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By Jon D. Markman On May 8, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Historically, the Chicago Board Options Exchange SPX Volatility Index (VIX) is a measure of investor anxiety.
Last week, the CBOE Volatility Index reached a 10-year low. The prevailing lack of...
By Mike Larson On May 5, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Stop me if you’ve seen this movie before: Central bankers flood the economy with cheap, easy money. Things go well for a while in the sector that benefits from it. But eventually lenders go WAY...
By Mandeep Rai On April 26, 201707:50 AM Eastern
I want to start today’s column by showing you four charts – each of which illustrates the results from a different investment strategy. The red line in these charts shows the back-tested results...
By Mike Larson On April 7, 201707:00 AM Eastern
I’ve been plenty bullish on a wide range of sectors – including financials, infrastructure, and defense. But autos are definitely not one of them. That’s because more than a year ago, my...
By Jon D. Markman On March 27, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Last week, Republican leaders could not convince their own members to vote to kill Obamacare.
So they gave up and moved on.
For investors, that should be good news. Healthcare, with its...
By Jon D. Markman On January 31, 201707:30 AM Eastern
A few weeks ago, the battery in my daughter’s MacBook Pro laptop went on the fritz. It wouldn’t charge; she was chained to a wall plug. Among other inconveniences, there was no way for her to take...
By Mike Larson On January 9, 201708:00 AM Eastern
Welcome to your first Weiss Ratings Daily Briefing! I trust you’ll enjoy the new format and frequency of our alerts, which we outlined recently.
Just in case you missed the details: You will...
By Jon D. Markman On January 3, 201707:30 AM Eastern
For many sports fans, it’s unthinkable. But young people have stopped watching the games live. They would rather watch them when it’s convenient. And that, pardon the pun, is a game-changer.
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By Jon D. Markman On October 25, 201607:30 AM Eastern
With the U.S. presidential election entering the home stretch, hyperbole about the decrepit state of American manufacturing has reached a fever pitch.
With deserted, dilapidated factories as...
By Jon D. Markman On September 20, 201607:30 AM Eastern
The third industrial revolution is happening right now. Silicon is the new steel, and data is the new oil. Now the companies that build Big Data ecosystems are about to reap the rewards.
That is...