Wall Street Week Ahead: Investors hope for US soft landing ride on inflation dataLast week's employment data played into that narrative, showing the job market remained robust, though not strong enough to spark worries t...
09 Sep, 2023, 09.09 AM IST
Wall St week ahead: Lofty valuations on US stocks a growing worry for investorsWall Street banks are warning that US stock values are approaching overbought levels, making equities more vulnerable to declines. The S&P ...
24 Jun, 2023, 05.06 PM IST
Volatility traders are vindicated in 2022 market roller coaster“There were a lot of opportunities for volatility traders on both sides,” said Chris Murphy, co-head of derivatives strategy at Susquehanna...
31 Dec, 2022, 10.47 AM IST
Bitcoin ends its bang of a 2021 with a December whimperOn Friday, the coin fell as much as 3.5% before rebounding somewhat to trade at about $46,300
01 Jan, 2022, 05.03 PM IST
Stock pros are as hedged as ever under record-smashing S&P rallyPurves is referring to the ratio of outstanding bearish to bullish options, which is hovering above its five-year average. Meanwhile the S&...
06 Nov, 2021, 01.25 PM IST
China Evergrande fears consume investors awaiting tradingA major test comes this week, with Evergrande due to pay $83.5 million in interest relating to its March 2022 bond on Thursday. It has anot...
21 Sep, 2021, 08.58 AM IST
Bitcoin fall has strategists seeing possible drop toward $20,000Further weakness in its price may bring the $20,000 zone into view as a downside target, according to Oanda Corp., Evercore ISI and Tallbac...
09 Jun, 2021, 10.50 AM IST
Bitcoin chartists see rout worsening with $40,000 in focusBitcoin is still up more than 300% since last May, but the speed of the recent rout has shaken crypto’s new believers and cast doubt on the...
18 May, 2021, 10.13 PM IST
VIX bets shows volatility concerns ebbing but not forgottenThe spread between four-month contracts on the so-called fear gauge and front-month ones -- a measure of expected price swings in the mediu...
16 Feb, 2021, 10.36 AM IST
Investors bet weak dollar will keep risk rally going in 2021Over two-thirds of analysts in a recent Reuters poll said the dollar would keep falling until at least mid-2021, as investors continue shif...
23 Dec, 2020, 12.03 PM IST
Markets gone ‘rogue’ on vaccine news face tough questionsNews that the inoculation developed by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE was more than 90% effective in preventing Covid-19 infections sparked a ...
10 Nov, 2020, 03.13 PM IST
Investors bet U.S. stock swings will calm down after Election DayThe Cboe Volatility Index, Wall Street's "fear gauge," declined as the S&P 500 climbed nearly 2% in part on anticipation of a clear preside...
04 Nov, 2020, 09.04 AM IST
Trump's diagnosis fuels uncertainty for skittish US stock marketMany investors are concerned, however, that a serious decline in Trump’s health less than a month before Americans go to the polls on Nov. ...
04 Oct, 2020, 01.07 PM IST
Are higher Treasury yields coming? Options traders bet yesThe average one-month put-call ratio on the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF stands near its highest level since the beginning of the yea...
16 Sep, 2020, 11.49 PM IST
S&P 500, Dow drop as financial sector declines counter tech gainsThe tech-heavy Nasdaq ended higher, although indexes pulled back late in the session especially after U.S. President Donald Trump said Chin...
07 May, 2020, 07.12 AM IST
CBOE VIX spikes to highest since 2008 in manic Monday tradingThe VIX was already clocking eye-watering levels last week, as stocks were whipsawed by virus headlines.
09 Mar, 2020, 07.41 PM IST
Trump warns of market crash in a flurry of anti-impeachment tweetsBut Trump has made touting his policies as the reason for market positivity a hallmark of his presidential messaging.
27 Sep, 2019, 08.10 AM IST