Big Sell-off On Monday There was a sharp decline on Monday in which the S&P 500 fell 2.23% and the Nasdaq fell 2.74%. The VIX was up 18.28% to 23.62. The S&P 500 fell to 2,554 in the afte...
It was generally a quiet day, with no macro news and equities range-bound, seemingly spooked by the ongoing verbal war between Trump and Jeff Bezos, where first in a tweet then a White House press con...
Wall Street managed to squeeze out the Spotify IPO today at a high price that declined steadily through the trading day. But the wiseguys achieved the relatively calm market that was required to bring...
Market Cap to GDP is a long-term valuation indicator that has become popular in recent years, thanks to Warren Buffett. Back in 2001, he remarked in a Fortune Magazine interview that “it is pr...
With the exception of the SENSEX, all of core Asia opened in negative territory over concerns surrounding the US/China dispute. Although major US indices had lost over 3% intraday they did show remark...
As far as rebound efforts go, Tuesday’s bullishness wasn’t exactly what the optimists wanted to see. The gain didn’t undo all of Monday’s damage, and the advance the market was...
The 180-day lockup period for Switch (SWCH) ends on April 16, 2018. When this six-month period concludes, the company’s pre-IPO shareholders and insiders will have the ability to sell large blocks ...
Democracies will increasingly have to choose between raising wages and redistributing income or maintaining free trade and capital flows. Because they are likely to choose the former, the world may fa...
Quick take: At the end of March the inflation-adjusted S&P 500 index price was 112% above its long-term trend, down from 114% the previous month. About the only certainty in the stock market is ...
Q1 Wrap Up The 1st quarter saw a return of volatility,ending a 9 quarter win streak. Most asset classes finished lower for the quarter, led by the aggregate bond index. Emerging markets and small caps...