Birds are singing, the sun is shining, and life is beautiful again. On the surface, the vital signs of our economy are improving with every economic report. In some areas, like unemployment, the rate

Editor's Note: This article was written by Ryan Renicker of Newedge. Ryan has more than 10 years experience at top-tier brokerage firms generating options and derivative trade ideas for institutional

What’s a Fed to do? We get talk about tightening and taking away the easy credit, but we got the fourth largest monetization on record last week. This week we examine the elements of deflation,

I can’t quite decide whether to be delighted or puzzled that so many people seem to care that the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) is approaching 20. In truth, I feel a little bit of each.When I sta

Shares of financial services companies have rebounded fast and furiously since the market bottomed in early March. The sector is expected to be the best performer in the third quarter, with earnings

Editor's Note: This article was written by Reid Holloway, a consultant who created The RLH Volatility Model.Boots on the ground means to use direct contact and information-gathering skills (your boot

It's been more than a year since the job market went from an open house to a gated community, and yet many bloggers, financial pundits, and even relatives -- okay, the majority of relatives -- still

There’s been a heated debate in the financial press regarding the prospects for hyperinflation or deflation, with most pundits usually siding strongly with one camp or the other. Nowhere has th

Anniversaries abound. Friday saw the most somber, and a spooky statistic eight years after infamy. Last week also marked six months since most major markets bottomed; their subsequent gain of almost

As every school child knows, water is formed by the two elements of hydrogen and oxygen in a very simple formula we all know as H2O. Today we start a series that starts with the question: What are th