The market continues to rise and volatility continues to fall — somewhat. Although the relationship between market…
Near the end of the ol’ floor days, a small minority of traders routinely supplied the vast majority of markets for customer-quoted prices in the VIX pit. The advent of negotiated trading (where brokers proffer hypothetical offers to secure their cut of a marketable order) permitted…
Just when it looked as if the market had lunar aspirations, the reality of financial gravity set in and the futures tumbled right back down to a more reasonable level. As justified as the mini-correction is, it doesn’t mean that it didn’t inflict a little bit of pain on those…
Wow. It appears that the gentle posturing that started late last week has evolved into a semi-serious market correction. Just an hour ago the S&P index threatened to dip below 3800. That would have been no small feat considering that around the same time yesterday evening…