Fears of a recession in the U.S. following the late June Brexit vote in the U.K was one of the main reasons for the 5% drop in the S&P 500 (SPX) and the new lows made …
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I have been staring at stock charts every day for nearly 20 years. The following chart of the S&P 500 (SPX) over the last two years quite simply confounds me: When I consider the potential …
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Yesterday, Zerohedge made an interesting observation (via Bank Of America Merrill Lynch) of the decoupling taking place between emerging market stocks and the S&P 500 (SPX). That was also the case prior to the two sharp …
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You know the drill by now, Fed Fund futures went from pricing about a 4% chance of the Fed raising interest rates for the first time since December 2015, and only the second time since …
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Here’s a guest post from friend of the site, contributor to the TickerDistrict (and Dan’s Options Action co-panelist) Michael Khouw: On Friday’s Options Action on CNBC, my co-panelist, Carter Braxton Worth of Cornerstone Macro Research …
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This morning in the WSJ’s Streetwise column, James McKintosh succinctly summed up the bi-polar behavior of investors in risk assets over the last last couple months (The Markets Have a Message: Don’t Believe This Rally): Worries …
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UPDATE 3/21/16: When I wrote this up on Friday I forgot to consider the fact that MCD shares go ex-dividend on May 27th, 2016, and if one was considering this sort of stock alternative strategy …
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On January 28th Visa (V) reported fiscal Q1 results that beat expectations, and offered in-line guidance. The stock rallied 7.5% the next day. On the earnings call management suggested that the strength of the dollar …
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What’s the Bull Case? Written by Jay Pelosky (bio below) for Itau’s Global Connections Jan 29th, 2016 It has certainly been a challenging start to the year – even for someone like myself who has been quite cautious (see …
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Yesterday was the third consecutive decline for the S&P 500 (SPX). A rare occurrence in 2015. And there was some fairly interesting price action in yesterday’s session, across asset classes. First and foremost, the 2% intra-day reversal. …
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