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		<title>When Markets Get Tough, The Tough Sell Options</title>
		<link>http://enlightened-american.com/2011/08/11/when-markets-get-tough-the-tough-sell-options</link>
		<comments>http://enlightened-american.com/2011/08/11/when-markets-get-tough-the-tough-sell-options#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Investment Strategies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Readers should know I fancy myself a value investor, not an options trader. But conservative investors can benefit using options even if they don&#8217;t know much about the Greeks or implied volatility. Two strategies in particular &#8212; covered call writing and naked put writing &#8212; can be extremely valuable to long-term investors in volatile times [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Gold Roller-Coaster A Safe Ride?</title>
		<link>http://enlightened-american.com/2011/04/14/is-gold-roller-coaster-a-safe-ride</link>
		<comments>http://enlightened-american.com/2011/04/14/is-gold-roller-coaster-a-safe-ride#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Investment Strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AUY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GLD]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, I closed my Yamana Gold (AUY) April 2011 $13 covered call position at $0.22 per contract with the stock trading at $12.80, near its strike price. By week&#8217;s end, AUY traded up to $13.30, justifying the trade for the time being. I initially opened this position at $0.47 late last year so a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fat Pitches Few And Far Between</title>
		<link>http://enlightened-american.com/2010/10/18/fat-pitches-few-and-far-between</link>
		<comments>http://enlightened-american.com/2010/10/18/fat-pitches-few-and-far-between#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 04:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Investment Strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Market Commentary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Another positive week for markets meant most stocks, including those on our watchlist, saw gains in share prices, leaving us on the sidelines once again. This week, I&#8217;d also like to direct members toward this Bloomberg article: Akre Adding Cash Joins Stock Pickers Looking Beyond Valuations In addition to noting these professionals&#8217; movement toward a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>REITs Vs Private Equity</title>
		<link>http://enlightened-american.com/2010/05/13/reits-vs-private-equity</link>
		<comments>http://enlightened-american.com/2010/05/13/reits-vs-private-equity#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 22:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Investment Strategies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[asset allocation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Swensen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private equity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lost in the wake of last week&#8217;s market excitement was this article in the Wall Street Journal [$] detailing the REIT industry&#8217;s effort to persuade investors to allocate more real estate investment dollars in the public market via REITs. REIT supporters lament the possibility of losing capital to private equity firms under false assumptions that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>East Vs. West</title>
		<link>http://enlightened-american.com/2010/04/27/east-vs-west</link>
		<comments>http://enlightened-american.com/2010/04/27/east-vs-west#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Investment Strategies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[globalization]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This week, Barron&#8217;s interviews Ian Bremmer [$] of the Eurasia Group, with the main theme being the fundamental incompatibility between (pseudo) market capitalism (U.S.) and state capitalism (China) and the possible fall-out due to  friction between the two models. Bremmer&#8217;s musings continue a seeming trend in which economists and historians, most notably, Niall Ferguson, see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Old Stand-Bys Fail</title>
		<link>http://enlightened-american.com/2010/03/04/when-old-stand-bys-fail</link>
		<comments>http://enlightened-american.com/2010/03/04/when-old-stand-bys-fail#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Investment Strategies]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://enlightened-american.com/?p=652</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday&#8217;s Wall Street Journal carried a good article questioning the status of the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) as a barometer of global economic health. The theory goes that dry bulk shipping rates are a good indicator of demand for materials. As the article points out, shipping rates can also be affected by a supply glut [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stock Screen: Dogs of the Dow</title>
		<link>http://enlightened-american.com/2010/01/19/stock-screen-dogs-of-the-dow</link>
		<comments>http://enlightened-american.com/2010/01/19/stock-screen-dogs-of-the-dow#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Investment Strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stock screen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CVX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MCD]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[PFE]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://enlightened-american.com/?p=604</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Dogs of the Dow strategy seems to be a popular topic as Barron&#8217;s ran a feature article on the 2010 batch a few days after I ran this screen for premium members. Readers can find some useful background and historical results information from the Barron&#8217;s site [$]. The Dogs of the Dow is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contrast In Approach: Bill Miller vs. Warren Buffett</title>
		<link>http://enlightened-american.com/2009/10/14/contrast-in-approach-bill-miller-vs-warren-buffett</link>
		<comments>http://enlightened-american.com/2009/10/14/contrast-in-approach-bill-miller-vs-warren-buffett#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gurus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Investment Strategies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[risk]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://enlightened-american.com/?p=485</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The folks at Legg Mason must have some pull as Bill Miller features are making the rounds this week: Bloomberg: Legg Mason’s Miller Helps Win Clients as Returns Rise Barron&#8217;s: It&#8217;s Miller Time The Barron&#8217;s article, in particular, seemed embarrassingly gushy for a manager who ranks in the 99th percentile for fund managers over 3 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Journal Targets Gold</title>
		<link>http://enlightened-american.com/2009/09/10/the-journal-targets-gold</link>
		<comments>http://enlightened-american.com/2009/09/10/the-journal-targets-gold#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Investment Strategies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ABX]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s Wall Street Journal has no less than three articles spotlighting gold&#8217;s brief ascent to the $1,000 level. More accurately, the three articles explicitly and implicitly suggest investors stay away from the yellow metal: Taking Down the Golden Barrickades [$] Gold Loses Barrick Benefit &#8212; After a Buying Spree, Firm Ends Its Hedging Program [$] Technically [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reader Question On Soft Commodities</title>
		<link>http://enlightened-american.com/2009/09/03/reader-question-on-soft-commodities</link>
		<comments>http://enlightened-american.com/2009/09/03/reader-question-on-soft-commodities#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:08:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Investment Strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reader Questions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CAT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commodities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MON]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dean asks, &#8220;if one wanted to invest in Grains, what symbols [do] you recommend?&#8221; I don&#8217;t know if I would necessarily recommend any symbol. The two stocks that I am most familiar with in this arena are the Rogers Agricultural Index (RJA) and the PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund (DBA). I once owned RJA so let&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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