To VIX or Not to VIX
Investors look to the VIX index for guidance concerning future volatility of return on the equity markets in general and the S&P 500 in particular. Many people want to “trade”…
Unfriend Facebook?
Facebook, Inc. operates a social networking website. The Company website allows people to communicate with their family, friends, and coworkers. Facebook develops technologies that facilitate the sharing of information, photographs,…
Will the Price of Best Buy Stock Reflect Its True Value (BBY)
Best Buy Co., Inc. (BBY) is a retailer of technology products, services, and solutions in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Many of us have shopped in their stores from…
Is a Short Squeeze in Bonds Upon Us?
We have been writing about interest rates, bonds, and the Fed a little more than normal lately. We have been doing this because we think short bonds are one of…
The FED Does Not Set Interest Rates & Is Not Data Dependent
If you listen to the investment strategists, fixed-income specialists, financial press, politicians, and employees of the Federal Reserve System, you would think that interest rates are under control of the…
Ackman Gives Up On a Valeant Effort
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Canadian Dollar Versus Crude Oil
The Canadian economy is a very interesting one. According to the US State Department, the two countries share the longest international border between two countries on the planet, one would…
Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT): Is Price Moving to Valuation?
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The Economic Law of Unintended Consequences
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Catching a Falling Knife? Palo Alto Networks
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