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The old market adage, “Sell in May and go away” would have worked for you this year. The SPDR S&P 500 ( SPY ) declined by 6.3% through the month of May. So how does June shape up then? Whether the market recovers its losses or completely collapses will have a lot to do with t...

Welcome to my May update for my Green Dot Portfolio, a small self-directed retirement portfolio created in a Roth IRA trading account. May was the seventh month of my second year for my portfolio, and it was another month of cash income above that needed to make my annual goal. This year my ...

Market Intro SA CBNC CNBC: 1:37PM EST Stocks ( SPY , DIA , QQQ , IWM ) have enjoyed a positive spat of statements from the China Commerce Ministry as well as from Fed Chair Powell that were risk-asset positive. Spot VIX declined by about 8%, still managing to sport a 17 hand...

Market Intro CNBC CNBC: 11:39AM EST Stocks ( SPY , DIA , QQQ , IWM ) are having difficulty making heads or tails of how to proceed as the week opens, having swung meaningfully to both the high and the low end of "unch" as the day begins. Spot VIX is down modestly in the first we...

Politics Schmolitics Editor's note: This newsletter was intended to be published on Friday morning, May 31. In yesterday's note , I did caution about headline risk. With 20/20 hindsight I wish I gave it more prominence than just one sentence. This series is in no way political; we are f...

Market Intro CNBC: 12:00PM EST Spot VIX presently registers at 18.24, after new threats from the Trump Administration specify 5% tariffs on Mexican goods exported into the US effective June 10th. US indexes ( SPY , DIA , QQQ , IWM ) are off the lowest levels from this morning, but S...

Now that the Memorial Day holiday weekend has come and gone, and the end of May will come to an end on Friday, the old adage for the stock market, "sell in May and go away," could have special meaning in 2019. A relaxing summer without excessive risk could be a good idea considering all of t...

Whenever volatility ETPs are being discussed, the vast majority of the time it's the [[VXX]], [[UVXY]], [[SVXY]], even [[TVIX]]. And of course in the past a lot of the focus was on our fallen hero the XIV, before its unfortunate termination in February 2018. But how often do you hear ...

Market Intro CNBC: 11:17AM EST S&P futures ( SPY ) have bounced around a good bit since their pre-market open, making little overall progress since last week's close. Three guesses as to what issue continues to drive discussion and trader focus. Spot VIX is presently working to mak...

Here we go again in the stock market. After reaching a record high in early October 2018, the stock market correction took all of the leading equity indices appreciably lower throughout the fourth quarter of last year. In late December, when stocks were looking their ugliest, the market turned...