Performance in the high yield market hasn't been quite as strong as the S&P 500. While total return levels in the high yield market are important to track, spreads in high yield debt relative to treas...

The improving macro backdrop, a strong risk rally and rising volatility leave us moderately pro-risk over coming months, with a preference for credit.

With his ATAC Rotation Fund (ATACX) up 58% YTD, Michael Gayed explains how he uses historically proven leading indicators of volatility to generate outsized returns.

2020's summer rally for the S&P 500 (Index: SPX) came to a crashing end on September 3, 2020. When did SoftBank's 'NASDAQ whale' start this rally-juicing strategy? Looking forward, the upcoming week w...

Our leading economic indicators suggest growth is gaining momentum. Global market sentiment continues to improve, as evidenced by broad-based outperformance of risky assets over defensive assets in bo...

Industrial production rose 3% in July. This followed a rise in May and June.

A recent article on this website claimed that CNN's Fear & Greed index can be used to avoid drawdowns that average 8.7%.

The final months of the year are going to be extremely challenging for the global economy, with experts predicting another significant wave of COVID-19 which risks further restrictions around the worl...

When markets are pushing extremes, it seems like it is a no-lose scenario for investors. It is at those moments when selling high becomes opportunistic, but is incredibly hard to do for the Fear Of Mi...

During extended bull markets, rationalization becomes commonplace to justify overpaying for value. One such rationalization is the permanent shift in valuations higher due to changes in accounting rul...

Factors driving the tech-fueled market selloff. U.S.

The expected y/y revenue growth for Q3 and Q4 '20 is still improving as we approach the quarters highlighted.

Investors have been on a wild ride over the past week as tech stocks plunged, dragging down major global indexes with them.

Most investors who held the shares at peak valuations in 2000 had liquidated in losses before the next tech bubble began in 2015.

The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index for August was reported at 100.2, which is a 1.4 increase over July's reading.

Output growth reported in 20 out of 26 sectors, the highest proportion since March 2019. Upturn led by healthcare, but some of the worst-hit sectors are now showing signs of strong expansion or recove...

The ongoing COVID-19 crisis and resulting policy responses will likely make this election result more meaningful than normal.

The sudden stop to markets induced by COVID-19 caused a substantial repricing of credit risk globally, and central banks, treasuries, and ministries of finance around the world responded unequivocally...

The current bull market is by far and away one of the longest bull markets in history. Currently running 137 months and 2783 points from the March 2009 lows, it is one for the record books.

In the years since 2009, which saw the worst calendar year drop in S&P 500 dividends in history, the S&P 500 dividend yield has been remarkably stable.