
Today I noticed a very interesting phenomena. While CBOE Volatility Index $VIX.X was falling, its call options were actually rising in price.For anyone who is somewhat familiar with the definition of calls, this would make very little sense. Call options are the financial instruments that derive ...
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According to Elliott Wave theory, dominant trend is going in 5 waves and corrective trend in 3.Here is a 3-yr chart of Dow Jones Industrial Average, as I see it:If my technical analysis is correct, we are going to see a significant decline in stock prices and formation of a “double bottom&#...
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Kerry Brown-Chapman Hi you did a artical on the Touch Of Tranquility Spa On Sunrise.. Did it close for business?

Today is Friday, the end of the week. DJ Industrial is almost 400 points up from the low of the week at 9,834. It pretty much made up for the last two weeks of losses and is in the middle of 9,800-9,900 resistance area.Accordingly, CBOE Volatility Index $VIX.X is near its support level at 23.59....
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The only issue, it looks like the number of similar cases grows daily. Yesterday evening, two more Real Estate agents, husband and wife, had to face drawn guns, as they were taking photos and installing the keysafe on their newest NE Tucson listing. Luckily, this time around Sheriff's deputies gave them permission to t...alk and produce identification. They were not forced to the ground or handcuffed. No one was hurt.Read More

Foothills Insider® To be fair, Barack Obama should extend an offer for a glass of wine in the White House to Lucy Craft, her client and Deputy Jorge Morales, as the case is somewhat parallel to the one of Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Sgt. Joseph Crowley, who were invited to the White House for a beer.

Foothills Insider® The Real Estate agent, Lucy Kraft, is well know to me, as she was my colleague at Long Realty. She is a white women, 68 years old and always professionally dressed. Her client apparently was white middle-aged man wearing nice clothing. Lucy had her Long Realty badge on, but nothing seemed to help.

Foothills Insider® As if this is not enough, now Tucson Realtors® have to fear Sheriffs and their guns. On August 3rd, Tucson Long Realty's agent and her client, who were previewing one of the properties, were forced on the ground by the two deputies with drawn guns. They lay on the floor cuffed for 20 min, when the temperature was 106 degrees.

Foothills Insider® Being a Real Estate Agent is fast becoming a dangerous profession. High unemployment and continuously growing number of short sales and foreclosures increase crime. More people become desperate and houses for sale look like an easy prey. In addition, when showing those houses, an agent has to keep watch over her/his own purse, car and life.

Foothills Insider® I am taking a break from Real Estate for the next few days. 2 weeks of work and $3 Million deal just went DFT (deal fell through)... Bummer... Would have been one of the highest Real Estate transactions in Tucson.

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Foothills Insider® Commercial Real Estate was trailing Residential market on the way up. Now it does the same on the way down.
Source: www.bloomberg.com
As many as one in five U.S. hotel loans may default through 2010 as the recession means companies are spending less on travel and perks, according to University of California economist [bn:PRSN=1] Kenneth Rosen [].

Foothills Insider® Keep track of your credit lines !!! New problem for consumers - frivolous "credit cuts" by banks can reduce your FICO and ability to borrow.
Source: www.bloomberg.com
When Sharii Rey, a paralegal in Portland, Oregon, had her credit limit reduced by [bn:WBTKR=JPM:US] JPMorgan Chase & Co. [] earlier this month, she said it would hurt her 760 credit score. That’s not the bank’s problem, she was told. It’s FICO’s.

Foothills Insider® Talking about restaurants, you might want to visit Tucson Originals website (link below). It offers a limited number of Discounted Gift Certificates. Hurry, the new offer from yesterday is almost Sold Out.
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Welcome! We would like to thank you for visiting our website and for supporting locally owned restaurants in Tucson. The following system allows you to purchase a very limited amount of discounted gift certificates for Tucson Originals restaurants. ...














