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A History Of Coronavirus Outbreaks And The Stock Market
Wednesday, January 22, 2020 - 4:45pm | 592The U.S. market bounced back on Wednesday despite fears over the Wuhan coronavirus. While investors are understandably concerned about a global pandemic, the Wuhan virus is so far simply one of several recent outbreaks of coronaviruses that haven’t had any lasting impact on the global economy...
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3 Reasons The Stock Market Won't Make New Highs On The Phase I Trade Deal
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 12:54pm | 609The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) has rallied 1.4% since President Donald Trump announced the U.S. and China have agreed to Phase I of a trade deal that takes Oct. 15 tariff hikes off the table for now. While investors cheered the news that the trade war will not be escalating, some...
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Experts: Keep The Yield Curve Inversion In Perspective
Wednesday, August 14, 2019 - 4:23pm | 561U.S. markets fell on Wednesday after the yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell below the yield on 2-year Treasury notes on Wednesday morning for the first time since 2007. According to the San Francisco Fed, each of the nine U.S. recessions that have occurred since 1955 came between six months...
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Is Another VIX-Driven Air Bubble Bursting?
Wednesday, May 8, 2019 - 1:53pm | 449The S&P 500 is down 2 percent so far this week, sending volatility ETFs like the CR SUISSE AG NA/VELOCITY SHS SHORT (NASDAQ: VIIX) soaring 20 percent. The huge spikes in volatility are bringing back memories of the wild trading in early 2018 that ultimately resulted in the collapse of a handful...