Looking at the VIX (CBOE Volatility Index or "the fear index") you can see a breakout of what has seemed to be the endless decline. After having traded between a tight descending channel from February to August, we are finally seeing a descent break above resistance. This is a great confirmation...
Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Your Daily Profit June 30, 2009 *****Boring! *****Home Prices *****Earnings Season Fellow Investor, Talk about boring. On Monday, around 10:30 AM , the S&P 500 rose above 924. By 12:30 PM , it rose to 927.99. Ignore the first hour of trading (when the S&P 500...
Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Your Daily Profit June 15, 2009 *****Summertime *****Buy the Rumor *****The Week Ahead Fellow Investor, Summer doesn’t officially start for a few more days. Tell that to the parents who are now getting their kids off to camp or getting ready for vacation. For...
Your Daily Profit May 26, 2009 ***** North Korea ’s Risk *****The VIX *****What will Summer Bring? Fellow Investor, I hope every one had a fun and relaxing Memorial Day weekend. Pools are open, school is winding down, and summer is almost here. There were some fireworks over the weekend, but the...
It could be argued that the recent rise in the medium and longer term US Treasury rates have something to do with concerns re inflation. It also could just as easily be argued that a major part of the rise is due to a lessening of the fear factor related to the credit crisis and an associated narrowing...