, with RIMM, X, and BAC as longs, WFC and AMR as shorts

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According to the recent TIM (Trade Ideas Monitor) report for the week of October 30-November 5, 2009, the TIM Sentiment Index (TSI) rose 5.6...
Friday, October 30, 2009

TIM Report: Market Sentiment Slightly Bearish, with VFC, ORLY, and FSLR as longs, LVS, MU, and NVDA as shorts

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According to the recent TIM (Trade Ideas Monitor) report for the week of October 23-29, 2009, the TIM Sentiment Index (TSI) is borderline be...
Friday, October 23, 2009

TIM Report: Profit Taking Results In Less Bullish Market Sentiment, with IR, TEX, and FCX as longs, RIMM, WYE, and STJ as shorts

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According to the recent TIM (Trade Ideas Monitor) report for the week of October 16-22, 2009, increased profit taking resulted in drops in m...
Friday, October 16, 2009

TIM Report: Brokers More Bullish, with GWW, ORLY and PFE as longs, CHK and SWY as shorts

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According to the recent TIM (Trade Ideas Monitor) report for the week of October 9-15, 2009, market sentiment in the U.S. became even more b...
Friday, October 2, 2009

TIM Report: Brokers More Bullish, with PAG, BYI, and CHKP as longs, MGM and CTXS as shorts

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According to the recent TIM (Trade Ideas Monitor) report for the week of September 25 - October 1, 2009, market sentiment became more bullis...
Friday, September 25, 2009

TIM Report: Bullish Brokers Sentiment Falling, with KG, AIG, and ETFC as longs, YUM, PCS, and AKS as shorts

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According to the recent TIM (Trade Ideas Monitor) report for the week of September 18-24, 2009, bullish broker sentiment continued to decrea...
Tuesday, September 22, 2009

First Coverage: Market Sentiment Still Bullish

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First Coverage's weekly market sentiment report is still pointing to a bullish market ( First Coverage ). This week has seven sectors ra...

Six New China Sector-Specific ETFs Being Planned

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Global X Funds has filed a prospectus with the SEC to offer six new ETFs that will be designed to follow six different sectors within the Ch...
Monday, September 21, 2009

Could Quant Fund Underperformance Signal That A Correction Is Near?

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Quant funds who bet on high-quality stocks, while at the same time shorting those stocks that are over-priced, have been under-performing t...
Friday, September 18, 2009

Moody's Believes Basel II Changes Are Positive for Creditworthiness

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Moody's issued a special comment paper focusing on Basel II amendments already introduced, as well as statements from the Basel Committe...

State Street Offers New Preferred Share ETF

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State Street Global Advisors launched a new ETF with investments in non-convertible preferred stocks (ticker PSK, IndexUniverse ). Similar ...

TIM Report: Bullishness Moderating, with DRYS, KR, and X as Longs, S, AIG, and GS as Shorts

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According to the recent TIM (Trade Ideas Monitor) report for the week of September 11-17, 2009, market sentiment moderated after being bulli...
Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Hedge Funds Increased Their Stakes In Financials During Q2

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Hedge funds increased their stakes in financial stocks during the second quarter according to the Goldman Sachs Hedge Fund Trend Monitor ( W...
Friday, August 21, 2009

TIM Report: Brokers Still Cautious, with MDSO, BJ, and AA as Longs, FSLR, BRCD, and LVS as Shorts

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According to the recent TIM (Trade Ideas Monitor) report for August 20th, the TIM Sentiment Index (TSI) in North America was 50.37, down 1.7...
Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Transparency Will Need To Go Global

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The tremendous growth of the Chinese economy and stock market has many wondering how long it will take before China once again regains it sp...
Sunday, August 16, 2009

Investors Trade Foreign Equities More Often Than Their Domestic Counterparts

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There has been significant research in the past looking at the phenomenon of " home bias ," or investing a larger portion of your ...
Friday, August 14, 2009

Does Enterprise Risk Management Add Value To Firms?

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In their research paper " The Value of Enterprise Risk Management ," Robert Hoyt and Andre Liebenberg attempt to uncover whether t...

TIM Report: Brokers Cautiously Bullish, with CBEY, TWTC, and WSM As Longs, ALGT, TLAB, and ACI As Shorts

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According to the recent TIM (Trade Ideas Monitor) report for August 13th, the TIM Sentiment Index (TSI) in North America was 52.13, down 2.4...
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