Live Updates Markets Red on Hot PPI Data9:44am ETMarkets opened in the red after July’s wholesale inflation numbers came in hotter than expected. A day after CPI raised hopes for an interest…
These 12 exchange-traded funds can help even the smallest of retail investors avoid losing their shirts, or even make a profit, during uncertainty in the next major sell-off or stock market crash.
These 10 exchange-traded funds can help even the smallest of retail investors avoid losing their shirts, or even make a profit, during uncertainty in the next major sell-off or stock market crash.
Investors don’t have to lose their assets during a stock market sell-off or even during a crash. Not only that, they can even profit from a stock market crash.
What was supposed to be a shortened week with lower trading volume ahead of Thanksgiving has turned into a serious disappointment. With major selling in the three broad stock market indexes,…
Many investors just cannot wait for 2018 to turn into 2019. That seemingly endless nine-year bull market has run into serious issues twice in 2018, and the October sell-off was met with…
Investors often wonder what to think when the stock market hits new all-time highs. Do they sell or do they chase the market higher?
The long and short of the matter is that the more the VIX rises, the more selling pressure that is generally seen in the stock market.
ThinkstockIt was just in March that the CBOE VOLATILITY S&P 500m Index, or the VIX, hit a low of almost 11.0. The signal then was that there was not a care in…
The Volatility Index, AKA the VIX, just hit a 52-week low. Make that a multiyear low, all the way back to April of 2007. Is the “fear index” showing a market that…
Jon C. Ogg January has been one great month for equity investors. With the Dow Jones Industrial Average up about 6.5% and challenging 14,000 again, and the S&P up more than 5.5% back above 1,500,…
Just over one month ago we made the case that perhaps the best short since the heyday of the subprime mortgage debacle may be on the horizon. Our December 5 story identifying…
ThinkstockByron Wien announced his predictions for 10 big surprises for 2013 this week to kick off the new year. Wien is now vice chairman at Blackstone Advisory Partners, and this was his…
The S&P 500 Volatility Index, also called ‘The VIX’ or ‘The Fear Index,’ is showing to be at some incredibly low levels. In fact, The VIX just dipped under 14.00 today at…
Jon C. Ogg The Volatility Index, or ‘The VIX’ per traders, is signaling not just a lack of volatility. The lack of volatility has migrated to outright complacency. When the VIX gets very low, readings…
