SVOL News and Press, Simplify Volatility Premium ETF From 08/06/21

A reader asked for my thoughts on SVOL, a complicated volatility fund. SVOL shorts volatility, a highly profitable, extremely risky trade. SVOL also takes measures to reduce the risks of said trade. An overview of the fund and its strategy follows. For further details see: ...

Economist Hyman Minsky argued that the economic cycle is driven more by surges in the banking system and credit supply. A “Minsky Moment” is the reversal of leverage following prolonged bullish speculation. In extremely long bull market cycles, investors become ...

Fortunately, the current year has been a bit kinder to prognosticators than the previous one. The bull market that began in 2009 didn’t end when the coronavirus panic pushed the S&P 500 down 34 percent from its previous high. The post-Covid rally, and particularly the fasci...

Vix spikes as volatility rattles the Dow. The advantage of using options strategies when markets turn volatile. How investors can use sector rotations. For further details see: Navigating Market Uncertainty And Higher Volatility

When the markets goes on the make a new high and all economically sensitive sectors such as these do not confirm the new high, it is a clear signal the new highs are not being supported by economic fundamentals. We are seeing significant bearish divergences in almost all measures of b...

Are low-volatility or high-volatility strategies the better choice when it comes to equity returns? To answer this question, we used Morningstar Direct data to examine the returns of all low- and high-volatility equity mutual funds and ETFs over the past decade. The first striking...

One of the biggest criticisms among Bitcoin’s detractors has been the fact that the majority of bitcoin miners are located within communist China. US stocks, bonds, and real estate have reached precipitous record valuations in response to low interest rates and a massively expa...

Bullish fundamentals and technicals are intact but sentiment is eroding. Volatility is rearing its ugly head. Near-term break seems inevitable but should be quick and shallow. For further details see: The Kraken Is Waking - Brace For Near-Term Volatility

Last week, the market broke down as our “sell signals” triggered. Shorting the volatility index (VIX) remains an extraordinarily bullish and profitable trade due to the inherent leverage in options. In the long term, the results of avoiding periods of severe capital ...

The VIX has hurtled lower, to just over 15, and at this rate, it will soon be in the low teens. The same is the case for the MOVE index for fixed-income volatility, which is also now clearly driving lower, hitting a 13-month low of 53.4 in May. I suspect vol selling will remain lu...