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In 2017, Griffin's work revealed that one or more market participants had been trading S&P 500 options in a way to artificially boost or depress the VIX, which would then have an impact on VIX futures. They argued that the volume of S&P 500 options
With the US economy firing on all four cylinders heading into the 3rd quarter, largely thanks to the latent effects from Trump's fiscal stimulus, moments ago the BEA reported that in its first estimate of Q3 GDP...
While today's GDP print had its good and bad sides, with personal consumption rising to the highest level since Q4 2014 offset by a surge in inventories alongside a sharp drop in net exports, one aspect of today's GDP report is especially notable: sp
While credit markets 'tightness' had been proclaimed as a pillar of support for the bull thesis by many still clinging to hope, that is no longer the case.
Earlier today we ran into a former colleague who now serves as a risk management consultant to the hedge fund industry. I can't tell you much about this person for obvious reasons, except to say that they fit the classic definition of someone you s
Back in June, Nomura's head of cross-asset strategy, Charlie McElligott, recommended two tactical trades: one has worked, the other has not.
For the first time since March 2016, Amazon's share price has crashed below its 200-day moving average.
Earlier this month, Peter Schiff wondered out loud if the twin deficits of government budget and trade could spark an October surprise. The month isn't over yet, but it certainly hasn't been a good one for stock markets.
More than half of Americans receive more money in various types of government transfer payments (Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps, Social Security) than they pay in federal taxes.
Having analyzed J.C. Penney's financial statements, going back to 2001, I see them on the same path that took Sears into bankruptcy.
October 2018 is turning out to be a lot like October 2008.
With hedge fund redemption pressures - as a result of what has been largely abysmal performance by the 2 and 20 crowd in both Q3 and 2018 - frequently cited as one of the potential culprits for the recent swoon in markets...
Spooked by fears about peak profits, the slowing Chinese economy, Trump's tariffs, ongoing political turmoil in the UK and Italy, and ongoing jitters among systematic, vol-targeting funds, on Tuesday the S&P tumbled as much as 2.34% in early trade -
New Home Sales (SAAR) in September plunged to their lowest since Dec 2016, crashing 5.5% MoM (and revised dramatically lower in August)... Maybe Trump has a point on Fed rate hikes?
New home sales plunged in September, falling 5.5 percent to an almost two-year low amid pressures from rising interest rates that have hammered the real estate market.
EP 37 Is this the start of a Bear Market and how The Liberty Advisor is managing his clients risk
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, who has reached legend status in the world of central banking, isn't optimistic about current conditions.
The United States' economy is a military-industrial complex. Therefore any multilateral arms control treaty that limits weapons and war tensions is by definition incompatible with the functioning of American-style capitalism.
The earnings disappointments continue with CAT and 3M the latest to add to fears about "peak earnings" after 3M not only missed Q3 earnings but slashed its full year EPS guidance, while CAT warned about rising material and freight costs.
The company announced Monday it intends to issue a new round of notes for "general corporate purposes, which may include content acquisitions, production and development, capital expenditures, investments, working capital and potential acquisitions a
The middle class in America has been declining for decades, and we continue to get even more evidence of the catastrophic damage that has already been done.
Two weeks after Morgan Stanley's chief equity strategist Michael Wilson ominously warned that US capital markets have "hit the tipping point" - just days before a furious drop in the S&P - and predicted that the US stock market is set to peak some ti
Over the last couple of weeks, as interest rates surged above 3%, we explored the question of whether something had "just broken" in the market.
In what may be the deadest canary in the commercial real estate coal mine yet, Bank OZK shares have plunged 26% today after the bank reported abysmal third-quarter earnings that trailed expectations...
With US homebuilder stocks having their worst year since 2007, hope is high that September will show the long-awaited rebound in home sales (despite a soaring mortgage rate).
Existing home sales declined 3.4% in September. This was the 6th month and the 5th month below the consensus estimate.
The average person doesn't know what the Fed is, or what it does, and President Trump has not helped in that regard. Instead of explaining to Americans that we're in a massive artificial economic bubble created by the Fed, the President has opted to
Many are claiming that this time will be different than the last. This should concern just about everyone.
It's no surprise that China has its own plunge protection team - but why were they so late? - now that Beijing blames its problems on Trump's tariffs.