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by confoundedinterest There are three prominent measures of volatility: VIX for the S&P 500 index, TYVIX for the 10-year Treasury Note, and MOVE (Ml Option Volatility Estimate Index). All three show … Read more
by Dana Lyons While stocks recently soared to new highs, the volatility market stubbornly held its ground; similar situations have – at times – marked significant tops in the past. … Read more
by Troy By some measures, the stock market’s volatility is starting to go up with the stock market itself. Does this mean that a short term spike in volatility (and short … Read more
by Lance Roberts Over the last three weeks, we have discussed the “sellable rally” in the markets. However, one of the more stunning movements in the market was in interest rates which have … Read more
BY JOHN RUBINO It’s a measure of modern financial markets’ absurdity that bets on bets on bets have come to seem normal. Maybe acronyms like CLO and CDO make them … Read more
By Nick Cunningham The oil price rally has ground to a halt as investors pull back, Trump promises a flood of OPEC oil, and the global economy shows some signs … Read more
by northmantrader The final phase of a bull cycle is the most deceiving. It is the time when things are at their best, optimism runs wild, equities can do no wrong … Read more
by Jesse Colombo At the end of 2018, the global financial markets were reeling, the S&P 500 briefly fell into official bear market territory, and fear gauges were spiking. Sure … Read more
by jessefelder There are a number of factors that make the current mania in risk assets unique. Most notable may be the breadth of extreme overvaluation not just within the equity … Read more
via @chigrl: Official says banks safer since stricter rules but implications for market liquidity are worrying www.google.com/amp/s/amp.ft.com/content/50553c1a-5bd6-11e9-9dde-7aedca0a081a …
by Chris Vermeulen of The Technical Traders Our research team, at Technical Traders Ltd. alerted us to a Fibonacci technical pattern that is setting up in the US stock market right now. This … Read more
Authored by Andreas Steno Larsen via Nordea Bank, The short positioning in VIX is heavier than prior to the February and October sell-offs, which is why we are on alert … Read more
by Dana Lyons The volatility market gave a head’s up ahead of the recent stock market dip — but has the dip run its course…or is there more to come? Stocks … Read more
by confoundedinterest17 The US Treasury yield curved inverted on Friday for the first time since 2007 and it became ever more inverted today as 10-year T-Note Volatility spiked. Investors are taking … Read more
HYG Weekly: Something big coming pic.twitter.com/WV08tKDrbF — Simply Vertical (@Simple_Trends) March 14, 2019 $VX_F $TVIX Close the gap at 12.90 $VX_F & back to the highs? can we explain the … Read more
by confoundedinterest European bond volatility (according to the Merrill Lynch 3-month EUR option volatility estimate) has plunged to the lowest level on record. A similar chart for the US bond … Read more