The email from the school nurse this week was polite, but firm.“H1N1 is now widespread in New Jersey -- in every county,” it read. “Even though we’ve had no cases, it’s

It was slow summer options expiration Friday as stocks languished for the day. Investors were most likely burned out after a rip roaring week that saw the S&P 500 move up from 875 to 940, snappin

Hello from New York, where today kicks off earnings season when Alcoa (AA) issues its traditional quarterly loss. I couldn’t be more excited if it was the first day of college football season (

Did you know there's an option expiration tomorrow? And it isn't in some obscure or exotic trading instrument; in fact, the options in question are tied to the most recognizable benchmark indices, ex

It’s seasonably snazzy in the big city and the masses migrated from cramped quarters to enjoy the warm weekend weather. As cabin fever fades in the rear-view mirror, an outbreak of a different

Editor's Note: This is a guest post from Trading the Odds.The VIX is an index that infers 30-day expected (implied) market (S&P 500) volatility from S&P 500 index options (usually in the firs

Editor's Note: This article is by Don Fishback, of Don Fishback's Market Update.I wrote an article about what it really means when VIX is at 40. I noted that it was unusual that VIX rose both Fr

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Equity markets had their biggest rally this year after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke outlined steps to fix the banking industry in a morning address. His remarks, delivered to the Counci

What a day it was for the market. Turnaround Tuesday definitely lived up to the hype.Citigroup (C) came out and said they had 2 profitable quarters through the first 3 months of this year; all the ba