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THE DOCTOR wrote:
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> I have a semi firm time and a firm date for my appearance on CNBC. The
> appearance is currently scheduled for EXPIRATION WEEK....09/15 and time
> looks like it will be at 3:00 P.M. eastern.
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> If you saw Monday's WSJ it had multiple references to VIX
> levels.....WALL STREET WEEK had mention of it in the opening.....BARRONS
> Had it in the striking price last Saturday. The good news is that
> creating VIX did exactly what we intended by creating an awareness of
> implied. Now if we could only get more people to better understand how
> to use it as atrading indicator I could stop traveling.
>
> One additional note there has been a marked increase in "tire kicking"
> and trading volume from Listed Corporations using options in Stock
> Buybacks and general Capital Market functions(short puts sold by a
> corporation on their own stock...if they expire - the gain is tax free
> to the corporation). Also significant interest and activity by
> corporate execs hedging their corporate stock options...I now spend a
> week a month in the San Francisco area doing presentations on the
> topic. I'll be there the week of 09/08.
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