– Cryptocurrency, like gold and other alternative assets, has a place in an investment portfolio – By Atulya Sarin, MarketWatch Is bitcoin a fraud, a fad, an asset, or the currency of the future? Detractors explain its meteoric valuation by suggesting the former; proponents, the latter. It is important to understand what bitcoin (BTCUSD) is before deciding if its valuation...
As of Wednesday of last week, the market was teetering on the edge of a long-awaited (and a little overdue) correction. The bears just couldn't deal a death blow though. By Friday, the bulls were back in the same buying mood they've been in since late August. Nevertheless, the stumble did verify that the market is vulnerable now that it's...
As of Wednesday of last week, the market was teetering on the edge of a long-awaited (and a little overdue) correction. The bears just couldn't deal a death blow though. By Friday, the bulls were back in the same buying mood they've been in since late August. Nevertheless, the stumble did verify that the market is vulnerable now that it's...
If you were waiting on a dip to buy into a rally you've mostly missed — or don't expect to end anytime soon — the past few days may have been it. That's the call from BigTrends.com's chief and President Price Headley anyway, who told CNBC's Street Signs host Martin Soong on Wednesday evening "I think this pullback is an...
If you were waiting on a dip to buy into a rally you've mostly missed — or don't expect to end anytime soon — the past few days may have been it. That's the call from BigTrends.com's chief and President Price Headley anyway, who told CNBC's Street Signs host Martin Soong on Wednesday evening "I think this pullback is an...
– Falling correlations could make life easier for active managers – By Ryan Vlastelica, MarketWatch [Editor's note: The S&P 500 closed down 0.55% on Wednesday, following the Wednesday morning publishing of this commentary. That sizeable loss ends the very streak Vlastelica was discussing. The point, along with several others, are still worth making though.] If there’s one word that would...
– Falling correlations could make life easier for active managers – By Ryan Vlastelica, MarketWatch [Editor's note: The S&P 500 closed down 0.55% on Wednesday, following the Wednesday morning publishing of this commentary. That sizeable loss ends the very streak Vlastelica was discussing. The point, along with several others, are still worth making though.] If there’s one word that would...
Yikes. After a pretty darn good year and a surprisingly strong rally since early September, the market's finally hitting a headwind. In fact, if the market were to shut down the trading week right now (Wednesday), it would mark the worst seek for the S&P 500 since mid-September, forcing all the recent buyers to rethink their recent bullishness. As much...
Yikes. After a pretty darn good year and a surprisingly strong rally since early September, the market's finally hitting a headwind. In fact, if the market were to shut down the trading week right now (Wednesday), it would mark the worst seek for the S&P 500 since mid-September, forcing all the recent buyers to rethink their recent bullishness. As much...
On Tuesday of this week, our Debit Spread Trader advisory service locked in a 26% gain on a debit spread. While it may not have been a massive winner by option traders that take on directional, one-dimension trades, given the minimal risk we took on with the trade — not to mention the fact that we only held the position for...
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