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Dow Correction: Why You Shouldn't Panic Over Market Volatility
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Mar 26, 3:30PM CDT
On Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrials lost almost 100 points, finishing near the day's lows as investors worried about a variety of factors that could hurt the market's future prospects. That range of issues runs from the threat of war in...
A Perfect Trade for Increased Volatility: TVIX
at The Street - Mon Mar 24, 1:02PM CDT
If volatility is getting set to spike dramatically higher, then this trading vehicle could be a great way to play it.
The Dow Gets Complacent Again, but is the Russia-Ukraine Conflict Really Over?
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Mar 17, 11:30AM CDT
After the weekend's referendum on Crimea's rejoining Russia went much as expected, but without any huge escalation in the conflict, investors celebrated by sending the Dow Jones Industrials up nearly 190 points, or 1.2%, as of 12:30 p.m. EDT. At...
Russia Sends Dow Down 200+; Is Ukraine a Black-Swan Event?
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Mar 03, 11:00AM CST
Russia's aggressive moves in the Crimean region of Ukraine sparked massive sell-offs around the world on Monday, with Russian stocks losing more than 10% of their value and European markets getting hit especially hard. Even the Dow Jones Industrials...
Volatility ETFs Crash as Market Fears Drop - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Feb 19, 1:00PM CST
Thanks to declining worries about the market, volatility ETNs have lost all of their 2014 momentum.
Investors Have Declared the Dow Pullback Over
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Feb 11, 11:30AM CST
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis. The Dow Jones Industrials are celebrating Tuesday, rising...
Volatility ETFs Skyrocket on Broad Market Weakness - ETF News And Commentary
Eric Dutram - Zacks Investment Research - Mon Feb 03, 9:00AM CST
Inside the incredible run in the volatility ETF market over the past ten days.
Is Market Volatility Back for 2014?
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jan 26, 10:30AM CST
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis. The S&P 500 fell 2.6%, with a 38-point plunge in the...
Why Texas Industries, Open Text, and VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX Soared Today
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Jan 24, 7:01PM CST
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis. Yesterday's drop in the stock market turned into a rout...
Will Stock-Market Volatility Come Back in 2014?
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Dec 26, 10:15PM CST
The year 2013 has been an exceptionally strong one for stock market investors, who scored big gains on their portfolios in a broad-based advance in the fifth year of the current bull market. One of the most surprising things about 2013 was that those...
2013: The Year Volatility Died
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Dec 08, 5:55PM CST
The stock market in 2013 gave investors almost exactly what they wanted: sizable returns without any major correction along the way. But what drove such strong results, and can 2014 give investors another chance at such favorable conditions? In the...
What Correction? 1 Key Sign Investors Remain Complacent
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Dec 05, 1:06PM CST
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis. The losing streak for the U.S. stock market could reach five...
The Two Month VIX Cycle
Chad Karnes - ETFG - Fri Nov 15, 7:37PM CST
Buying the VIX is a great way to hedge your portfolio, if you can get the timing right. Luckily, the VIX has provided us some excellent technical clues that we can combine with the uncertainty from Washington to come up with some great VIX trades.
The Soaring Dow Has Made This Smart Strategy Cheaper
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Nov 08, 11:31AM CST
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis. As has happened so many times during the bull market since...
Will Stocks Follow their Historical Pattern of 2011?
Chad Karnes - ETFG - Wed Oct 09, 4:42PM CDT
Humans are creatures of habit and sometimes those habits show up in the stock market. The market's price action over the last 40 weeks is very similar to the price action over the 40 weeks leading up to the 2011 Debt ceiling debate. Is this just a...
Why Investors Are Too Complacent
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Aug 28, 10:45AM CDT
You'd think that after the stock market crashed more than 50% in the span of just 18 months from 2007 to 2009, investors would remember what risk looks like. Yet investors increasingly appear to have forgotten just how cruel stocks can be in the...
Why So Many Investors Want These Big Losers to Recover
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Aug 17, 10:31AM CDT
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis. After having set new records throughout much of the past few...
Dow Correction: Why You Shouldn't Panic Over Market Volatility
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Mar 26, 3:30PM CDT
On Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrials lost almost 100 points, finishing near the day's lows as investors worried about a variety of factors that could hurt the market's future prospects. That range of issues runs from the threat of war in...
A Perfect Trade for Increased Volatility: TVIX
at The Street - Mon Mar 24, 1:02PM CDT
If volatility is getting set to spike dramatically higher, then this trading vehicle could be a great way to play it.
The Dow Gets Complacent Again, but is the Russia-Ukraine Conflict Really Over?
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Mar 17, 11:30AM CDT
After the weekend's referendum on Crimea's rejoining Russia went much as expected, but without any huge escalation in the conflict, investors celebrated by sending the Dow Jones Industrials up nearly 190 points, or 1.2%, as of 12:30 p.m. EDT. At...
Russia Sends Dow Down 200+; Is Ukraine a Black-Swan Event?
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Mar 03, 11:00AM CST
Russia's aggressive moves in the Crimean region of Ukraine sparked massive sell-offs around the world on Monday, with Russian stocks losing more than 10% of their value and European markets getting hit especially hard. Even the Dow Jones Industrials...
Volatility ETFs Crash as Market Fears Drop - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Feb 19, 1:00PM CST
Thanks to declining worries about the market, volatility ETNs have lost all of their 2014 momentum.
Investors Have Declared the Dow Pullback Over
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Feb 11, 11:30AM CST
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis. The Dow Jones Industrials are celebrating Tuesday, rising...
Volatility ETFs Skyrocket on Broad Market Weakness - ETF News And Commentary
Eric Dutram - Zacks Investment Research - Mon Feb 03, 9:00AM CST
Inside the incredible run in the volatility ETF market over the past ten days.
Is Market Volatility Back for 2014?
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jan 26, 10:30AM CST
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis. The S&P 500 fell 2.6%, with a 38-point plunge in the...
Why Texas Industries, Open Text, and VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX Soared Today
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Jan 24, 7:01PM CST
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis. Yesterday's drop in the stock market turned into a rout...
Will Stock-Market Volatility Come Back in 2014?
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Dec 26, 10:15PM CST
The year 2013 has been an exceptionally strong one for stock market investors, who scored big gains on their portfolios in a broad-based advance in the fifth year of the current bull market. One of the most surprising things about 2013 was that those...
2013: The Year Volatility Died
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Dec 08, 5:55PM CST
The stock market in 2013 gave investors almost exactly what they wanted: sizable returns without any major correction along the way. But what drove such strong results, and can 2014 give investors another chance at such favorable conditions? In the...
What Correction? 1 Key Sign Investors Remain Complacent
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Dec 05, 1:06PM CST
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis. The losing streak for the U.S. stock market could reach five...
The Two Month VIX Cycle
Chad Karnes - ETFG - Fri Nov 15, 7:37PM CST
Buying the VIX is a great way to hedge your portfolio, if you can get the timing right. Luckily, the VIX has provided us some excellent technical clues that we can combine with the uncertainty from Washington to come up with some great VIX trades.
The Soaring Dow Has Made This Smart Strategy Cheaper
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Nov 08, 11:31AM CST
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis. As has happened so many times during the bull market since...
Will Stocks Follow their Historical Pattern of 2011?
Chad Karnes - ETFG - Wed Oct 09, 4:42PM CDT
Humans are creatures of habit and sometimes those habits show up in the stock market. The market's price action over the last 40 weeks is very similar to the price action over the 40 weeks leading up to the 2011 Debt ceiling debate. Is this just a...
Why Investors Are Too Complacent
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Aug 28, 10:45AM CDT
You'd think that after the stock market crashed more than 50% in the span of just 18 months from 2007 to 2009, investors would remember what risk looks like. Yet investors increasingly appear to have forgotten just how cruel stocks can be in the...
Why So Many Investors Want These Big Losers to Recover
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Aug 17, 10:31AM CDT
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis. After having set new records throughout much of the past few...
