Once hedge funds and other investors began dumping the shares after Apple reported a few quarters of mildly disappointing results, downside momentum picked up and overall sentiment changed rather dramatically.
Investors chomping at the bit for downside protection are snapping up puts that could have been purchased yesterday for a fraction of the present cost.
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There have been big daily moves on the upside recently, but traders now need to expect bigger downside price corrections coming up, in the overall uptrend.
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But, as is often the case with executive pay, officers are protected from the downside, but benefit from the up.
That long-term bull market appears to have ended with a temporary reversal to the downside in 2011, a recovery back up but to a lower peak last October, and a more serious plunge since that has gold down 24% from that peak, officially in a bear market.
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On the downside, you do have to give up some of the more premium features like water-cooling or an upper-tier processor, but if you're looking to keep things well under the two grand mark, Computer Shopper says this one is about as good a bet as any.
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This is followed, in most cases, by a snap move right back up following a short period of downside volatility.
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If growth remains below trend going forward and if search revenue fails to pick up, we could see some downside to our forecasts.
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The people who make these decisions are human and have bias and more often than not end up making the choice with smallest downside rather than the best upside.
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Marvell and NVIDIA both have heavy PC exposure and downside EPS risk, with NVDA shares having held up relatively well lately.
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The downside, it was extremely expensive, we racked up a lot of credit card debt, but in the long run it was worth it.
The gold market bulls can take solace in the fact that no longer-term chart damage has occurred, and from a longer-term perspective, the recent sell off is just one more downside correction in a price trend that remains solidly up.
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They need to give up a bit of upside for protection on the downside.
The downside of inquiries is that lawyers have a propensity to rack up millions in costs without breaking any of the new ground a gifted reporter like John Ware is able to expose.
Some traders looked for that calculated short in silver through the iShares Silver Trust (SLV) yesterday and were successful on it, and some will probably short versus yesterdays high or off of this up open for some follow-through to the downside.
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Still, there is a downside to getting all Kandinsky with your title, like the Whisperer up there.
Ross said that unless the MSCI Emerging Markets index closes below 863 (it closed around 913 yesterday), suggesting further pressure on the downside, then investors should watch for the index to perk back up again.
So, without any information or signals out of Apple, whether or not to buy on Monday depends on two criteria: valuation versus downside risk and an assessment (WAG) if Apple has anything up their sleeves for the earnings call.
In conclusion, as you look this week for the last stocks that may pay special dividends, keep the criteria discussed earlier in mind, and consider purchasing a call spread that allows you to exercise one side and collect the dividend or make money on an up move, yet is defined in risk to the downside.
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On the downside, worry about an oil supply disruption that both pushes fuel costs up while trashing demand for transportation.
When the market rose, you would not have profited as much, but you would have given up less on the upside than you would have saved on the downside.
But there's a downside to the wine boom: The number of acres planted with vines has gone up 16% since 1994, leading to a glut of grapes.
The obvious downside here, is that higher temperatures require more power and more rugged components that could drive up cost.
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After the Greek election, the risk premiums for downside protection have gone from overpriced to very cheap, and we think the risks have gone up.
The downside is that it makes the winner stupidly reckless - Mr Coates says that when traders blow up, it typically comes at the end of a long winning streak.
The downside, though, is that the service is relatively new, and few major retailers having signed up so far.
The downside is they are also more likely to make mistakes, less likely to have a back-up plan if things go wrong, bad with details, and more likely to take a risk that lands them in hot water.
The fund was up 7.5% through the end of the third quarter and has historically demonstrated excellent downside protection during down markets.
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In December, when chatter heated up again about reducing the tax benefit of munis, there was a large move to the downside in muni bond ETFs.
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