Back in October of 2016 I authored a research report titled The Long Road Ahead for Department Stores. The report...
Amazon (AMZN) bought Whole Foods Market earlier in 2017 throwing retail giants like Target (TGT) and Wal-Mart (WMT) into...
ProShares has launched two retail disruption ETFs aptly named ProShares Decline of the Retail Store ETF EMTY and ProShares...
Based on channel sales data from a host of U.S. based retailers, Fitbit sales have continued their sell-through declines...
Macy’s (M) shareholders recently rejoiced over the retailer’s rather underwhelming results, which found Macy’s beating on the bottom line...
Don’t look now, but last week the major indices hit repetitive all-time highs; yes again i.e. repetitive. “Oh it’s...
The smartwatch battle recently began with the respective brand launches from Samsung, Apple (AAPL) and Fitbit (FIT). I chronicled...
On Friday 13th, how fitting, the U.S. Commerce Department reported that September retail sales rose 1.6% against economists’ expectations...
Cries for a revisiting of August 2015, where volatility spiked from the low teens to the low 50s were...
It’s official; the true Battle of the Smartwatches has begun. In past years, the smartwatch category has come under...
September 29, 2017 will mark the final trading day of the Q3 2017 period and with that may come...
Through no fault of my own I’ve recently found myself at the heart of the mainstream, short- volatility (VOL),...
The last few weeks have been quite turbulent for volatility traders with swings in the VIX of greater than...
Over the last few years I have become increasingly vocal and accurate with my prognostications concerning volatility and the...
While it may seem like a “broken record” statement it is also the reality and that reality offers that...
Fitbit (FIT) entered its Q2 2017 quarterly report with its stock performing at its lowest valuation since becoming a...
Retail sales have been a disappointment now for three consecutive months and as such this may lead to downward...
In 2015, I penned my first article on the subject matter surrounding VIX-leveraged ETF/ETNs. Back then, as if it...
With each passing week, month and year, Volatility ETPs have become more and more popular. This was no more...
