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One Way To Take Advantage Of The Volatility In Tech Stocks

| January 18, 2022
One Way To Take Advantage Of The Volatility In Tech Stocks

Tech stocks have the started the new year with elevated volatility and quite a bit of selling pressure.  The most popular tech index, Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ), is down 5% for the year and has seen a handful of large percentage moves already. One strategist is looking to take advantage of the volatility by using […]

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Why December Is Shaping Up To Be A Very Volatile Month

| November 30, 2021
Why December Is Shaping Up To Be A Very Volatile Month

It looked like we might coast into the end of 2021 on a calm and seasonally bullish note with the major indices up some 25% for the YTD.  But, a new Covid variant and stubbornly-high inflation have thrown a wrench into that outlook. I think December will be unusually volatile, which equates to unpredictable, which […]

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Market Volatility: Trade Cautiously But Without Fear

| October 14, 2021
Market Volatility: Trade Cautiously But Without Fear

Being a market prognosticator often means spewing thoughts and opinions to create content well beyond the reality of underlying activity.  I should know, after working with Jim Cramer — the sound bite-creating master — making table-pounding proclamations and outrageous predictions, all the while, under the surface, acting as a rational, risk-averse portfolio manager. I give […]

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Is The Low Volatility Market At An End?

| January 13, 2020
Is The Low Volatility Market At An End?

2019 can be roughly divided into two market regimes. There were periods of high volatility and market choppiness, notably in June, August, and early October. Then, there were the stretches of low and falling volatility – January through May and mid-October through the end of the year. It certainly seemed like January of 2020 was […]

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