Markets

Twitter is full of interesting pieces of financial research. People post all kinds of charts showing indicators, economic metrics, and statistics. While most of this analysis should not be used as a signal for trading, it can help to sharpen one’s understanding of why certain movements in markets…

While 2022 has not been the worst year in stock market history, with a loss of -18.1%, the S&P 500 (total return, including dividends) ranks 7th after 2002, 1974, 1930, 1937, 2008, and 1931. The annualized volatility (standard deviation using monthly returns multiplied by the square root of 12) has…

The stock and bond markets have experienced significant turbulence this year, with the US stock market being down 20%. Various factors played a role, including economic uncertainty, shifts in market sentiment, and the impact of global events. The concept of a random walk refers to the idea that the…