My last blog we looked at the volatility index.
Ahead of a weekend where more protests both peaceful and violent can happen, VIX could help us see how much fear might come back into the market.
Another potential fear factor …
If you did not get a chance to read my blog on the 1960’s from June 2nd, please consider doing so.
Just when the market is hitting euphoric conditions, any expansion of the protests, the violence or in the number …
Civil unrest is not impacting the market right now, as much as one might think it should.
Someone said today that the market has no conscience.
Yet, the market is behavioral.
Currently, the market sees the riots as a one-off …
Now that “sell in May” did not work out so good for the bears, what will June hold for both the bulls and the bears?
Since the price lows that were established in late March, it’s been easy pickings for …
Pre pandemic, once the Trump administration took office, we saw a new pattern emerge.
Before the world went on lock down, the market moved up and down (with some autonomously strong exceptions in tech), based on headlines from the President …
By the time you read this, NASA will have canceled its scheduled launch to send the first humans in space in nearly a decade.
Regardless, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Capsule with Bob Benhken and Doug Hurley (astronauts) aboard, represents a great …
I knew that this picture would become one for the history textbooks!
A while back we pondered whether the worst of the oil market debacle was over.
Currently, that depends on a lot of “ifs”.
If OPEC adheres to its …
I have spent most of the time in 2020 analyzing, writing, and speaking about the US markets and commodities.
Therefore, I thought it time to explore the International ETF Country Funds.
I have vetted them for you.
In the latest …
Tuesday night we reminisced that on February 5th I wrote in a blog, “Although the last couple of days brought back euphoria into the market, with volatility hanging tough, one should be prepared for anything.”
That sentiment remains true right …
A warning does not necessarily have to become a full-blown sign to head for the exits.
But it is, nevertheless, a warning.
The last time I saw a warning from VXX or the Volatility ETF, was in February.
Granted, on …