Tag Archives: VIX

The Credit Suisse Fear Barometer Hits A Record High!

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Summary: With the VIX near its lows why are there two so very different sides to the same coin? For those unfamiliar with the Credit Suisse Fear Barometer it is another metric for gauging investor angst and expectation! Knowledge Is Power – Francis Bacon To the everyday stock market watcher the most commonly used metric for […]

The Bullish Bias Of Business News

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As both an observer of, and participant in the financial markets for 30-years, one trend has remained annoyingly consistent! Focusing on stocks for the purposes of this article, I speak of course about the propensity for business news to incessantly downplay the significance of a bad market and to unabashedly cheerlead a good one. Maybe […]