Lots of stocks just creeping downward today. Can't remember when I last saw a chart like NTES today, popping up in the AM and then a steady selloff. Even SLM today, usually would have found support by now.
This is a real issue with futures data, from a while back ..... so they haven't fixed it yet?
http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=117012
ABX is looking good .... my current long-term trade is long gold / long dollar index. Lots more upside potential and I think the hedge will protect the downside, at least until a meaningful amount of bad debt is flushed out of the economy.
Donald Trump does it all the time, many of the dot-com startups too.
Raise capital, speculate wildly, pay yourself a huge salary, oops we are bankrupt.
I like the idea, but natural gas is almost impossible to invest in over the long term because of the negative roll yield. Look at the cash price, it isn't that cheap...