by First Trust | Nov 17, 2021 | How I See It
The Federal Reserve today [Nov. 3] announced the (much-overdue) start of tapering, which means it will continue to increase the size of its balance sheet, but not quite as fast. Starting later in November, the Fed will reduce its monthly pace of asset...
by Larry McMillan | Nov 3, 2021 | How I See It
During the last market decline (basically, during all of September and a little bit in October), $VIX (the CBOE Volatility Index) just wasn’t too “worried” about the decline in stocks. Yes, one can see from the chart of $VIX that it had been slowly...
by Tony Dwyer | Oct 20, 2021 | How I See It
Editor’s note: Tony Dwyer, U.S. portfolio strategist for Canaccord Genuity, and his colleagues author a widely respected monthly overview of market conditions, technical factors, and future market outlook called the “Strategy Picture Book.” The...
by Marshall Schield | Oct 6, 2021 | How I See It
Q4 is historically strong, typically the best quarter of the year. On average, Q4’s performance for the S&P 500 and the Dow Industrials is at least twice that of any other quarter. The NASDAQ Composite appears to march to a different drummer. Q4 is...
by Ian Naismith | Sep 22, 2021 | How I See It
Wow! Time flies. This marks my 20th article for Proactive Advisor Magazine in six years. We are now into that quirky time of year for the market, namely the last two weeks of September and the first two weeks of October. Drawdown and gyrations happen...
