There has been much consternation surrounding the market’s recent losing streak, particularly regarding the timing of the decline. Much of the focus is due to…
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IPO Proceeds Soar In 2014
As we touched on many times throughout the year (especially in recent weeks), 2014 was a year of records in the U.S. stock market. Thanks…
What Does The Big Drop On The Last Day Of The Year Mean? For just the 5th time since 1950, the S&P 500 dropped at…
“High Fives”: S&P Returns For Years Ending In “5” We know we’re going to hear all about this statistic so we figured we’d just come…
2014 Charts Of The Year
As we wrap up our first “real” year among the financial social media/blogger ranks, we look back on what we consider to be our most…
Smart Money Options Traders Displaying Extreme Caution
A good portion of our research deals with the behavior of select groups of investors. The majority of the time, our objective is to identify…
Small Caps Finally Join Large Caps At New Highs
On September 4, we explored the fact that despite the S&P 500 trading at a 52-week high, it had been more than 100 days since the…
5 Most Viewed Charts Of 2014
As we wrap up 2014, we are looking back at the key moments, trends, stats and, of course, charts that defined the year in the…
Record Volume Skew To Down Side In 2014
As we wrap up another year in the markets, we are taking stock (no pun intended) of some of the trends evident throughout 2014. We…
2014: The Most SKEWed Year On Record For Stocks
We’ve covered the CBOE SKEW in several posts during 2014, and for good reason. Its behavior this year has been unlike anything we’ve seen before,…