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Fortunately, the current year has been a bit kinder to prognosticators than the previous one. The bull market that began in 2009 didn’t end when the coronavirus panic pushed the S&P 500 down 34 percent from its previous high. The post-Covid rally, and particularly the fasci...
Vix spikes as volatility rattles the Dow. The advantage of using options strategies when markets turn volatile. How investors can use sector rotations. For further details see: Navigating Market Uncertainty And Higher Volatility
When the markets goes on the make a new high and all economically sensitive sectors such as these do not confirm the new high, it is a clear signal the new highs are not being supported by economic fundamentals. We are seeing significant bearish divergences in almost all measures of b...
Are low-volatility or high-volatility strategies the better choice when it comes to equity returns? To answer this question, we used Morningstar Direct data to examine the returns of all low- and high-volatility equity mutual funds and ETFs over the past decade. The first striking...
One of the biggest criticisms among Bitcoin’s detractors has been the fact that the majority of bitcoin miners are located within communist China. US stocks, bonds, and real estate have reached precipitous record valuations in response to low interest rates and a massively expa...
Bullish fundamentals and technicals are intact but sentiment is eroding. Volatility is rearing its ugly head. Near-term break seems inevitable but should be quick and shallow. For further details see: The Kraken Is Waking - Brace For Near-Term Volatility
Last week, the market broke down as our “sell signals” triggered. Shorting the volatility index (VIX) remains an extraordinarily bullish and profitable trade due to the inherent leverage in options. In the long term, the results of avoiding periods of severe capital ...
The VIX has hurtled lower, to just over 15, and at this rate, it will soon be in the low teens. The same is the case for the MOVE index for fixed-income volatility, which is also now clearly driving lower, hitting a 13-month low of 53.4 in May. I suspect vol selling will remain lu...
We see the recent inflation spike as temporary due to unique restart forces, but see inflation on the rise in the medium term. Both views keep us pro-risk. U.S. April inflation was much higher than expected. We have expected noisy inflation data over coming months amid unusual supply/...
The US stock market kicked off the second quarter with new all-time highs above 4,000 on the S&P 500. The correlation between VIX and SKEW is -0.16, indicating opposite movements in the two indices. SKEW Index has closed above 140 for 49 out of the past 76 sessions since mid-D...
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NEW YORK , June 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Credit Suisse AG announced today its intention to delist and suspend further issuances of the following Exchange Traded Notes (the "ETNs"): Only the ETNs listed in the table above are affected by this announcement. For purpose...
NEW YORK , Nov. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Credit Suisse AG announced today that it will implement a 1 - for - 5 reverse split of its VelocityShares ™ VIX Short Term ETN (" VIIX ") and a 1 - for - 10 reverse split of its VelocityShares ™ Daily 2x VIX Short Term ETN ...