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This makes no sense. Why would investors possibly want the stock market to go down? Because the long-term consequences of a stock market moving sustainably higher in the current economic and market environment vastly outweigh the benefits. Let’s explore the reasons why. One month...

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Market Intro Another day in paradise! After a tough beginning to the month of May, US stocks ( SPY , DIA , QQQ , IWM ) pushed through a down Monday pre-market and managed to close out the day a winner. Tuesday is tacking on gains, as investors are giving another crack at the recovery narr...

Following a devastating Q1, U.S. stock markets came back to life in April, as S&P 500 ( SP500 ) overcame record drops in major economic indicators such as consumer spending, services ISM, etc. to post the best monthly gain (+12%) since 1987. Though if we dissect further, bulk of the explos...

By Leo Chen As the equity markets rally from the March 24th bottom gains steam, the VIX volatility index has more than halved since its all-time high on March 16th. VIX hit the 80 level for the first time during the financial crisis. Unlike a decade ago, it only took a month for the VIX to...

Market Intro CNBC: 10:38AM EST It's May first, and thus far the month lives up to its name. Coming off the best month in over 30 years for US equities ( SPY , DIA , QQQ , IWM ), I'll argue that we shouldn't at all be surprised to see a pullback. The drop in US stocks was preceded by...

Market Intro CNBC - 11:53PM EST Another 1%+ session (on an intraday basis at least) as US markets ( SPY , DIA , QQQ , IWM ) yo-yo once more in Thursday trade; range-bound market activity appears to be the new norm. Also, spot VIX continues to hug the 40 handle, though earlier in...

Get ready for another interesting day, folks! USO collapsing? It's a high-volume ETP with 100MM shares of average daily volume over the last three months. US stocks ( SPY , DIA , QQQ , IWM ) are set for a lower open. Spot VIX is tracking up into the high forties. Both Asian ( AAXJ , EWJ...

We last published our article on VIX on December 4th, in which we discussed a likely increase in the volatility index (See Article ). We were correct directionally and from a technical standpoint, since at that time VIX was in the vicinity of 12-13 and it is uncommon for the index to stay so ...

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...