Another down day for U.S. stocks–consensus still saying that’s a good thing
The consensus on Wall Street is, as it was yesterday, that this is a consolidation after a big run upwards in the market and that it is therefore a good thing. A slight dip in prices would form a base, the thinking goes, for a new leg higher.
Notes You Need for March 7: Tax season stocks, HRB, interest rates, Dutch election, trade deficit, Q1 GDP, VIX, consumer credit
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More life in the VIX, but I wouldn’t yet say we’re seeing a rising trend in volatility
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It’s not just that the VIX, the CBOE S&P 500 Volatility Index that measures how much investors and traders are willing to pay to hedge risk in the Standard & Poor’a 500 stock index, is sitting near 10-year lows. It’s that its just sitting.
Notes You Need for January 12: Venture capital, Brazil, engineering and construction stocks, Saudi Arabia, VIX, UVXY, South China Sea
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Low market volume makes it hard to see a trend in any market–but do watch volatility and the VIX
On a day that has been dominated by geopolitical news–the Obama administration has imposed sanctions in response to Russian cyberattacks during the November election–light volume in the financial markets today make drawing any conclusion from today’s action extremely risky
Will we get a volatility reset after the VIX calls expire on December 21?
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