
VIX


Adding a VIX call/put trade to my Volatility Portfolio
It's September, the middle month of the most volatile three month period in the investing year (historically on average.) We're in the midst of an emerging market crisis that's being driven by a strong U.S. dollar--and we're looking at the high likelihood of two more...
Volatility could be extra volatile as VIX options expire tomorrow
Investors and traders don’t have just the volatility from the CPI inflation report tomorrow to worry about. An unexpectedly strong or weak inflation report could send stocks and bonds soaring or tumbling. There’s also the expiration of options on the CBOE S&P 500 Volatility Index (VIX) tomorrow.

Notes You Need for February 6: VIX, Bunge, rig count, Alphabet, ISM Services stronger
In my daily trawling through the market I come upon lots of tidbits of knowledge that I think are important to investors but that don’t justify a full post. I’ve decided to start compiling these notes here each day in a kind of running mini blog that I’m calling Notes You Need. A representative post resembles this entry from today: “10:40 a.m.: Earlier rumors have advanced to reports of talks between Archer-Daniels-Midland and Bunge (BG) about an acquisition of the latter company. Bloomberg is reporting that the deal could be agreed as early as this week. Soybean giant Bunge is a member of my long-term 50 Stocks Portfolio. The shares are up 4.33% today.”

Notes You Need for September 12: China’s yuan, VIX, natural gas, BABA, Brexit, Apple
In my daily trawling through the market I come upon lots of tidbits of knowledge that I think are important to investors but that don’t justify a full post. I’ve decided to start compiling these notes here each day in a kind of running mini blog that I’m calling Notes You Need. I launched this new feature on JubakAM.com on December 1. It runs only on JAM and won’t appear anywhere else. For example, 10:20 a.m.: It looks like China’s monetary authorities are starting to relax about the yuan.

Notes You Need for August 11: Rental home portfolios, Amazon India, EuroZone inflation, Inverse VIX, China economic data, rig count
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Volatility (and the VIX) might be a “buy” in the next few days
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Rising fear is showing up in other volatility measures besides the VIX
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Volatility index VIX sets new higher high today
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VIX volatility index soars after Federal Reserve minutes released
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