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Options Update: Morningstar volatility low; investor conference May 27-29

Morningstar (NASDAQ: MORN) closed at $42.31. The 21st Morningstar Investor Conference will take place at McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago from May 27 to May 29.

Bill Gross, founder and managing director of PIMCO, will give a keynote presentation on May 28. MORN June call option implied volatility is at 43, puts are at 53; below its 26-week average of 56 according to Track Data, suggesting decreasing price risk. MORN puts are more expensive than calls because MORN is difficult to borrow.

Option Update is provided by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.com.

Soros, Greenspan, Gross: More subprime fallout ahead

When financial world's mavens speak - - such as Alan Greenspan, George Soros, Bill Gross - - the markets usually take notice.

And when the mavens speak in unison regarding economic fundamentals, well, a word to the wise: be certain to record those data points before forming your own conclusion regarding the U.S. economy's health.

Soros, in a lecture at New York University, said the U.S. economy was on the verge of "a serious correction."
"I think we are definitely in for a slowdown that I think will be a bigger slowdown than (Federal Reserve Chairman Ben) Bernanke is seeing," Soros said, Reuters reported.

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Last updated: November 24, 2009: 06:16 AM

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