–Unthinkable events … the market sails right through –Balancing changing politics, insurrection and asset allocation –Potential flies in the ointment—Interest Rates, Taxes and Inflation –The VIX provides a clue on market sentiment and direction Protest, insurrection and the market What is depicted in my opening image is civil disobedience, rightful protest to redress grievances. What…
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Coronavirus Panic: Time to chill, breath in and breath out … and consider the facts.
Time to look backward: an S&P 500/Corona virus retrospective Even though the corona virus outbreak in China had been on investor radar screens since the first of 2020 the S&P 500 managed to claw its way to a new all-time high of 3338 January 23. That happened to be the day China cut off egress…
Session 111–Death of an Indicator
Recently, not a day has gone by when investors have not been bombarded by mentions of the CBOE’s Vix Indicator (the “Fear” indicator) and the scarily-low levels where it’s been trading …a very bad omen for the market (“What’s lurking under the low Vix?”). Some of CNBC’s talking heads are referring us back to the…