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U.S. Stocks and Yields Move Higher To Start Week

by Vlad Karpel

Dow rise impressively 7% In the short term, the market is overbought. Although the bottoming process started, the market remains susceptible to a 10-20% selloff from the current SPY levels. Consider hedging your portfolio into the rallies until the...

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Why Companies Are Regretting Their Buyback Decisions

by Options Sensei

Over the past few years, corporations have been on stock buyback binge, with the years from 2014 to 2019 having a total of $3.5 trillion.  That may come back to bite them. The peak year for share repurchases was 2018 when it crossed over $1...

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WHO Declares COVID-19 Pandemic, S&P Down 5%

by Vlad Karpel

Latest oil developments and Coronavirus brutal for U.S markets After recording solid gains yesterday, markets are trading lower with all three major U.S. indices on track to close with over 5% losses today. The growing number of Coronavirus cases...

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Did Stock Market Volatility Just Peak?

by Options Sensei

The two watchwords over the past month have been “unprecedented” and “volatility,” often with both used together. And indeed, volatility did, in fact, hit both unprecedented levels. But, the questions now are whether it peaked and what can...

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Bonds Have Gone Bonkers! What’s It Mean?

by Options Sensei

The stock market’s decline over the past few weeks has grabbed most of the mainstream headlines. But, the bigger and more worrisome move is what has occurred in the bond market. On Monday, yield on the U.S. 10-Year Note dropped to 50bs of 0.5%...

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