Helene Meisler analyzes a bearish and oversold stock market, and how sentiment shifts could trigger a bullish rally.

Subscribers to Chart of the Week received this commentary ... which has sent the market’s "fear gauge" to two 2025 records this week alone, the most recent on Friday to 26.56.

The Cboe total put-call ratio tracks trading activity in bearish put options compared with bullish calls. It's a popular gauge of market sentiment. Recently, the lack of a pickup in demand for puts ...

The Nasdaq continued to lead a rebound in the stock market today after the Federal Reserve decided to stand pat on interest ...

If they trade more futures which require sizable capital, their risk appetite is higher. Within the futures space, index ...

Last week, I wrote about the near-term trends being dependent on institutional investors. Another factor that would curtail ...

Chart watchers are fixated on the 200-day moving ... While Nvidia rose modestly on Tuesday, with the stock now trading well below the gauge, market professionals are fixated on the trajectory ...

However, there’s another volatility index that may deserve the “fear gauge” title even more ... As you can see in the chart above (note that the chart is a 21-day average to smooth the ...

Never-ending lines of girls, not even knowing what country they were in, and nearly getting punched by Simon Cowell. The ...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday will address Congress for the first time in his second term, and he’ll do with an economy that’s continuing to chug along.

Still, as it stands now, the underlying data and the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge do provide some silver linings and show that the current path still leads to disinflation. The latest ...