Volatility indexes are often seen as barometers for how the market is reacting to newsworthy events, so how are they behaving in light of heightened geopolitics and higher rates?
"Don't follow the headlines...follow the trendlines, follow the chart lines, and they're going to tell you everything we need to know," says Joe Tigay of Equity Armor, who provides his insights on how investors should follow the markets in the wake of recent current events.
"Don't follow the headlines...follow the trendlines, follow the chart lines, and they're going to tell you everything we need to know," says Joe Tigay of Equity Armor, who provides his insights on how investors should follow the markets in the wake of recent current events.
The final week of September is often the most volatile in a historically unpredictable month, according to Joe Tigay of Equity Armor Investments and...
Brian Stutland of Equity Armor Investments and a portfolio manager for Rational Advisors recently joined CNBC to discuss volatility in the NASDAQ, options trading, and more.
In this portfolio manager profile, you’ll learn how Portfolio Manager Eric Meyer’s career led him to find interesting investing opportunities that resulted in the...
In this edition of the Catalyst Funds and Rational Funds Quarterly Outlook, portfolio managers from across our network of sub-advisors provide their insights into the direction of the investment universe. In addition to a macroeconomic overview, we also include their thoughts on equities, bonds, commodities, and a special section on currencies.
In my opinion, true active strategies have a very important role in portfolios as complements to passive, cheap beta. Advisors need to understand what they own.
October was marked by continued volatility across fixed income and equity markets as investors faced various challenges, including persistent inflation concerns, rising yields, tightening monetary policy, and the backdrop of a U.S. Presidential election.
As an investor, it’s nice to know what we should expect from President Trump, because we have seen the movie before in 2017 – 2021. Apart from the early part of the Pandemic period, the economy and stock markets generally performed well.
Remember, our investment in stocks is a De facto vote of confidence on the economies in which we invest. Earnings, revenue, margins, free cash flow, and the growth of these important metrics is what drives stocks up or down over time.
The discretionary sector struggled as did all growth and quality-oriented areas of the market in 2022. That was a classic re-set and a raging opportunity to add exposure.
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