The Hollande Discount
With a little more than an hour to go before the equity markets open in Europe, investors are still attempting to digest the significance of an electoral victory for Francois Hollande in France as well as a much more fragmented political scene in Greec...
Chart of the Week: Sector Winners and Losers
While there was a lot going on in the sector space during the rally from October to April and the pullback earlier in the month, I have yet to see any sort of detailed explanation of what happened during these two periods. This week’s chart of the w...
Chart of the Week: Don’t Blame China
Last week’s financial headlines were dominated by Spain and China. In the case of Spain, this was largely due to increased borrowing by Spanish banks from the European Central Bank. For China the culprit was Q1 GDP growth of only 8.1%, which was down...
Navigating VIX and More by the Labels
Saturday’s Five Years of VIX and More received enough broad-based interest that apparently attracted quite a few new readers. Several of these new arrivals have asked me for some assistance in finding their way around the blog; and rather than contin...
Top Posts of 2011
It seems hard to believe, but next week I will celebrate the fifth year anniversary of my first post (VIX and More: An Introduction) at VIX and More. Traditionally I have set aside some time at the end of the year to recognize the top 25 most read post...
Chart of the Week: VXV at Critical Juncture
It seems almost like heresy to consider something other than silver or the VIX as a candidate for the Stock of the Week, but since there have been so many posts and charts about both subjects, I thought I might offer a slightly different twist.Yes, it ...
Chart of the Week: VXV at Critical Juncture
It seems almost like heresy to consider something other than silver or the VIX as a candidate for the Stock of the Week, but since there have been so many posts and charts about both subjects, I thought I might offer a slightly different twist.Yes, it ...
Chart of the Week: Crude Oil and Transports
With crude oil prices hovering around $108/bbl. level, it is only natural to begin wondering just what kind of impact crude prices will have on stocks.Looking back at recent history, crude oil and stocks have been positively correlated, largely because...
Chart of the Week: Flight to Safety ETPs
It has already been an interesting year for students of market sentiment, volatility and geopolitical influences on financial markets. We have seen revolutions of various sizes and shapes in the likes of Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, with smaller uprisings...
Chart of the Week: EGPT and Collateral Damage
Unrest in Egypt is barely three weeks old and already the ripple effect has crossed the globe in several waves.I find it interesting how regional and country ETFs can be of some assistance in evaluating how investors are thinking in terms of contagion ...
Chart of the Week: World Food Prices
Talk of rising commodities prices seems to focus primarily on energy and metals, with agricultural commodities often overlooked, at least in the United States.This week’s chart of the week is intended to underscore the inflationary trend in agricultu...
Chart of the Week: U.S. Retail Gasoline Prices
As more and more data points begin to suggest that the green shoots of months past are finally showing signs of developing, concerns about supply and demand in the energy space are starting to heat up again.In the past week, the average retail price of...
