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looks like it's developing a head and shoulder for a move to 300, possibly.

Yikes, "Nouriel Roubini, a professor of economics at the Stern School of Business at New York University, has been both pessimistic and prescient about the gathering credit problems. In a new report, Mr. Roubini estimates that total losses on loans by American financial firms and the fall in the...

Look at OLO. It has outperformed USO, down ~14% ytd vs USO ~27%

You could also argue that the the Dow has the least to fall as 4 of its components are under 10 dollars. If they all went to zero the index would move around 150 or so points. So by default if you wanted to go long it's probably your best choice.

They do exercise, for cash.

VIX options are European settlement meaning it can trade below its intrinsic value and can only be exercised at expiration. Here's a link to the VIX options guide at the CBOE. http://www.cboe.com/micro/vix/VIXoptionsQRG.pdf forgot one thing, i wouldn't trade them. The vix is best used...

"signs that the market for industrial raw materials is beginning to pick up - or at least getting "less worse" - perhaps signaling the initial stages of what is expected to be a long recovery" Good article on the case for Rails and signs of a potential recovery. You got to start somewhere...

Good time for Munis then.

No offense, but if you believe that, you may want to pick up some Ameros too. : )

I agree the best thing for China to do is keep on buying, but their fear is that if the stimulus doesn't work, the fed has to start printing money and the dollar dives.

Scary: China should seek guarantees that its $682 billion holdings of U.S. government debt won’t be eroded by “reckless policies,” said Yu Yongding, a former adviser to the central bank. Could be a good play on TBT

Also look at the ETN - GBB