Fannie Mae / Federal National Mortgage Association (OTCBB:FNMA) and Freddie Mac / Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTCBB:FMCC) shares surged to five-year high last week, despite uncertainties surrounding the proposed... read more

BAML has reported record high bullish positions in the USD index recorded as of last Tuesday. Long contracts from investors on US rose to $42.6 billion from $40.8 the previous... read more

  The TVIX (NYSEARCA:TVIX)  has been responsible for some unusual trading recently. The index, which promises to double gains on the VIX volatility index, was down 30% on March 22nd as... read more

Why do active managers underperform broad-based stock indexes? Hendrik Bessembinder of Arizona State thinks he might have the answer. The vast majority of stocks have failed to outperform T-Bills,... read more

When Kyle Bass of Hayman Capital first uncovered the United Development Funding "scheme," he almost found it hard to believe. From his perspective as a hedge fund manager, familiar... read more

There is a “Plan A” for the oil-rich nation of Venezuela in its $60 billion debt restructuring.  But odds are the socialist nation, which once attempted to force private... read more

For Frank Holmes, CEO and CIO at U.S. Global Investors, the world might seem a precarious place. At its heyday in 2006 the mutual fund manager finished the year... read more

Managed Futures traders, which are also known as trend followers, record a rare rise in the first two weeks of September, before the highly anticipated and misjudged Fed meeting... read more

Common Financial Characteristics Of Top Dividend Stocks by Andrew Sather Financial data can help us paint a picture of the story of a company. In order to know that a... read more

As Ray Dalio's end of the debt super-cycle is playing itself in real time, with upside and downside volatility playing itself out as predicted, he notes the impact of... read more