PDAC Take-Aways From Bill Cara A favorite time of the year for almost 30,000 people from more than 130
The weekly winning streak for U.S. stock finally came to an end in the final full week of March. Not
Nine weeks of gains for U.S. stocks. Credit for the rally again goes to “trade hopes” (the media is at
Make it eight weeks of gains for U.S. stocks. No one foresaw more than a short-covering rally in December. When
The six week rally in U.S. stocks fizzled out this week. As has been the case of late, new on
It has been an interesting two months on financial markets. After the worst month of December for U.S. equites since
If it’s not a melt-down, it’s a melt-up. December’s ugly persistent sell-off -- with the S&P 500 collapsing -
The December equity meltdown saw most equity investors throw in the towel. Our WMA U.S. Composition Market Risk Indicator indeed
In last week’s article, “It’s A Stocks Picker’s Market. Here’s How We Are Picking Them”, we outlined our use of
What a first week of the year for stocks! First, a mildly negative PMI manufacturing number out of China, halts
We write this 2019 Market Outlook in a very particular market context. U.S. equity averages suffered one of the worst
The U.S. equity markets are on pace for their worst month since February 2009, at the depths of the Financial
When equity markets go into correction mode, all news is bad. Brexit, which corresponded with a market low for
In a crazy trading week on equity markets, we saw the Dow Jones swing about 3,000 point between Monday’s opening
In a rather busy news week, the two main markets drivers – Fed rate hikes and the Trade War –
In the holiday-shortened Thanksgiving week, the biggest news item on financial markets was the continuation of the collapse in oil
Article taken from: The Investor's WATCHDOG Catastrophic Loss Event On November 15, 2018, OptionSellers.com notified its investors in an email
The financial media cannot find anything better to explain equity market volatility than trade. As such, equity weakness this past
Mid-term Elections in the U.S. provided a one-day catalyst for equity markets. The S&P 500 jumped over +2% on
A very eventful week on the financial markets. On Monday, equities indexes likely hit their low point for this phase
What do we mean by algo-driven markets? From my studies of the algorithms that started dominating trading around 2008,
After U.S. equity markets posted the longest streak in history without falling more than -3% from 2016 to the
Volatility remained elevated this week after the equity market meltdown last week. The VIX volatility index, which had remained in
Everyone is saying that the correction this past week was way overdue. Few claim to be surprised by the