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The wild stock market action during the fourth quarter of 2018 has faded in the rearview mirror of market participants. The panic that gripped many investors during the final three months of 2018 is now heralded as another in a long series of buying opportunities cementing the overall market p...

A Tale of Two Quarters After a wild and volatile final quarter in 2018 volatility instruments across the board have seen their levels continue to decline into the end of the first quarter in 2019. [[VXXB]] has witnessed a decline of over 45% since the highs that were struck in December a...

Market Intro CNBC: 3:10PM EST US stocks ( SPY , DIA , QQQ , IWM ) fared quite well before the open, as well as the early part of the session. As we near the close, however, the tone has grown more muted. Econoday The NFP jobs number will be released this Friday, and I am quite i...

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...