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Market Intro CNBC: 12:07PM EST Despite the apparent lack of net activity since Wednesday's close, S&P futures ( SPY ) have undergone a decent amount of activity over the last 24 hours (low of 2,795, and high of 2,824). Spot VIX has dialed up a touch and will take cues in no small par...

Last week, the US special prosecutor sent his report to the Attorney General that seems to end one chapter of uncertainty when it comes to collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian operatives during the 2016 Presidential election. The issue had hung over markets like a dark cloud threat...

Has US Bond Volatility Died? It certainly seems as if US bond volatility is dying. March 19th marked the lowest close for the MOVE index - that's the bond market's equivalent of the VIX Index ( VXXB , TVIX , UVXY , VXX , VXXB , VIXM , VIXX , VIXY ) - since it began being tracked, ...

The recent U.S. equity rally has coincided with a drop in volatility. But can that continue? Russ discusses. While the equity rally seems to have at least temporarily stalled, stocks remain near three-month highs. The rebound in equity prices has been driven by a sharp and relentless bou...

Fundamentals tend to drive my opinion of markets. I have been trading commodities and other assets since the early 1980s and have found that supply and demand factors often uncover compelling opportunities in markets across all asset classes. When it comes to technical analysis, I never discou...

The Adjustment Bureau Remember the movie where mysterious men (belonging to " The Adjustment Bureau ") conspire to keep David Norris (Matt Damon) - on the brink of winning a Senate seat - away from the beautiful ballerina Elise Sellas (Emily Blunt)? It certainly feels as if we have...

Memories often run short in markets. Since the week of December 24, stocks had taken off to the upside, and the fear and uncertainty that gripped the equity arena at the end of 2018 has faded into the markets rearview mirror. While stocks have climbed over the past ten weeks, many of the iss...

US equities have regained the top of their October-December trading range. In the middle of that dramatic move is a much-discussed yet seldom observed market phenomenon: The nearly unblemished V of a waterfall decline and immediate recovery. As traders (those on the long side, at least) heave ...

By Doug Kramer, Co-Head of Quantitative & Multi-Asset Class Investments, Hakan Kaya, PhD, Portfolio Manager, Risk Parity Our volatility models indicate that a return to the low-vol of 2017 is highly unlikely. With investor psychology recently swinging from fourth-quarter despair to...

What a Wonderful World "I see trees of green, red roses too; I see them bloom for me and you; And I think to myself what a wonderful world" The past 50 days have been anything but shades of grey. Since Christmas, the market has been nothing but "trees of green" wherever you look. ...