Traders Confident Santa Claus Coming To Town
Shorter-term stock volatility expectations have dropped to their lowest levels in more than 4 years. We’ve covered the term structure of stock volatility indices on…
Inside A Rare Signal In The S&P 500
The S&P 500 just put in 3 straight “Inside Days” for the first time in its history. We have covered the concept of an “Inside Day” on…
Will Bond Bulls Finally Get Their Bounce?
A popular bond fund is hitting a key price level that may finally produce a long-awaited bounce. We talk often of the inexorable Trump Rally…
A Lowly New High
The Dow traded at a new high yesterday yet a lot of issues actually hit new lows; similar signals in the past have boded poorly…
Euro Going To Parity Like It’s 1999
For the first time since the year of its inception, the Euro appears likely to drop down to 1.00 vs. the U.S. Dollar. Everyone is…
Forget 20K — THIS Is The Stock Market Level To Watch
An approaching level in a lesser-known stock index is, in our view, much more consequential than the widely anticipated Dow 20,000 mark. With…
A Looming Headwind For Small-Cap Stocks
Small-cap stocks are on a historic run; however, futures positioning could become a considerable headwind should the rally start to fade. One of the biggest…
Active Managers Move Back ‘All In’ On Stocks
Active managers have adopted an average of over 100% exposue to stocks; such exuberance has not been necessarily represented a poor bet in the past,…
Are Airlines Stocks Ready To Take Off?
An index of airlines stocks is forming a potentially jumbo-sized bullish chart pattern. Back in June, we posted a piece wondering “Can Airline Stocks Get Off…
Stocks AND Volatility Indices Both Jump — Who’s Right?
Today saw the VIX solidly higher despite the fact that stocks rallied hard; what do similar precedents tell us? Markets have been on a parade…