Motorola (MOT) will separate Motorola Mobility Holdings through a tax-free dividend involving the distribution prior to the market open on Jan. 4, 2011. Motorola stockholders of record will receive one share of Motorola Mobility common stock for every eight shares of Motorola common stock they hold. Following the distribution, Motorola will effect a 1-for-7 reverse stock split of Motorola. Overall option implied volatility of 37 is near its 26-week average, according to Track Data, suggesting nondirectional price movement.

Wisdom Tree Dreyfus Chinese Yuan Fund (CYB) seeks to earn current income reflective of money market rates in China available to foreign investors, and to provide exposure to movements in Chinese yuan relative to the United States dollar. Over all option implied volatility of 8 is near its 26-week average, according to Track Data, suggesting nondirectional price movement.

Options Update is by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.com.

Options Update: Motorola Flat, Motorola Mobility to be Separated on Jan. 4 originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 02 Dec 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

"For the 24th year running that the Economist magazine has published its famed Big Mac Index; this index is a tongue-and-cheek way of measuring the purchasing power parity (PPP) -- that is, the relative overvaluation and undervaluation of the world's currencies," notes Nicholas Vardy.

The editor of The Global Stock Investor explains, "What does the Big Mac now say about the relative value of global currencies?

"According to the theory of purchasing power parity, a dollar should buy the same amount of the same good across all countries. By comparing the cost of Big Macs -- a good that is produced in about 120 countries -- the Big Mac Index calculates the exchange rate (the Big Mac PPP) that would result in hamburgers costing the same in America as they do abroad.

Continue reading Big Mac Index: What Burgers Say About Currency Valuations

Big Mac Index: What Burgers Say About Currency Valuations originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

If you want to know what stocks traders are interested in right now at this very second, you need look no further than what's hot in Google.

Here's what's hot today.

Continue reading Affymax, Jefferies and Others Heating Up in Google Searches

Affymax, Jefferies and Others Heating Up in Google Searches originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

In the wake of the incredible volatility of recent days, we turn to several leading financial newsletter advisors, asking "Where's the market going from here?"

Here's an updated assessment -- as well as some select investment ideas -- from Elliott Gue, Richard Moroney, Nicholas Vardy, Keith Fitz-Gerald and Mike Cintolo.

We begin with Elliott Gue, editor of The Energy Strategist, who asserts, "Don't panic. Selling into a panic-driven market is one of the worst and most costly mistakes you can make as an investor. I do not believe the fundamentals justify the downside in my recommended stocks, nor do I see this ballooning into an outright crash or collapse.

Continue reading Where's the Market Going? Five Experts' Views

Where's the Market Going? Five Experts' Views originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 10 May 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

"I've long believed that China's currency is due to appreciate notably against the buck," says currency expert Jack Crooks, upon returning from speaking at a Forex seminar in Beijing.

In his World Currency Alert he explains, "Until now, there's been no straight-forward, highly-liquid way to play it. Now there is: the WisdomTree Chinese Yuan Fund (NYSE: CYB)."

"I now think it makes sense to secure some exposure to the Chinese yuan. There's been a major U.S.-China dynamic that's drastically altered the global economic landscape over the last several years. It goes a little something like this:

• China sends goods to the U.S.
• The U.S. sends dollars to China.
• China sends dollars back to U.S.
• The U.S. sends treasuries to China.

"Ultimately, China supplies the globe with liquidity. Behind this capital flow is an artificially undervalued Chinese yuan. This exchange rate situation is why China has become a major supplier of goods and capital to the rest of the world.

Continue reading Count to yuan: New ETF banks on Chinese currency

Count to yuan: New ETF banks on Chinese currency originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.