Jamie Chisholm

1 week ago | marketwatch.com | Jamie Chisholm

Such volatile times on Wall Street usually precede good gains over the next 12 months, says UBS Wealth Management. Early Friday futures show U.S. stocks will start the final session of what’s been a frantic week on the front foot. The optimists, who think U.S President Trump’s swift tariff U-turn on Wednesday signaled the peak of trade-war angst has passed, are for now in ascendance. Just.

1 week ago | morningstar.com | Jamie Chisholm

By Jamie Chisholm Improving trade news and overly-depressed sentiment leaves the S&P 500 looking attractive Early Friday futures show U.S. stocks will start the final session of what's been a frantic week on the front foot. The optimists, who think U.S President Trump's swift tariff U-turn on Wednesday signaled the peak of trade-war angst has passed, are for now in ascendance. Just.

1 week ago | morningstar.com | Jamie Chisholm

By Jamie Chisholm Improving trade news and overly-depressed sentiment leaves the S&P 500 looking attractive Early Friday futures show U.S. stocks will start the final session of what's been a frantic week on the front foot. The optimists, who think U.S President Trump's swift tariff U-turn on Wednesday signaled the peak of trade-war angst has passed, are for now in ascendance. Just.

2 weeks ago | marketwatch.com | Jamie Chisholm

Published: April 10, 2025 at 7:11 a.m. ETJust when you bet it will go down, the market surges Photo: angela weiss/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesThe savage stock-market rally following U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff turnaround on Wednesday may have caused severe pain for many retail option traders.

2 weeks ago | morningstar.com | Jamie Chisholm

By Jamie Chisholm The savage stock-market rally following U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff turnaround on Wednesday may have caused severe pain for many retail option traders. As the chart below from Vanda Research shows, retail investors had just started to spend more money on put options than call options, just before the S&P 500 SPX embarked on its dramatic bounce. After a four-day drop of 12%, the S&P 500 surged 9.5% on Wednesday in the best single day since Oct. 28, 2008.