XIV And ZIV Are Huge Success Stories 2 Years After Launching [View article]
QE forever has placed a sort of ceiling on volatility, at least that's my theory. You could be waiting a long time for 2008 / 2011 style volatility to return, while these products will keep churning higher.
Keep in mind if we go over the cliff then this may not matter.
Black Friday sales slipped 1.8% to $11.2B, research firm ShopperTrak estimates, although traffic rose 3.5% to 307.7M store visits. One reason for the revenue decline is that Thanksgiving openings took some of the Black Friday sales away, as did retailers offering early deals on their Web sites. Another factor might have been the constant adjusting of prices by retailers as they tried to match or undercut each other. [View news story]
Where I live Black Friday happened Thursday this time around. This statistic needs to be taken with a grain of salt.
A Rough Year For Traders, But One Strategy Accurately Predicted The Swings [View article]
170% on an unknown Black Swan (credit downgrade). I can't invest waiting on a Black Swan to happen. Fiscal Cliff is a known entity and the markets are pricing it in right now, with a low VIX.
Carl Icahn tells CNBC he has thought about making a hostile bid for Netflix (NFLX) but says he doesn't think he "would ever get it," explaining that he wouldn't be able to pay as much for Netflix as a "synergistic buyer." Icahn also can't understand why Netflix isn't an acquisition target, given that - in his opinion - it's undervalued, its 27M subscribers, which make it difficult to compete with, and low interest rates. [View news story]
Carl Icahn is delusional. NFLX is overvalued and going down.
UVXY: How One Can Profit From This VIX ETF [View article]
Remember that you can have UVXY fall alongside the market, and you can have increased volatility (UVXY up) while the market goes up as well. They are not entirely correlated.
XIV And ZIV Are Huge Success Stories 2 Years After Launching [View article]
Keep in mind if we go over the cliff then this may not matter.
XIV And ZIV Are Huge Success Stories 2 Years After Launching [View article]
McDonald's: An Income-Oriented Investor's Dream [View article]
McDonald's: An Income-Oriented Investor's Dream [View article]
Black Friday sales slipped 1.8% to $11.2B, research firm ShopperTrak estimates, although traffic rose 3.5% to 307.7M store visits. One reason for the revenue decline is that Thanksgiving openings took some of the Black Friday sales away, as did retailers offering early deals on their Web sites. Another factor might have been the constant adjusting of prices by retailers as they tried to match or undercut each other. [View news story]
A Rough Year For Traders, But One Strategy Accurately Predicted The Swings [View article]
Financial Stress In U.S. Financial Markets Remains Low By 3 Statistical Measures, And Has Been Trending Downward [View article]
Carl Icahn tells CNBC he has thought about making a hostile bid for Netflix (NFLX) but says he doesn't think he "would ever get it," explaining that he wouldn't be able to pay as much for Netflix as a "synergistic buyer." Icahn also can't understand why Netflix isn't an acquisition target, given that - in his opinion - it's undervalued, its 27M subscribers, which make it difficult to compete with, and low interest rates. [View news story]
UVXY: How One Can Profit From This VIX ETF [View article]
UVXY: How One Can Profit From This VIX ETF [View article]
Fundamentals And Technicals Call For Correction [View article]
Nothing in the stock market is "sure".
Why Is The VIX ETF Near An All-Time Low? Same Old Contango [View article]
Regression To Trend: A Perspective On Long-Term Market Performance [View article]
Regression To Trend: A Perspective On Long-Term Market Performance [View article]
VIX - Options Volatility Sonar: Monday Recap [View article]