Will Gold’s Slump Lead to More Gains for Bears?
Gold has it bad and that ain’t good. Especially if you’re a goldbug. Not only has gold officially forfeited it’s year-to-date gains, but over the…
Gold has it bad and that ain’t good. Especially if you’re a goldbug. Not only has gold officially forfeited it’s year-to-date gains, but over the…
Energy stocks slid 8.7% last year and was the only S&P 500 (NYSEARCA:VOO) industry sector to lose value in 2014. Have energy stocks (NYSEARCA:XLE) really bottomed? FactSet reports:…
When stocks go up volatility goes down and vice versa. While this historically inverse relationship plays out most of the time, there’s been a significant disconnect…
Having an entrenched view is a good recipe for failure. And perhaps, there’s no better Wall Street case study than Peter Schiff, a precious metals…
One week after the VIX (ChicagoOptions:^VIX) spiked to 30, Wall Street’s Kool-Aid drunks are back to saying that stock market volatility is over. It’s done.…
It’s been three years since the last significant stock market decline. The 19% slide from April 2011 to October 2011 stoked fear, but still missed…
One of the most dominant narratives today is that stock market volatility has gone completely away and is never returning. Is it true? A research…
What does the bond market know that the stock market doesn’t? Even the U.S. stocks (NYSEARCA:IWV) have been scoring one record high after another, the…
Has 2014 stock market volatility really gone the way of dodo birds and dinosaurs as claimed? The news du jour is that falling VIX means…
Two questions: How wrong have experts been about the gold market this year? And how much money has their bad advice cost people? Let’s tackle…
FULL DISCLOSURE: I was once in the camp of high-frequency trading (HFT) supporters. But that changed on May 6, 2010 after the U.S stock market’s…
In 2011, the oldest members of the Baby Boom generation reached retirement age and over the next 15 years, around 8,000 Boomers per day will…
The stock market’s wild mood swings from fear to greed and back are in full swing again. And this time around, the investing public’s fear…