Stock Markets Analysis & Opinion

Let's recap the week with a look at swings in the Dow, S&P 500, and momentum. CNBC reports Dow travels more than 22,000 points in one of the wildest weeks since the financial crisis. I think that...

The last week has been a roller coaster ride, though more down than up, and investors have done what they always do during market crises. The fear factor rises, some investors sell and head for the...

The S&P 500 continued its decline from last Friday, ending the tumultuous week with a loss of 5.16% from last Friday. This week saw a correction on Thursday, 10.16% off its high. The index is...

Based on its historic trend, the stock market appears to be overvalued. The Shiller Cyclically Adjusted Price to Earnings Ratio P/E10 is at high level of 33.5 (and P/E5 of 28.0), and a market...

As the Dow Jones Index continues to drop like a rock, the worst is yet to come. Today, investors once again plowed into the markets because they are following the Mainstream Financial advice of BUYING...

Emini tradable bottom in developing 2 to 3 month trading range Emini weekend update: February 10, 2018Monthly S&P500 Emini futures candlestick chart: Big, but brief reversal The monthly...

VIX Non-Commercial Speculator Positions: Large volatility speculators sharply turned around in their net positioning in the VIX futures markets this week as the markets underwent a sharp selloff,...

The TSX stocks on our list have a large number of short positions, especially relative to their sizeSmallCapPower | February 9, 2018: TSX Markets publishes a list of the most shorted TSX stocks every...

IntroductionThere is the old adage: “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” Well, I have been a “card-carrying” and fully committed value investor for more than 45 years...

Index Futures Net Changes and Settlements:Foreign Markets, Fair Value and Volume: In Asia 11 out of 11 markets closed lower: Shanghai Comp -4.02%, Hang Seng -3.10%, Nikkei -2.32% In Europe 12 out of...

One of the common mistakes made by covered call writers and put-sellers is to make investment decisions based primarily on the highest premium returns. Certainly, we all want to generate the highest...

I mentioned on Monday that my market risk indicator was warning. It still hasn’t cleared and it doesn’t look like it has a chance to clear by the end of the day. As a result, I’m...

With all due respect to CNBC, we are going to try and put our arms around the current turmoil that is suffocating markets and players. Indeed, the recent downdraft has been uncomfortable at best and...

I bought puts where that red arrow is. I think we’re done now. On an unrelated note, I’ve been frantically lightening up my shorts – – ZH had an excellent article this morning...