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I published 15% Downside For The S&P 500 on May 4, 2020, with the S&P 500 (SPY) trading at 2,831. On Friday, May 15, 2020, the S&P 500 closed at 2,864. Late in the day on May 15, I bought puts on SPDR S&P 500 Trust ETF with a strike price of $240 expiring on June 30, 2020. ...

Another week and another whipsaw in the U.S. stock market, as the S&P 500 ( SP500 ) closed down -2%, but escaped mostly unscathed from yet another barrage of horrific economic data and rising geopolitical tensions between U.S. and China. As we wrote in past few weeks , the tug-of-war betw...

Over the past three days, the iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN ( VXX ) has seen a bit of an uplift as overall levels of volatility have inched upwards once again. In this piece, I will dig into the drivers of this movement, as well as reiterate my call for shorting the VIX at the...

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...