The VIX is known as the fear index because it is based on the amount of puts that are purchased. Why? -The more puts that are purchased on the SP500, the higher the VIX -When puts are high that means people are buying protection -They think the market is going down High v. Low VIX
Kevin Matras shows you the one indispensable thing for inspired stock picking and how to find your next profitable stock in just minutes. Highlighted stocks include CALM, CVI, EEFT, LBY and THO. Cal-Maine Foods: http://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/CALM?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID CVR Energy: http://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/CVI?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID Euronet World Wide: http://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/EEFT?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID Libbey: http://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/LBY?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID Thor Industries : http://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/THO?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30
Support and resistance trading seems simple enough but therein lies the greatest risk – complacency. That reason many traders make mistakes either with where they buy and sell, where they set their Stop Loss and Take Profit. Fortunately we have David Jones who will guide us in this endeavour for beating the markets. Test and
Tax-exempt yields fell one to two basis points Thursday, the first time in a week there was movement in triple-A generic benchmark scales, as the imbalance of supply versus the pent-up demand persisted and Refinitiv Lipper reported another multi-billion week of inflows, the 11th consecutive week of inflows. The Port Authority of New York and
Coronavirus will have killed half a million people in the US by the end of next month, Joe Biden predicted on Thursday as he warned that his administration would not be able to dramatically speed up the pace of vaccinations. The president, who ran for election on a pledge to overhaul the US response to
Billionaire global investor Barry Sternlicht said Thursday he’s concerned about the long-term viability of current conditions in the stock market, warning that some aspects feel reminiscent of the dot-com bubble back in the 1990s. “I don’t think we’re having a problem in the stock market near term,” Sternlicht said on “Squawk Box.” “The stimulus is
Traders on floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Source: New York Stock Exchange With the inauguration — and the risk of disruption — now over, what’s next for markets? The S&P 500 has risen 15% since the election to historic highs on a series of macroeconomic hopes that have driven sentiment, technical levels, and
Traders on floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Source: New York Stock Exchange Cyclical stocks that do well in a stronger economy are widely expected to lead the market higher this year, but don’t count out big tech stocks altogether — they may provide shelter in any market storm. When the major stocks indices
Home prices in London have reached record levels despite the economic slump caused by the … [+] coronavirus pandemic Getty Images The latest data from Britain’s land registry within the Office of National Statistics shows the average price for a home in London reached £513,997 near the end of 2020, or approximately $680,000 at today’s
The coronavirus pandemic has changed not only how we live but where we live, and that has upended some of the usual trends in local housing markets. Now that some people can work from anywhere, they can also live anywhere, and they are moving to different markets for all kinds of reasons, from affordability to
Government officials are responding to a growing call for more ESG disclosure by drafting a best practice document to help issuers provide more information to the market. The Government Finance Officers Association is preparing to release an ESG (Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance) best practice this summer. This would be the first best practice released
Joe Biden, the US president, has taken executive action to bring the US back into the Paris climate accord, signalling a big break with the administration of Donald Trump on handling the climate crisis and a return to multilateralism. The move fulfils one of Mr Biden’s core campaign pledges as he fended off liberal challengers
In today’s episode of let’s talk stocks, we will go into some technical analysis basics, and we’ll take a look at the cup and handle pattern. This can be both a reversal and a continuation pattern. We’ll talk about what the pattern looks like, it’s previous trend, volume, as well as some projections, entry points
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In this video, Peter Martin explains how the Triple Screen Trading method works and runs through a simple example with charts of silver to show how to apply the system in practice. At Trading 212 we provide an execution only service. This video should not be construed as investment advice. Investments can fall and rise.
Municipal yields were steady throughout the day as the tax-exempt market saw the launch of the retail order period on $868 million of Port Authority of New York and New Jersey revenue bonds, N.J. turnpikes priced and Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States. Municipal bond yields on triple-A benchmarks
Joe Biden will sign a barrage of executive orders on Wednesday as he aims to use his first afternoon as US president to reverse some of Donald Trump’s most controversial policies in areas ranging from climate change to immigration. Mr Biden will use his inaugural address from the US Capitol, which is under heavy military
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell testifies during a Senate’s Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing in Washington, DC, U.S., September 24, 2020. Drew Angerer | Reuters There likely will be no nasty tweets in the middle of the night excoriating the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates. Nor will its officials be
The Netflix logo is shown in this illustration photograph in Encinitas, California. Mike Blake | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Netflix — Shares of the streaming giant popped 14% after the company’s fourth quarter report beat Wall Street expectations for revenue and subscribers, which topped 200 million. Netflix also said
One of the National Association of Realtors “30 Under 30” real estate agents, serving the Del Mar and San Diego luxury residential market. getty As a real estate agent working with new and experienced buyers, I’m used to fielding questions about how to make strategic decisions when investing in real estate. Sometimes those questions are
(L-R) Doug Emhoff, U.S. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, Jill Biden and President-elect Joe Biden wave as they arrive on the East Front of the U.S. Capitol for the inauguration on January 20, 2021 in Washington. Joe Raedle | Getty Images President Joe Biden on Wednesday is expected to extend the federal ban on evictions through
Quiet and unchanged is how municipal traders described the municipal market on Tuesday, as Treasury yields rose slightly and the week got underway ahead of Wednesday’s inauguration. “Tax-exempts remain ultra-rich on a muni/Treasury ratio and spread basis — despite last week’s modest underperformance,” Peter Block, managing director of credit strategy at Ramirez & Co. wrote
Donald Trump has granted clemency to Steve Bannon, his former White House strategist, as part of a sweeping set of pardons in one of his final acts ahead of Wednesday’s inauguration of Joe Biden as president. Mr Bannon was charged last year with defrauding hundreds of thousands of Trump supporters who donated to a crowdfunding
Bitcoin (BTC) has been consolidating for the past few days as the bulls and the bears battle it out for control over the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. Currently, Bitcoin looks like it is steadily losing its upward momentum but Vailshire Capital Management founder and CEO Jeff Ross has maintained his bullish stance and believes
A ticker symbol is a short version of a company name. Benefits of Ticker Symbols: -Every ticker symbol is unique (some companies have similar names and this eliminates confusion) -It is faster to type than a full company name -Faster for trade executions Examples: -McDonald’s = MCD -Facebook = FB -Caterpillar = Cat -Google =
Kevin Matras goes over a neutral option strategy that you put on as a credit in your account. Find out now how an Iron Condor strategy works.
This week’s strategy video covers a very important scenario that all traders come across – trend breakouts that don’t turn out as expected. Textbooks say that if a trendline breaks, then that’s it – another direction is certain. David explains why this isn’t necessarily true and he gives us illustrations and examples of the so-called
California’s widening gap between its rich and poor, plus population losses this year, are credit factors and not just from an ESG standpoint, according to S&P Global Rating analysts. California Forward, a think tank, released its California Dream index last week, which it said, confirmed that prosperity was not experienced evenly by all Californians. The
An Australian bitcoin trader has filed a lawsuit against two of the country’s biggest commercial banks, accusing them of systematic discrimination when they closed his accounts on short notice. Allan Flynn is demanding compensation of AU$250,000 ($193,000) from ANZ and Westpac banks for closing his accounts immediately after they had been opened, the Australian Financial
Mitch McConnell has blamed Donald Trump for last week’s siege on Capitol Hill, saying the mob was “fed lies” and “provoked by the president” ahead of the violent attack that left five people dead. The broadside was delivered on Mr Trump’s final day in the White House and on the eve of Joe Biden’s inauguration