Well, here we are again. The VIX is barely hanging on to the teens. This is the low part of the range for the year. Think this might be a good time for a bit of a surprise?
Passive Aggressive
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The Sizzle Fizzles
The honeymoon can’t be over if they haven’t even thrown the wedding yet. Still, the Trump exuberance from the past week seems to have fizzled out in most places. Below is just a sampling of the kinds of stocks which had bonkers rallies for a few days but seem to be in full-sputter mode (or at least are so lofty that they are crazy-vulnerable).
Amana Radar Range
For months, the VIX has ambled between 14 (utter complacency) and 24 (what counts as “fear” in this government-wet-nurse environment.). We are at the bottom of the range right now.
The Vapors
As dynamic as the market seems right now, the /NQ has actually gone nowhere over the past twenty-four hours.
Even the Bears are Bullish
I read as much as I can, and I’m fairly familiar with regular contributors at the sites I visit. There’s one chap, Graham Summers, who has an outfit called Phoenix Capital Research. He has a well-earned reputation on Zerohedge for being apocalyptically bearish. He makes me look positively even-tempered in comparison. Most recently, however, there’s been a 180 degree change.
