Tag: s&p 500

Today's stock market plunge raises the prospect of buying when the crowd is panicking. I'm not ready to make any broader comments about the...

NYSE margin debt for June just came out and it surged 5.9% from May and is now just 0.3% away from the March peak....

We continue to see the financial markets make slight adjustments to a slowing US economy. Here's a quick stock market performance update from last week:...

There have been some interesting developments in the markets during the past few weeks.  They could be signaling some warning signs, so I’d like...

One of the most important traits of successful traders and investors is they think in probabilities. Markets have many moving parts and thus take...

Ah, the VIX.  Everyone’s favorite fear/greed instrument, but in reality it is probably one of the most misunderstood things in all of finance. So many...

Considering the way the markets behaved during the first half of the year, it should come as no surprise that there are high levels of...

Last week saw a spike in stock market volatility. The S&P 500 finally had a move +/- 1%, ending the run of 62 days...

On Thursday, the S&P 500 dropped 1.18%, ending its streak of days without a 1% move (up or down) at 62 days in a...

Over the past few days, I've been watching the Russell 2000. And more specifically, the Russell 2000 (RUT) to S&P 500 (SPX) performance ratio....