Tag: market volatility

Citigroup’s Citi Surprise Index (CSI) is a real-time model, designed to analyze the accuracy of Wall Street’s economic forecasts. A positive index value indicates...

The S&P 500 fell nearly 1% yesterday and the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) jumped nearly 15% (almost 20% at one point intraday). This got me...

Last week played out exactly how the first week of November would have played out from a seasonality perspective. Quite strong despite the back...

While I was a bit cautious heading into last week, the week turned out to be more bullish than expected save for the final...

This past week we saw major stock market resistance levels blown out to the upside. Like many, I expected this rally to stall around...

Another Options Expiration is over and a tricky week for many as most were positioned for the next leg lower. A break of 200 on the...

The “Fear Index” The Volatility Index (VIX) is often referred to as the “fear index” since it tends to rise when market participants are concerned...

I was quoted by my friend Anora Mahmudova of MarketWatch recently in this article about how October gets a bad wrap as a bearish...

Investors can get a pretty good idea of the market's risk appetite by looking at Junk Bonds (or in this case the High Yield...

There's been plenty of movement of late for traders to digest. No doubt, it's been a fast pace. But if we just focus on...