August 26, 2019 | Daily JAM |
The Chinese decision on Friday of last week to retaliate to earlier U.S. tariffs by slapping a 10% duty on $75 billion in U.S. exports to China certainty ratcheted up the financial market and economic uncertainty. They took the current U.S.-China trade war to a new...
April 9, 2018 | Daily JAM, Long Term, Volatility |
Earlier this evening I wrote about the unusual inversion in the VIX Fear Index which had futures for the CBOE S&P 500 Volatility Index (VIX) priced to show more risk in the near future than in the far future. Normally the price curve runs in the other direction since the near future is usually more predictable than the far future. Near future and far future are relative terms in the financial markets. In this case we aren’t talking about the difference between short-term 3 month Treasury bills and 10-year Treasury notes. The VIX curve stretches out from future contracts that expire in a couple of weeks to contracts that run for 40 days or more. But a market indicator that does focus on a longer time horizon is also indicating trouble ahead for 2019 or more likely 2020.
June 15, 2017 | Daily JAM, Videos |
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June 1, 2017 | Daily JAM, Volatility |
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October 12, 2016 | Daily JAM |
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July 29, 2014 | Uncategorized |
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October 28, 2013 | Daily JAM, Mid Term |
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June 27, 2013 | Uncategorized |
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April 7, 2011 | Uncategorized |
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