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Dan on Chart Talk

Today on Chart Talk, Dan touched on SMH and Intel. He mentions the great earnings and the positive outlook on Intel and the SMH holding up well. Dan mentioned that the SM…

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Brian's Play on Visa

Live from New York this week on Fast Money, Brian explained an earnings trade in regard to Visa. The target date for this trade is July 28, Visa's earnings. Brian takes a…

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VIX explained

Dan Deming explains the "fear index"-VIX in a clear and simple way at CBS2 Chicago Studio: The VIX is a forward looking indicator of expected market movement or volatilit…

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Options Action: QQQQs

Brian Stutland, contributor to CNBC's Options Action shown on Fridays at 5:30pm EST, remains bullish for the Tech Sector as seen on CNBC's Fast Money. Brain wants to prot…

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A wild week for VIX

After trading below 20 for 11 days in 2010, the VIX rose significantly last week, with Jan 21st up 20% and Jan 22nd up 23%. The VIX closed the week at 27.3. The S&P 500 5…

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Mr. October

The real Mr. October may not be Reggie Jackson. For the past five years now, the VIX currently at 26.84, has spiked 50% from its lows during the month of October. This pa…

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UPS vs. FED EX

If we are going to recover from this recession, we should see gains in the transportation sector. On Friday we saw a bigger than expected international transport sales wh…

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Meeting Expectations

For the past month now, I've been stating how traders who have been trading VIX futures have been expecting to see a rise in volatility as we head into fall months. Seein…

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A market of Uncertainty

As we saw some of those pullbacks in the market on Monday, Dan Deming was on CNBC to give some perspective. As he points out, we have seen some premiums in back month VIX…

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Summer Pullbacks

Just as the summer is soon to be coming to a close, last Friday the sentiment was that summer rally is also soon coming to an end. On my latest appearance on the "Halftim…

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1050 and Counting

The current summer rally is appearing like it may not end just yet. On Monday's "Halftime Report" I had another opportunity to discuss the latest VIX analysis. As I state…

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Heading towards 1,000

This past week we saw some continued gains to the summer rally. I had a chance to discuss my latest thoughts on the market on CNBC's "The Halftime Report" last Thursday a…

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Think Worldly

As the dollar weakens along side this summer rally, it appears the time is come to think about stocks who can perform well in the world economy. Click the link below whic…

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Buying Cautiously

Last week we all witnessed some positive gains in the market. On Thursday during the "Halftime Report" on CNBC, I had a chance to give my opinions on various topics, incl…

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Tech and Protection

Looking ahead into the next earnings report, we have seen some mixed messages in the market. On the long side, the sector to think about is clearly tech. I like Tech righ…

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The Road to Normalcy

Dan Deming was quoted this week on Forbes.com. The article touches on the lower levels of volume on the CBOE. In particular, there has been a recent decline in contracts …

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Here's looking at "Tech"

Dan Deming was at it again on CNBC this past Thursday. Hear his reasons why the technological sector is your best investment if you had to choose only one. http://www.cnb…

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