November 7, 2014 by Enis • Commentary

VIX spot has fallen to the low teens again, familiar territory over the past 2 years.  However, this drop in equity volatility has occurred this time around alongside higher volatility in most other financial markets, …

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October 6, 2014 by Enis • Commentary

Priceline has been in the doldrums for much of the past year.  The stock was a bull market leader throughout 2009-2013, but has been missing from the leader board in 2014.  Even with the Nasdaq’s rally …

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October 3, 2014 by Enis • Commentary

The Russian stock ETF, RSX, is back near the lows of the past 3 years after the severe emerging market selloff of the past month.  RSX is close to where we initiated a relief rally …

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August 22, 2014 by Dan • Commentary

I’ll keep this short this morning.  Yesterday I wrote of how I am often confounded by macro movements in currencies commodities and bonds (In Our Own World) and their effects on the U.S. equity markets (of …

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August 7, 2014 by Dan • Commentary

Since making a new all time high on July 24th, the S&P500 is down about 3.5% despite what has been some fairly good economic data here in the U.S., coupled with largely better-than-expected Q2 earnings. …

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July 24, 2014 by Enis • Commentary

Emerging markets have outperformed developed markets since mid-March, a change in character after several years of severe underperformance.  The headlines in emerging markets have improved in certain areas (India and China most notably), while headline risk …

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