SiAlpha portfolio under-performed the S&P 500 Index by -1.87% in the month of February 2014 by generating a total return of 2.69% vs a return of 4.56% for S&P 500 during the same period. Value Added Monthly Index
February 2014 Performance Read More »
S&P 500 Index ETF (SPY) daily price chart above for April 23rd, 2013 (click to enlarge) A fake tweet at 1:07 p.m. today from the Twitter account of the Associated Press saying that Barack Obama had been injured in an explosion at the White House resulted in approx 1% drop in the S&P 500 index
Flash Crash Highlights Impact of HFT’s Read More »
S&P 500 Index (Ticker SPY) Five Year Chart (Click Chart to Enlarge) The S&P 500 Index, the broad barometer for the US stock market and benchmark for millions of investors worldwide finally pushed through a record high today. The previous record high was back in early October 2007 at 1,565.15. However the market is still
S&P 500 Gains 130% Since it’s 2009 Devilish Low of 666.79 Read More »
VXX Three Year Price Chart US Markets were flat for the day with Dow Jones up 0.04%, NASDAQ down 0.09% and S&P 500 up 0.27%. Big mover in North America was the Canadian TSX Composite index which fell 1.02% as all major commodities such as gold, silver, copper and petroleum fell in price. The VIX
VIX “Fear Index” Hits 6-Year Low, Markets Flat, TSX Hit by Commodities Sell-off Read More »
US Markets were flat with Dow Jones managed to squeeze out a small gain to close at another high with S&P 500 and Nasdaq closing lower. Gold prices came close to breaking past the $1600 per oz mark in an early session rally which fizzled with gold price still closing higher at $1,592.53 for the
