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To: russwinter who wrote (19218)9/30/2004 1:31:23 PM
From: ild  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 110194
 
XLY is also a good short/put candidate.
spdrindex.com

Consumer Discretionary SPDR

Components and weightings as of 9/29/04.
  Name Symbol Index Weight 
1 Home Depot Inc. HD 7.54%
2 Time Warner Inc. TWX 6.41%
3 Comcast Corp. Cl A CMCSA 5.49%
4 eBay Inc. EBAY 5.31%
5 Viacom Inc'B' VIA.B 4.97%
6 Walt Disney Co. DIS 4.08%
7 Lowe's Cos. LOW 3.73%
8 Target Corp. TGT 3.61%
9 McDonald's Corp. MCD 3.06%
10 Carnival Corp. CCL 2.62%
11 Ford Motor Co. F 2.21%
12 General Motors Corp. GM 2.02%
13 GANNETT CO INC GCI 1.94%
14 NIKE INC CL B NKE 1.80%
15 Clear Channel Communications Inc. CCU 1.59%
16 Starbucks Corp. SBUX 1.58%
17 Best Buy Co. Inc. BBY 1.56%
18 Harley-Davidson Inc. HDI 1.51%
19 Gap Inc. GPS 1.50%
20 Kohl's Corp. KSS 1.44%
21 McGraw-Hill Cos. MHP 1.31%
22 Staples Inc. SPLS 1.26%
23 Omnicom Group Inc. OMC 1.19%
24 Tribune Co. TRB 1.14%
25 International Game Technology IGT 1.06%
26 Yum! Brands Inc. YUM 1.02%
27 MARRIOTT INTERNAT INC A MAR 1.01%
28 Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. BBBY 0.98%
29 TJX Cos. TJX 0.93%
30 Johnson Controls Inc. JCI 0.93%
31 Fortune Brands Inc. FO 0.93%
32 LIMITED BRANDS INC LTD 0.92%
33 J.C. Penney Co. Inc. JCP 0.90%
34 UNIVISION COMMUNICATIONS UVN 0.87%
35 Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. HOT 0.83%
36 Eastman Kodak Co. EK 0.80%
37 SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO S 0.73%
38 Coach Inc. COH 0.71%
39 Federated Department Stores Inc. FD 0.71%
40 Pulte Homes Inc. PHM 0.67%
41 May Department Stores Co. MAY 0.66%
42 Mattel Inc. MAT 0.65%
43 Hilton Hotels Corp. HLT 0.62%
44 Genuine Parts Co. GPC 0.57%
45 Dollar General Corp. DG 0.57%
46 AutoZone Inc. AZO 0.55%
47 Sherwin-Williams Co. SHW 0.54%
48 Centex Corp. CTX 0.54%
49 Black & Decker Corp. BDK 0.53%
50 Harrah's Entertainment Inc. HET 0.52%
51 NEW YORK TIMES CO CL A NYT 0.50%
52 Newell Rubbermaid Inc. NWL 0.48%
53 Nordstrom Inc. JWN 0.47%
54 VF Corp. VFC 0.47%
55 Leggett & Platt Inc. LEG 0.47%
56 DELPHI CORP DPH 0.45%
57 Knight Ridder Inc. KRI 0.44%
58 Office Depot Inc. ODP 0.41%
59 Family Dollar Stores Inc. FDO 0.41%
60 RadioShack Corp. RSH 0.40%
61 AutoNation Inc. AN 0.39%
62 Interpublic Group Of Cos. IPG 0.39%
63 Jones Apparel Group Inc. JNY 0.39%
64 Tiffany & Co. TIF 0.38%
65 Brunswick Corp. BC 0.38%
66 Liz Claiborne Inc. LIZ 0.36%
67 Whirlpool Corp. WHR 0.35%
68 KB HOME KBH 0.33%
69 TOYS R US INC TOY 0.33%
70 Wendy's International Inc. WEN 0.33%
71 Darden Restaurants Inc. DRI 0.32%
72 Stanley Works SWK 0.30%
73 Dow Jones & Co. DJ 0.29%
74 Hasbro Inc. HAS 0.29%
75 CIRCUIT CITY GROUP CC 0.27%
76 Boise Cascade Corp. BCC 0.25%
77 Meredith Corp. MDP 0.22%
78 Dana Corp. DCN 0.22%
79 Reebok International Ltd. RBK 0.19%
80 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. GT 0.16%
81 Dillard's Inc. DDS 0.14%
82 Snap-On Inc. SNA 0.14%
83 Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. CTB 0.13%
84 Maytag Corp. MYG 0.12%
85 Big Lots Inc. BLI 0.12%
86 Visteon Corp. VC 0.09%



To: russwinter who wrote (19218)9/30/2004 2:09:08 PM
From: Claude Cormier  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 110194
 
Thanks Russ... that seems like a good idea.

Are you going far out OTM options or you prefer the less leveraged near or ITM ones.