Recalling the Smart Money Index
One of the articles in my morning reads yesterday was an intriguing story by the Wall Street Journal with the headline, “Why...
Thinking About Market Risk
Seeing the market crash from a few weeks ago, it is clear how quickly the market can ferociously hurdle in front of one’s risk...
Beware the Bounce!
The market professionals are returning from their long holiday vacations. That may explain why futures were looking so strong Tuesday...
Simons: Mathematics, Common Sense, and Good Luck
James Simons – Mathematics, Common Sense, and Good Luck: My Life and Careers Hat tip theirrelevantinvestor
Are You a Trader or an Investor?
At the risk of overstating the obvious, there are important differences between traders and investors. Their timelines differ, as do...
VVIX, and Something in China?
I found this chart, via Torsten Sløk of Deutsche Bank Securities. It is a quite fascinating look at the VVIX index. If you are...
Oh, No! The Death Cross! (Never Mind . . . )
A Market Indicator That Predicts Nothing Its predictive value is minimal. Bloomberg, April 29, 2015 One of the...
JPM’s Bear Markets
Today is as good a day as any to show this chart from my favorite quarterly slide deck: click for ginormous graphic Source: JP Morgan
The Recency Effect & Investors
What do gold prices, a stock-market plunge and a credit crisis have in common? The way investors tend to see them are examples of the...