ASYMMETRY® Observations are Mike Shell’s observations of all things asymmetry, asymmetric risk/reward, asymmetric payoffs, and asymmetric investment returns.
The Equal Weight S&P 500 is at an all-time high with broad participation, with more than 75% of stocks trending above their 50 and 200-day averages.
The U.S. dollar (USD) is not backed by a physical commodity like gold or silver anymore. Instead, its value is derived from these factors.
Being a "Vanna-Charmer" implies that the person is not just trading options, but is doing so with a sophisticated understanding of how certain risk factors, like vanna, can be leveraged to enhance their trading strategy and returns.
A list of some notable publicly traded sports teams and how their stocks have performed.
Chief Investment Officer: The unemployment level provides a current assessment, the rate of change is often a leading indicator that can signal future economic trends.
Tennessee investment adviser explains price controls lead to shortages if suppliers reduce production, reduced quality if producers can't change enough to be profitable, and reduced incentives for innovation where research and development costs are high.
If the S&P 500 trend is any guide, we'll soon see if the oversold condition was enough to shake out those who wanted to sell and bring prices to a low enough point to attract buying.
Can market makers see your stop-loss orders?
An asymmetric hedge structures an investment hedge to offset risk in other holdings with an asymmetric payoff such that the potential profit from the hedge is materially greater than the amount of risk taken to achieve it.
Now those stocks are declining the most, but the rest of the market is entering an downtrend.