VIX

Is Gold the New VIX?

Written by Jared Levy, Editor, Option Strategies Weekly Tuesday, 30 August 2011 09:58 Those of you who know me know that I love statistics and that I’m always looking for ANYTHING that gives me an “edge” or “early warning signal.” I use statistics to predicted major movements in the market. Some signals are bullish, like Is Gold the New VIX?

The Biggest Scam on Wall Street?

Jared Levy, Editor, WaveStrength Options Weekly Friday, 08 July 2011 It’s the day the market fell apart. The day the usual became the impossible. Imagine you purchase an exchange-traded fund or note and the next day it just suddenly stops trading. Would you be scared? Angry? Frustrated? What if you had a profit and couldn’t The Biggest Scam on Wall Street?

Smart Investing Daily – Investors Beware — The VIX Options Are a Lie

Jared Levy, Editor, Smart Investing Daily Tuesday, 26 April 2011 These are strong words, I know. I wouldn’t choose them if I weren’t truly concerned, because apparently not many care about the thousands of investors who have been burnt using volatility index (VIX) options and the VXX, a VIX-based ETF product, to invest in volatility. Smart Investing Daily – Investors Beware — The VIX Options Are a Lie

A Technical Look Moving into Next Week

by Jared A Levy The Federal Reserve partially confirmed Tuesday what we already knew (with respect to the state of our economy) and failed to change interest rates.  Ben Bernanke et. al. did, however, state their intentions to begin using the proceeds from maturing mortgage bonds acquired during the crisis to keep its holdings of A Technical Look Moving into Next Week