Visualizing sector performance
As I continue to share some of the tools I use, I want to look at sectors and sector performance today. I don't think there's much value in looking at…
Tracking sector flows
Understanding stock markets can be difficult. Which index should we look at? There are many ways to slice stocks: by market cap, by proprietary index methodology, by geography, by valuation,…
Video blog: What’s happening with the yield curve and why do we care?
Here's a look at history and the stats behind the fluctuations in the US Treasury Yield Curve. https://youtu.be/iagtes45ek0
Using spread charts
This is another post in the small series on tracking, understanding, and trading relative performance. In previous posts, we looked at two ways to track relative performance as a percent…
Multi-asset relative strength comparisons
My previous post looked at the concept of comparing relative strength of two assets by comparing returns from a specific point in time. In that post, I suggested using a…
Showing relative performance: simple charts
Yesterday, I discussed some reasons why traders might want to consider looking at, or trading, the relative performance between markets. Today, let's look at a simple way to display that…
Four reasons to trade spreads
Today I begin a short series of posts looking at the tools and techniques of relative value trading. For some traders, this is intuitive; currencies are always valued relative to…