Less risk and less return is probably the best play for today’s market environment, with Doug Dachille, First Principles Capital Management CEO.
Airtime: Fri. Jun. 12 2009 | 8:16 AM ET
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According to the CFTC weekly data for the week ended Tuesday, net shorts in the euro fell by 38% from last week's record high and are now at a 6 week low. Net shorts in the pound moved up a touch to just shy of its record high. Net longs in the Australian$ rose to the most since May '08 and net longs in the Canadian$ rose to the highest since Nov '07. Gold new longs fell to a 4 week low. Net longs in crude rose 14% and are just 12k contracts from a record high dating back to...
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June 12th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Less risk and reduced returns? I’ve been pleading for that for years.
Conservative option strategies. Collars. These are suitable for all conservative investors. These are limited gain/limited loss strategies. Thry are not difficult to learn.
Mark
The Rookie’s Guide to Options
June 12th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
Much better was Dachille’s interview on Bloomberg a couple of days ago:
http://www.bloomberg.com/avp/avp.htm?clipSRC=mms://media2.bloomberg.com/cache/vK8dT7_fqyU0.asf
June 12th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
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June 13th, 2009 at 11:47 am
@thistle: thanks for the link, good interview.