Stocks & Bonds

When Stock Market Volatility Will Return (And What It’ll Look Like)

What is the S&P 500's best single-day performance of 2014, year-to-date? +1.55% or + 28.7 points to 1873.91 on March 4, presumably sparked by...
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Are Japanese Markets Signaling Risk Off?

If there's any developed market evocative of the shift in tone between 2013 and 2014, it's Japanese Equities. After a blistering 57% rise (it's...
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Market Masters: Random Distribution And The Development Of A Belief System

by David Blair There is a random distribution among winners and losers on any given set of variables defined as an edge. Like most any pursuit...
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Celgene (CELG) At Technical Crossroads

Despite the excitement surrounding the S&P 500 briefly touching all-time highs on Monday, the market has yet to demonstrate proper follow-thru or confirmation that...
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Lessons of QE: US Treasury Rally May Just Be Getting Started

When "sure thing" trades turn into pervasive market memes, even with careful curation of media and opinion it can be difficult to see through...
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Awaiting Confirmation: ‘Less Is More’ In Messy Market

I don't mean to sound like a broken record, but the market is still messy.  Yes, even at all-time highs.  And, to make matters...
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Stock Market Hits New Highs, But Lack of Confirmation Concerning

While the S&P 500 breaks through 1900 and traders rejoice over the fresh new high, it seems the same level of excitement is not...
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Market Divergences A Part Of Price Discovery Process

Over the past few weeks, several posts and analyses have emerged about market divergences, here and around the social blogosphere. From new highs vs...

What Fed Funds Futures Are Saying About the Aging Bull Market

With the needle buried at 100 since the Fed's began the Era of Accommodation in late 2008-early 2009 with ZIRP and QE1, Fed Funds...
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5 Ways To Interpret Research Like A Pro

If you want to become a professional investor (or trade like one), you need to interpret research like a pro. And this is as...

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