Fundamental Forecast for the US Dollar: Bullish US Dollar gains most in 15 months as markets eye steep Fed rate hike cycle CPI data may drive continued recovery if inflation is stronger than expected Worries about aggressive stimulus withdrawal might
February 9, 2018
Retail investors can no longer trade short volatility funds at Fidelity. The Financial Times reports Fidelity Bans Retail Investors from Trading Short Volatility. “We have blocked opening trades [in SVXY],” said a Fidelity spokesperson. “You can’t buy them but you can
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115.6% — that’s how much the VIX moved on Monday. And that was all it took to end the life of the VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX Short-Term ETN (XIV). And now we have pundits on TV expressing their shock and
Stocks had another wild day, ranging down to test the lows, and then rally back to positive gains after the rest of the world had gone to bed for the week. I am not so sure that we are done
Is the bottom in play? Time to buy the S&P 500 after a 10% decline? Important short-term test seems to be in play. The S&P 500 remains inside of rising channel (A) over the past 6-years. It hit the top
Everyone wants to know what happened this week. Why is the stock market suddenly dropping like a stone? Is it machines selling? Is it traders covering margin calls? Is it short volatility funds going under? Is it higher interest rates?
Jim Chanos is perhaps the most prominent investor to talk publicly about his short position in Tesla (TSLA). At a conference in November, Chanos posed his rationale for shorting the stock this way: Put it this way. If you wouldn’t be short
Remember January’s “Goldilocks” market? Well it’s gone… Video length: 00:00:03 The Short-Vol trade implosion has now spread to the rest of the world and all other asset classes. China had one of its ugliest weeks ever… Europe was ugly… But
