April 9, 2008 Meeting Summary

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p4P2Qbq7qqC1UZpy1VImeAw

Click on the link above to see the latest group picks from our meeting Wednesday, April 9, 2008.

Sample Presentation

http://docs.google.com/Presentation?id=ddv24pvz_19bp8ccm

Here is a quick slideshow I just put together on Google Docs - for future reference.

Monthly Picks Spreadsheet Available from Google Doc's

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p4P2Qbq7qqC1UZpy1VImeAw

WHAT - HOW MUCH - AND WHEN:
Here is the spreadsheet of the picks from the group for January, February and March. It shows all the information you need to have to make the calculations of returns, risk and the overall return of the picks. We can discuss the money management routines involved in this "position sizing technique". It is one thing to know "WHAT" to buy, but what we can all learn is that it is more important to know "HOW MUCH" to trade and "WHEN TO EXIT".

Google has a great program that allows you to use MS Word, MS Excel and MS Presentation software directly from their website. It also allows you to store the documents online.

I'll put together a group site so you can all access documents and update them.

ETF CORRELATION CALCULATOR !

http://www.sectorspdr.com/correlation/


Here is a handy tool to find an ETF that has correlated the closest to a stock that you are following. Type in the symbol and it will give you the ETF's ranked according to correlation coefficient on a 6 month, 1 year or 3 year time frame. Additionally, you can find an ETF that has a negative correlation - that way you can buy that fund to hedge your stock instead of selling short an ETF.

We should discuss the arbitrage opportunities that are present between the movements of these various, yet highly similar funds and futures contracts.

Timothy West April 2, 2008 9:28AM (updated link info on Sep 8, 2009)