Are you a short-VOL/VIX trader? If so you probably know what it feels like to have your trading style/strategy heavily scrutinized and even demonized in the media and seemingly endlessly. It’s with this sentiment in mind that I share with you our latest thoughts on certain of the media-driven insights on the volatility of the…...
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Can it do it? Can the markets really shrug off the FOMC rate hike, the ECB’s scheduling of an end to its QE program and the declaration of $50bn in tariffs on Chinese goods? It’s not looking like U.S. equities will perform such a herculean accomplishment at the moment, with futures lower by less than…
You’ve heard the old adage, “It’s all fun and games until the Fed raises rates”, haven’t you? Of course that’s more a derivative of the more understood adage, but after a market pullback that ensued on the heels of the Fed announcing a .25% rate hike yesterday, I thought it fitting. So here we go…
While equity markets around the globe hit the pause button ahead of an onslaught of central bank announcements and press conferences, the beat must go on. In yesterday’s trading action, the Dow finished basically flat with the S&P 500 up .17% to 2,786. The tech-heavy Nasdaq was the outperformer once again, finishing higher by .57…
The big news headline overnight that will likely carry onward throughout the week is the signed agreement between the United States and North Korea during the joint summit between the 2 nations. U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed an agreement to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula…
It was a decent start to the month of June for the major averages last week. Equity futures are pointing to a higher open on Wall Street for Monday June 11th and after a tumultuously media headline weekend. We’ll get to some of those headlines in a moment, but firstly, let’s take a brief look…
By Lance Roberts Part I: Buy and Hold Can Be Hazardous To Your Wealth One would think that following two major market corrections of over 50% within the last two decades, investors would have a better appreciation for how much time it takes to compound your way out of losses. While buy-and-hold investors who stayed…...
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It was a mixed trading day for the major indices yesterday as the Dow outperformed its peers in the S&P 500 and Nasdaq. The Dow finished higher by 95 points to 25,241 with the S&P 500 down by less than 2 points to 2,770. The tech-heavy Nasdaq was the laggard with the index falling by…
