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19 May

Blame Derivatives?

by Barry Ritholtz
Here’s a rather scary — and under-reported — aspect of the recent sell off:  Derivatives activity linked to share...

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18 May

Buying SPYs and DIA

by Barry Ritholtz
For a trade, I am a buyer of Spyders ($127.44) and Diamonds ($112.37). Let’s see if we do better with these than the Qs. Note:...

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18 May

Paul Desmond follow up

by Barry Ritholtz
Back in February, I did an extensive Q&A with Paul Desmond of Lowry’s Reports (Part I is here, and the important Part II is...

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18 May

Bounce, Test, Bounce, Crash

by Barry Ritholtz
The technical damage done this week was substantial, but as I mentioned last night on Kudlow, we are near support. I’ll expand upon...

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17 May

Inflation? What Inflation?

by Barry Ritholtz
Yesterday, I pondered the question of how those who work on Wall Street have managed to deny the existence of inflation for all this...

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17 May

YTD Index Performance

by Barry Ritholtz
Here’s some surprising data:  The Nasdaq 100 — the big cap tech stocks — are down for the year. I just punched in...

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16 May

QQQQs follow up

by Barry Ritholtz
I ended up buying a lot more Qs for a trade than I expected to yesterday during that afternoon sell down. I had bids all the way down to...

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15 May

QQQQ Puts

by Barry Ritholtz
I am unloading the May QQQQ puts (expiry Friday) at $2.85; I am still long the June 125s and September 120 SPY puts. I am also buying...

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12 May

Tax Cuts Crash Market (?)

by Barry Ritholtz
Here’s why its so dangerous to read specific elements into the day to day gyrations of Mr. Market: Consider this hypothetical news...

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11 May

Nasdaq Big Cap (Qs) vs Russell 2000: Why Guess?

by Barry Ritholtz
With the Nasdaq down 1.56% intraday, and the NDX 100 off more than 2%, its time to revisit the issue of sector selection. We noted...

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      Barry L. Ritholtz is co-founder, chairman, and chief investment officer of Ritholtz Wealth Management LLC. Launched in...

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