The Market's Measure

The fourth quarter got off to a bad start. Will it end badly as well?

TIPS fall out of favor as deflation worries mount

Today, Sept. 23, summer officially comes to a close. It’s been an eventful summer. With all the geopolitical brouhaha, you might not have noticed that the risk of domestic recession increased fivefold, at least according to economic modeling devi...

Can the premium in stock earnings yields over Treasury rates persist?

Yields have dropped precipitously in 2014; some more than others.

VIX, now at the 11-12 percent level, seems low. Does that mean S&P options are cheap?

Safe haven buying of Treasurys and the dollar could be deflationary.

Flows into and out of Treasury ETFs indicate bonds may soon be overbought.

Some gold miners have outperformed bullion, the market and their peers this year. Our subscribers got the ‘heads up’ in February.

You can’t help but be bullish on stocks now. I mean, really. That’s the simple message being told by the ETF market. Well, two ETFs to be sure. Take a look at the price spread between the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) and the iShares S&P 100 ETF (OEF...