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The Russell 2000 (^RUT) is treading water Monday morning after last week’s impressive rally, with the small-cap index barely changed…
U.S. equity futures are sharply lower Monday morning as a renewed flare-up in the U.S.-Iran conflict sent crude oil surging…
The NASDAQ Composite (^IXIC) opened Monday under pressure, slipping 0.34% in early trading after 21 hours of U.S.-Iran peace talks…
The S&P 500 Index (^GSPC)opened Monday under pressure, sliding roughly 0.6% in early trading after President Trump ordered a naval…
The CBOE Volatility Index is trading near 19.5 this morning, but a single number released at 8:30 a.m. ET today…
The Nasdaq (^IXIC) edged into positive territory in pre-market trading Friday, up a fraction of a percent ahead of the…
Small caps are having a better 2026 than most investors expected. While large-cap indexes have struggled under the weight of…
The S&P 500 is down on the year through late March, but surprisingly, small caps are not. This divergence, while…
The VIX closed last week at almost 27, an 11% jump on the final trading day, and early signals this…
Nasdaq 100 futures slipped 0.98% in Tuesday’s early trading, pulling the index back into negative territory after Monday’s sharp rebound.…
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:SPY) futures slipped as much as .74% in early trading Tuesday as Monday’s relief rally…
Brent crude surged past $108 per barrel on Friday following fresh attacks on Persian Gulf energy infrastructure, sending the CBOE…
The S&P 500 fell to 6,557.94, down 0.73% as of mid-morning Friday, with all three major indexes on pace for…
The CBOE Volatility Index surged roughly 13% on Thursday before settling to 24.92 by the close. The driver was unambiguous:…
SMDV has paid a dividend every single quarter since launching in February 2015, through a pandemic, a rate-hiking cycle, and…
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