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I Remember The Epic VIX Short Squeeze
Monday, February 1, 2021 - 1:48pm | 526Read More...Remember remember the 5th of Febvember. Options and futures and plot I see no reason why any short gamma squeeze season Should Ever be forgot. People seem to have short memories in the world of finance. Retail investors have found a new trick, where they can act in unison and put the...
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Inside Volatility Trading: What's Old Becomes New Again
Sunday, January 17, 2021 - 4:18pm | 30831Read More...“I am thee and thou art me and all of one is the other” -Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls In the middle of the 14th Century, a “Black Death” descended on the world and spread rapidly across modern-day Italy and North Africa and into Austria, Hungary and Switzerland...
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If You Own Volatility In Your Portfolio, You're Probably Doing It Wrong
Monday, January 4, 2021 - 2:11pm | 1420Read More...The lesson many investors have taken away from the market is that if they just buy and hold long enough, eventually their investments will rise. I do believe this is broadly true, particularly when it comes to U.S. stocks. However, it’s also true that if the time frame is long enough, any...
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Fintech Focus For November 30, 2020
Sunday, November 29, 2020 - 7:19pm | 1853Read More...Quote To Start The Day: Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes. After that who cares?... He’s a mile away and you’ve got his shoes! Source: Billy Connolly One Big Thing In Fintech: In light of its plan to go public, Metromile, an insurance-focused fintech powered by data...
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Emerging Markets Poised To Be Next Beneficiary Of Pandemic Bull Market: Bloomberg
Sunday, November 29, 2020 - 12:54pm | 489Read More...Money is beginning to flow into emerging markets, as investors, flush from gravity-defying stock markets, look farther afield for opportunities, Bloomberg reports. What Happened: Emerging markets are seeing greater foreign investor interest, while still having plenty of running room to go. ...
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Lessons From The 2016 Election Market Response
Tuesday, November 3, 2020 - 1:24pm | 793Read More...By Jesy Beeson Market participants use futures and options to manage risk around specific events, and volatility more broadly. In 2016, we saw a significant market reaction to the results of the U.S. presidential election, particularly in equity index markets. The surge in market activity on the...
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Fintech Focus For October 21, 2020
Tuesday, October 20, 2020 - 6:37pm | 2181Read More...Quote Of The Day: This is a war to end all wars. - Woodrow Wilson Fintech Movers: The European venture ecosystem is robust and growing with strengths in fintech, health care, deep tech, data and analytics, and commerce and shopping. - Crunchbase TIKR isn’t your typical Bloomberg alternative...
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'Not In A Crisis': ARK Invest Recaps Recovery, Reasons Optimistic Perspective
Tuesday, August 11, 2020 - 5:46pm | 979Read More...In light of the earnings cycle, in which traditional S&P 500 and innovation-driven Nasdaq companies have beaten estimates at a higher pace than usual, broad-market equity indices recovered most of their losses, and are now about flat on the year, except for the Nasdaq. Despite the blow-out...
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Options Trading: What Is It And How To Do It?
Saturday, March 28, 2020 - 7:22pm | 1471Read More...When it comes to speculation or hedging, options are capital-efficient tools that provide leveraged exposure in the markets, allowing traders to capitalize on their market opinions at a low cost. What Are Options? An option contract is a derivative of an underlying asset; it is an insurance...
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GBP/USD Forecast: Sterling Settles In Lower 1.2900s After BoE Implied Volatility
Friday, February 8, 2019 - 11:50am | 440Read More...The GBP/USD is trading little changed on the downside at around 1.2930 as the currency pair is trapped in a corrective move lower ahead of the UK Prime Minister Theresa May meeting Irish counterpart in Dublin. Meeting with the European Union officials saw only unconvincing headlines on talks being...
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Gold Finally Behaved Like Gold Last Week
Tuesday, October 16, 2018 - 12:41pm | 488Read More...Wall Street’s latest case of the yips finally injected some much needed life into precious metal futures. Gold, silver and platinum have floundered near 52-week lows or worse in the midst of a seemingly unassailable U.S. Dollar and generally stable commodity prices. In the midst of falling...
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The VIX Is Up 60% In A Week, Highest Level Since June
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 - 1:21pm | 516Read More...U.S. stocks are off to another volatile day of trading Wednesday, with the Dow giving up 400 points on the day. While the trading action has most investors taking huge losses, the VIX volatility index and its derivatives have produced major gains in the past week. What Happened In the past week,...
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Infographic: Bitcoin Vs. Tilray
Thursday, September 20, 2018 - 3:41pm | 340Read More...Tilray Inc. (NASDAQ: TLRY) investors witnessed some extreme volatility this week. Shares of the cannabis company surged as high as 90 percent Wednesday before the stock was halted five times leading up to the closing bell. Characteristics of Tilray’s stock performance this week very...
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Qutoutiao Shares Double After IPO
Friday, September 14, 2018 - 2:41pm | 329Read More...China-based Qutoutiao Inc. (NASDAQ: QTT) is a news recommendation application that produces aggregate articles and short entertainment videos from an array of freelancers and professionals. The platform is known for having customizable features for its users to find the best and most pertinent...
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Copa Holdings' 'Demand Trends Stabilizing,' Buckingham Says In Upgrade
Wednesday, September 12, 2018 - 1:42pm | 348Read More...Panama City-based Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: CPA) is demonstrating revenue initiatives, demand recovery and an attractive share value, according to Buckingham Research Group. The Analyst Analyst Daniel McKenzie upgraded Copa Holdings from Neutral to Buy and reduced the...
