…read, but the y-axis on the left shows the rate expectations for 2016-2018 and the ‘longer-term’ as seen on the x-axis. Each time period shows a cluster of dots that…
…short time period. It wasn’t just Guggenheim either, 303 ETFs were affected along with 471 stocks (for more details, click here). In addition to ‘normal’ trading on Friday, I checked…
One of the interesting elements of yesterday’s trading was that small cap stocks continued to pop, jumping 1.59 percent. I don’t have a particular explanation for this movement, but it’s…
…just look at the poll averages from yesterday (although Trump’s main pollster, Kellyanne Conway, tweeted that ‘not ALL pollsters’ got it wrong). As one Vanguard economist said, markets aren’t ideological,…
…monetary policy, interest rates, quantitative easing, inflation targeting, foreign exchange intervention and who wins the World Series and Super Bowl (just kidding about those last two, but they are powerful!)….
…stock. Secondly, the phrase ‘Chinese stocks’ is a bit of a misnomer because there are all kinds of Chinese stocks: A-shares, B-shares, H-shares, Red chips and P-chips, more specifically. For…
…says, that people think that ‘if I’m richer for good, I’m going to spend more.’ Although I feel bullish about 2018 as well (is that a sign?), I think we…
…and bond prices and higher volatility. Remember your time horizon. If you own stocks, its because you have a long-term time horizon, measured in years or, more likely, decades. The…
…to sell Held to Maturity securities. I won’t go into great detail here, but the new derivative accounting standard, ASU 2017-2, allows for a onetime shift from HTM to AFS…
…in one day isn’t very common, but down 1,175 points marked the largest single down day on record. The S&P 500, a much broader measure, was down 4.10% and 3.75%…
