I have been trading the Volatility Index (VIX) since it was first created in 1993. Let me tell you, the Volatility Index we have today is not your father's Volatility Index. The (VIX) was originally a weighted measure of the implied volatility of just eight S&P 100 at-the-money put and call options. Ten years later,
Mad Hedge Technology Letter April 11, 2018 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (WHY YOU SHOULD BE BETTING THE RANCH ON TECHNOLOGY), (AMZN), (NFLX), (FB), (Samsung), (Tencent)
Global IT spending is forecasted to surpass $3.7 trillion in 2018, a boost of 6.2% YOY, according to a report released by leading technology research firm Gartner, Inc. (IT). This year is the best growth rate forecasted since 2007, and is a precursor to a period of flourishing IT growth. IT budgetary resilience is oddly
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My next global strategy webinar will be held live from Silicon Valley on Wednesday, April 11, at 12:00 PM EST. Co-hosting the show will my friend Jim Kenney from Option Professor. I'll be giving you my updated outlook on stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies, precious metals, and real estate. The goal is to find the cheapest
Stock markets are only in the business of discounting what happens next. I spend so much time anticipating the coming moves in shares that I can't even remember what I had for breakfast. This is why technical analysis is such a bust as an investment strategy, except on an intraday basis only, as it is
For the first time in 40 years, the number of foreign students applying for American colleges and universities is declining. The drop is particularly noticeable at University of California, Berkeley, where Asian students account for about 10% of incoming freshmen. This is turning the Golden State's education budget upside-down, because foreigners pay almost triple the
Mad Hedge Technology Letter April 10, 2018 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (WHY I'M PASSING ON ORACLE), (ORCL), (MSFT), (AMZN), (CRM)
To say 2018 is the Year of the Cloud is an understatement. Oracle (ORCL) felt the tremors of investors' fickle preference for quality cloud growth when the stock sold off hard after earnings that were relatively solid but unspectacular. Oracle is a Silicon Valley legacy firm established in 1977 under the name of Software Development
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