TVIX News and Press, VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX Short-Term ETN From 03/10/20

Back in October of 1987, I was one year into my job at Leland O'Brien Rubinstein ((LOR)), the firm that was later accused of having caused the biggest stock market crash in modern times (that's a story for another day). On Sunday night, October 18th, I remember thinking "tomorrow is going to b...

By Leo Chen, Ph.D. The S&P 500 dropped 11.5% the week before last week, the fastest correction in its history. The Dow Jones Industrial Average had two 1000-point drops in that week; the Dow also had four days with 1000-point intraday swings in the past two weeks, making it six out of ...

"Panic moved up a few notches from already extremely high levels,” Tony Farren at Mischler Financial Group remarked on Friday. "I thought last Friday was the blow off top and then a few times this week before today but now it's beyond belief," he went on to marvel. That's the kind ...

In my oft-repeated "Wall of Worry" chart, I've been using the Vix Index divided by the 10-yr Treasury yield as a proxy for the market's level of worry. With 10-yr yields now down to record-setting lows (0.75% as of this writing), putting the 10-yr in the denominator slot makes it the dominant ...

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Back at Davos on January 22, Bridgewater CIO Bob Prince made the incredible statement on Bloomberg that the boom bust cycle as we know it is over. The comment got wide coverage and attention, including from myself here on Seeking Alpha, but there was another comment he made offhand in that...

When I listen to the talking heads on the business news channels I chuckle. One says it’s a buying opportunity, another says don’t go near this market. They all put some narrative to their instincts, but as you cut through it, there’s not much underlying insight. They&#x...

It's going to be quite a while before the market no longer traders under threat from virus spook stories. At any given time, traders are subject to tape bombs. COVID-19 is the Sword of Damocles for risk assets, a characterization underscored on Wednesday by a pair of headlines, which togethe...

The Coronavirus (Covid-19) is spreading, and panic is spreading throughout global markets. Unfortunately, it's difficult to know whether this will be a true pandemic or just a panic. We'll know more before too long, but I was encouraged Tuesday morning to read in a Reuters article that ...