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Morning Commentary 11.24.2008

Pre-Open Commentary

Correction: UAW President is Ron Gettlefinger.

Update:8:01 AM After the announcement by Prince Al-Walid bin Talal of his increased stake in Citi, futures have rebounded nicely, and I believe, as I did originally, that we will open higher, or at least move higher rather quickly.

Market Wrap November 17 2008

 

 

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At the close of Monday’s sessions, this is my only open position.

Trade Log 11.17.2008

Trade Log 11.17.2008

Sean Butler Fordham Stock Market Challenge

 

Trade Log 11.17.2008

 

Trade Log 11.17.2008

And finally, the position I opened up in Fordham’s Stock Market Challenge:

Sean Butler Fordham Stock Market Challenge

Pre-Market Open Commentary 11.17.2008

Stock Market Challenge Updates

Below are the rankings, by total return, of the competitors in the Fordham Stock Market Challenge after 1 week.

Fordham Stock Market Challenge Standings 11.16.2008 Pt_2

 

 

Fordham Stock Market Challenge Standings 11.16.2008 Pt_2

And Below we have the Sharpe Ratios. Ridiculous Numbers here.

 

Fordham Stock Market Challenge Sharpe Ratio Rankings 11.16.2008 Pt_2

Fordham Stock Market Challenge Sharpe Ratio Rankings 11.16.2008 Pt_2

Chart Leading into the Week of 11.17.2008

 

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Daily Update. November 14, 2008. Sean Butler

 

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Here’s a quick update. Unfortuantley, I didn’t update as much as I wanted this innaugural week. I lost some money on Thursday, but today I did pretty well. See below:

6.5% is pretty damn good for a single day, and it erases my losses from yesterday, leaving me up more than 10% for the week. I’m pleased with that. I remain, as you see above, very bearish, but as you can tell from my video commentary above, I’m going to be active next week as I move in and out of the imminent rally. Will update with analysis this Weekend.

Sean

Performance Update

 

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Nightly Update 11.11.08

 

Sean Butler November 11, 2008 Performance

Today was a decent day in the market for me. I don’t have much time, so I’m not going to get into the day’s movements, but in short, I made no trades, reflecting the maintenance of my 100% bearish portfolio composition. Here’s how my portfolio started & finished the session, and will begin the day tomorrow. 

Sean Butler Performance November 11, 2008. Click to Enlarge