The VIX may have climbed to 14.6 today, but it’s still running below this year’s average of 17.2. In fact, before today’s selloff the last 2 VIX closes had a 12-handle,…
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DataTrek Co-founder Nick Colas' Latest Video for TheStreet!
“The stock market has been on an 8-day winning streak, but if you missed out on the move higher, one strategists suggests waiting until August, a historically volatile month for…

Topics at Crypto’s Big NYC Conference
The largest crypto currency conference held in the US kicked off today, Consensus 2018, and by all accounts attendance is excellent. Even though tickets go for about $2,000, press reports from…

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What AI-Based ETFs Like Right Now
Today we turn the concept of innovative disruption to our home field of asset management and consider how technology is changing the capital allocation process. In focus: two novel approaches to…