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When I last wrote, "The VIX Is Catching A Bid From Coronavirus," on February 26 th , I didn't have a clue to what extent the equity markets would plunge. The CBOE VIX has a way of quantifying fear and greed levels among retail investors and institutional money managers. I would have never th...

By The Wealthfront Team The past two months have been tumultuous for investors. As COVID-19 has spread, global markets have been extremely volatile. In mid-February, the S&P 500 was at an all-time high. In the weeks since February 19, we've experienced both the index's fastest decline ...

Market Intro CNBC: 8:23AM EST Spot VIX has ticked up back across the 40-handle, as Tuesday's gains look set to dissipate on Wednesday morning for the major US averages ( DIA , SPY , QQQ , IWM ). WTI ( USO ) is now trading at less than $20/barrel - which may be taking its own toll on...

Market Intro CNBC - Asian Markets Monday Close US investors ( SPY , DIA , QQQ , IWM ) decided not to follow the flow of European equities ( VGK , EWG , EWU ) higher as Monday trade opened. The Asian markets ( AAXJ , EWJ ) put in a mixed showing to start the week. Spot VIX is up a...

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Introduction There have been a spate of articles put out in recent weeks about how the coronavirus pandemic will or will not change the world going forward. Various experts have weighed in with their opinions, ranging from a rapid shift in world order from West to East to acceleration o...

Market Intro CNBC - 12:47PM EST US stocks ( SPY , DIA , QQQ , IWM ) are defying the tone of a down-drift set in the Asian ( AAXJ ) and European ( VGK ) markets, pressing higher and testing one-month highs in the process. The 10YR UST ( IEF , TLT ) yields about .75%, and spot WTI ( ...

Market Intro CNBC: 1:19PM EST European stocks ( VGK , EWG , EWU ) surged on rumors that financial ministers are looking to shore up national finances. More speculative assets such as Carnival Cruiselines ( CCL ) are soaring in Monday trade. US stocks ( SPY , DIA , QQQ , IWM ) are ...

If you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know what you're doing. --W. Edwards Deming On January 17, I posted this graphic: ("Bubbles" Source: Creative Commons) Unfortunately, it proved prescient. The S&P 500 peaked on Feb. 19. I was a little slow. My ser...

I'll be frank. I'm not a big fan on sentiment data analysis. I do find that a contrarian approach can be very helpful, but too often market participants tend to look for data that can be spun to formulate a "smarter than thou" outlook. Sentiment data, in particular, tends to be interpreted to ...