http://vixtrade.com trade options on the vix index Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:40:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As we come to the end of an endless fight on health care reform, it's worth asking whether the bill Congress appears to be on the verge of passing will actually reform health care.Melissa Rodgers, the Associate Director of the Berkeley Center on Health, E http://vixtrade.com/2010/03/19/healthcare-bill-is-a-good-first-step-toward-healthcare-reform-says-expert/ The U.S. government may unload its 27% stake in Citigroup as early as next month. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Treasury Department may dump its 7.7 billion shares in the bank after the company releases its first-quarter earnings on April 19.On http://vixtrade.com/2010/03/19/bove-thanks-to-hank-paulson-citi-shares-set-to-double-from-here/ Even with stocks mixed Friday morning, all seems well in the world. Eight consecutive days of gains and indexes at or near their highest levels since October 2008 will do that.Is it a false sense of security or is this bull market for real?Rochdale Securi http://vixtrade.com/2010/03/19/dont-stop-believing-stock-market-rally-is-sustainable-dick-bove-says/ For the past year, the Fed has been buying mortgage-backed securities in an effort to keep mortgage rates low and provide some support to the housing market.  On March 31, the Fed says, it will stop buying mortgage-backed securities.So what will happ http://vixtrade.com/2010/03/19/dick-bove-housing-market-will-fall-10-15-when-fed-stops-subsidizing-home-prices/ Provided by the Business Insider, March 19, 2010:The Greek premiere is now threatening to go to the IMF for help if the Eurozone won't come up with hard bail out numbers soon.These are pretty tough words for someone asking for money:Telegraph:"We hav http://vixtrade.com/2010/03/19/the-greece-bailout-is-falling-apart/ Time Warner is considering making a second-round bid of up to $1.5 billion for Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, a source tells us. The March 19 deadline for the bids for MGM — whose film library includes the James Bond and Pink Panther franchises — may well be extended. Shares in Arrow Energy have been ... http://vixtrade.com/2010/03/19/dealzone-daily-105/ Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer at a September 2009 conference Seems like old times.  Eliot Spitzer, who rose to national prominence in 2002 when he forced a sleepy S.E.C. to crack down on conflicted analyst research,  is none too pleased to hear that his old rivals recently joined 12 Wall Street banks in seeking ... http://vixtrade.com/2010/03/19/spitzer-sec-still-asleep-at-the-switch-2/ Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer at a September 2009 conference Seems like old times.  Eliot Spitzer, who rose to national prominence in 2002 when he forced a sleepy S.E.C. to crack down on conflicted analyst research,  is none too pleased to hear that his old rivals recently joined 12 Wall Street banks in seeking ... http://vixtrade.com/2010/03/19/spitzer-sec-still-asleep-at-the-switch/