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Many Small Investors Duped by WTI Futures ETF
ETFs can be a nice tool for investors to participate in markets that they normally wouldn’t, like WTI oil futures. We need to look at the ingredients of…
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Stock Markets on Pace for Best Month in Nine Years
How well the stock market has done in the month of April so far, in the face of all the very dark clouds in the economic sky, have…
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Harold Hamm Calls for Investigation into Futures Trading
Harold Hamm of Continental Resources was already a critic of the futures market, but seeing it going into the red has him assuming that there must be misconduct…
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Oil Crisis Really Testing Stock Market Bull’s Resolve
The stock market bears have been licking their chops since stocks started to rebound, predicting a second fall and a bigger one this time. Stocks are still holding…
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WTI May Oil Futures Completely Blow Up at Expiration
Futures contract expiration days can be plenty interesting, and a lot of money can be made, but Monday’s May WTI oil futures trading took us into another universe.…
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Is the Tech SPDR Really Riskier than the S&P 500?
The S&P 500 is the most popular index fund by far among investors, because they think it’s better to be more diversified, to manage risk. Reality tells a…
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The Real Reason Small Caps Underperform So Much
It is believed that small cap stocks lose more during pullbacks because they are smaller and therefore more sensitive to economic downturns. The real reason is simpler than…
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Production Cuts Can’t Keep Oil from Dropping Below $20
Demand for oil has dropped off so much from the current slowdown that the recent agreement to cut production by 10 million barrels a day hasn’t come close…
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Ray Dalio Believes It’s “Crazy” to Hold Bonds Right Now
Legendary hedge fund investor Ray Dalio is particularly known for his understanding of bonds, and has made billions from them. He now thinks that it is “crazy” for…
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Burton Malkiel Still Bullish After All These Years
Burton Malkiel’s influence upon stock market thinking has been remarkable. He’s still promoting market randomness at age 87, and remains pretty bullish. Former Princeton economic professor Burton Malkiel…