Mental Models discussed in this podcast: Opportunity cost Loss Aversion Diversification vs Concentration Price Anchoring Zero-Based Budgeting Commitment Bias Game Theory: Minimax Theorem Please review and rate the podcast If you enjoyed this podcast and found it helpful, please consider leaving me a rating and review. Your feedback helps me to improve the podcast and […]
How forced liquidation of Short Volatility ETNs (XIV) could cascade into a Stock Market Crash
If you’re anything like me, you might have been surprised at the 4% drop in the S&P 500 (SPY) and the DJIA today when you got home from work. However, that is nothing compared to the massive volatility spike that occurred in the CBOE VIX index. The VIX index is a formula based index that […]
Stock Market Bubble 2018: Low volatility, High momentum
Daily new all-time highs each and every consecutive day is not a normal phenomenon. The current stock market bubble is made up of many individual cases of bubble sightings. One sign in particular that I want to highlight is the recent occurrence of regular and repeated all-time new highs for many of the largest market cap […]
