The Tail Risk In Credit Markets

In my career as a money manager I never traded credit products, but I was taught to watch them closely for early warnings of general market trouble. The story was that credit investors worry about mit...

Stock Market Today: Dow Tumbles With Ukraine in Focus, Oil Surges, Gold Pops

Stocks tumbled into the start of a new trading week, as the invasion of Ukraine and a wave of new sanctions on Russia weighed on investor sentiment. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 4...

Opinion: This market-timing model says you probably have too much money in stocks

If you follow a traditional 60%/40% stock-bond portfolio allocation, you currently should be just 38% invested in equities — 63% of 60%. If your target equity allocation instead is 80%, you should cur...

TelevisaUnivision Reveals Launch Date For New Global Streamer VIX And First Look Deal With Salma Hayek

TelevisaUnivision unveils name of new streaming platform ViX and first look deal with Salma Hayek’s … [+] production company. TelevisaUnivision/GETTY IMAGES TelevisaUnivision has decided t...

Stocks’ Rally Looks Nice. Here’s Why You Should Put It on Ice

Text size Dreamstime For the stock market, this past week had the feel of steering out of a spin after hitting an ice patch—and driving away safely. Unfortunately, the road ahead may be even more trea...

What to expect from markets in the next six weeks, before the Federal Reserve revamps its easy-money stance

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell fired a warning shot across Wall Street last week, telling investors the time has come for financial markets to stand on their own feet, while he works to tame i...

VIX Curve Inverts in Time-Honored Bull Signal Tied to Peak Panic

(Bloomberg) — Selling has gotten intense enough in stocks that volatility indexes are pricing more turbulence in the here and now than in the future. The setup, known as an inverted VIX, is some...

At least 6 signs show the stock market is starting to break down

Strap in! It could be a bumpy ride this year. Financial markets are off to a woeful start for the bulls in 2022. Blame surging inflation, an out-of-step Federal Reserve, or a nagging pandemic. But wha...