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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 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 Mike Larson On March 31, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Today is the last day of the first quarter. That makes it a great time to catch up on ETF performance. Which ETFs shined in the first three months of the year? Which crashed and burned? And what...
By Mike Larson On March 6, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Money, money, money, mmmooonneeyy. MONEY!
No, I’m not singing the theme song to the Apprentice TV show, or the 1973 soul/funk song from The O’Jays it came from. I’m talking about the driving...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On January 2, 201707:30 AM Eastern
Oil has been on a tear, there’s no doubt about it -- doubling in price since its low of $26.05 reached in February of this year. But even after doubling, we’re still 57% below the highs (above...
By Jon D. Markman On November 8, 201607:30 AM Eastern
Google wants to change the way we interact with technology. The fact that tech journalists and Wall Street analysts love its new smartphone doesn’t hurt either, by the way.
The new Pixel...
By Jon D. Markman On September 6, 201607:30 AM Eastern
Amazon (AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos has a history of getting big trends right and executing well. His investment in Internet streaming and transport logistics are big ideas. Now he’s ready to...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On August 29, 201611:48 AM Eastern
Janet Yellen’s speech last Friday, highlighted a positive outlook for a near future interest rate hike. She noted that solid performance of the labor market, coupled with positive outlook for...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On July 5, 201601:49 PM Eastern
The preliminary offer by Mondelez International Inc. (MDLZ) to take over Hershey Co. (HSY) wasn’t sweet enough, and the creation of the world’s largest candy company will have to wait, or not...