It Was The Best Of times It Was The Worst of Times
With the traditional wet your pants month of October approaching I thought it might be interesting to look at average monthly returns for a variety of markets. All the usual caveats about averages apply.
Are We Scared Yet?
Apparently, the world is ending because the media says so. The source of much of this hysteria is that the media seemed to have discovered a tool known as the S&P/ASX200 VIX indicator which is also known as the fear indicator. One somewhat hysterical report claimed that it was the highest it had ever been, which…
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Drawdowns
I thought will the market currently going to hell in a handcart it would be instructive to generate a few drawdown curves for the main players. Moves such as the one we are undergoing are always instructive, if only for the illustrative effect of seeing how little the media actually knows about market. The issue…
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Charts Of Interest 20/08/15
A slightly different Charts of Interest this week as I felt that the recent events in markets deserved a little bit of commentary. All to often sudden moves in the market catch traders both tactically unaware and emotionally unprepared. There has been a single dominant theme in US markets since the first quarter of this year…
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