Why Market Volatility Will Be Around For A While
There is a lot going on in the land of market volatility. Readings are extreme. On Monday, the Volatility Index (VIX) surged to the...
Spike In Fear Says Be Open To Market Bottoming Process
Some of the charts in this post are weekly charts, some are daily charts. To avoid confusion, you can see “Daily” or “Weekly” in...
Random Thoughts And Market Insights
After digging through charts and reading the wires, here are a few random thoughts and market insights for today.
A WSJ article this morning highlights...
Why Interest Rates Are Going Nowhere Fast
There has been a great deal of discussion regarding whether the Fed is going to continue down the path of ZIRP or if...
My Thoughts On The Market Decline And A Technical Update
For the past several months, active investors have been trained to buy the dip. Or as many have said and written on Twitter, "just...
Putting This Market Correction In Perspective
After the worst weekly sell-off in years, let’s take step back and put the recent stock market correction into perspective. First off, as of a...
Unusual Options Activity: FCX, POT, QCOM, XOM, And More
It’s time to review several stocks that had unusual options activity over the last week. Although traders can never be sure why these trades take place (and...
The Rotation Report: Stocks Got Ugly, And Fast
To end the week we saw some market carnage not seen since the last bear market. Friday, sectors and groups across the board crashed...
Where The Credit Market Stands And Where It May Lead Stocks
Long time readers know that I believe the stock market’s direction is a function of the corporate credit market and the many derivatives that...
The COT Report: Futures Market Highlights Traders Confusion
The following is a recap of The COT Report (Commitment Of Traders) released by the CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission) looking at futures positions...