As we noted last week, there is always something to worry about. Yesterday, we discussed the risks being created by exchange-trade products, quoting a Mauldin Economics column. In his column,…
Market Drop Was No Big Deal
The stock market has been setting records for years and it set another one last week. This time, though, the record wasn’t for the highest ever Dow Jones Industrial Average.…
RIP High-Frequency Trading?
“It’s like a perfect storm. The cheats are going away, the volatility is going down and the costs are going up.” Haim Bodek, former head of electronic volatility trading, UBS AG…
Prozac Nation
It’s all stress-free bliss these days … at least for anyone who’s not paying attention. Has someone been putting anti-depressants in the water supply? That’s one way to explain Wednesday’s…
Swinging Markets Ahead
Volatility is back in a big way. It’s back not only in the stock market, but in the bond market. It’s back not only in the U.S., but in China,…