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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 8, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Healthcare reform has paralyzed Washington for a couple of months now. But last Thursday, House Republicans cobbled together enough support to pass their American Health Care Act by a vote of...
By Gavin Magor On May 4, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Recent reports show that U.S. insurers had a tough start to the year, racking up an estimated record of $7 billion in insured damages in the first three months of 2017. Most of those losses were...
By Remi Lukosiunas On May 2, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Stashing your cash in one place may not always be the best idea. It’s like picking your investments: You want to diversify your portfolio in case some of them underperform. But from the looks of...
By Jon D. Markman On May 1, 201704:00 PM Eastern
Last week, as the Nasdaq Composite Index crossed 6,000 for the first time, Robert Shiller, a Nobel laureate economist, made the rounds in the financial press.
He’s worried. Valuations are...
By Gavin Magor On April 27, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Last week, I wrote about the health insurance industry, outlining how safety and investment ratings can differ. Today, I would like to focus on the entire insurance industry and the top rated,...
By Jon D. Markman On April 26, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Most people are self-driving car skeptics. They just can’t imagine the cumbersome robot cars we see in the media today will ever become good or cheap enough for widespread use.
A big hurdle is...
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 24, 201707:00 AM Eastern
By the time you read this, we should know the results from the first round of French elections. The vote was designed to narrow the field to two candidates, one of whom French voters will choose...
By Mike Larson On April 21, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Who’s winning the ETF performance derby so far this year – stocks or bonds? The answer might surprise you.
Take a look at this table. It shows the performance of ten benchmark ETFs, including...