Fear and Greed Index | Volatility Surface | Put Call Ratio | Wall Street Gets Bullish | Homebuilders Surprise

Derek Moore and ZEGA Financial CEO Jay Pestrichelli talk about CNN’s Fear and Greed Index and whether it’s a good indicator for markets. Then they explore differences in Put Call Ratios and how they may not measure what people think. Plus, they look at the volatility surface across different option maturities noting how low near-term options implied volatilities have gotten indicating there is no fear. Once again, they comment on how the VIX is NOT broken! Later they discuss investment banks raising their year end S&P 500 targets now that markets are higher and how no one expected homebuilders to be up 43% from the October 2022 lows but they are. Finally, Jay and Derek comment on data comparing market performance in the first ½ hour, middle of the day, final hour, and buy and hold. Of course, they have a recommendation.

CNN’s Fear and Greed Index

What goes into the Put Call Ratio

How Option Open Interest changes depending on the transaction.

Option open interest can be selling options to open or buying options to open.

Wall Street investment banks raise their year-end S&P 500 targets.

Bespoke chart showing S&P 500 returns held during different periods.

Performance of S&P 500 in first ½ hour, middle of the day, final hour, and buy and hold.

Surprise Strong performance by US Homebuilders up 43% since October 2022 lows

Existing One Family Home Sales Median Price YoY change goes negative.

The VIX isn’t broken and how the CBOE has different VIX indexes for various time periods

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Jay Pestrichelli’s book Buy and Hedge https://amzn.to/3jQYgMt

Derek’s new book on public speaking Effortless Public Speaking https://amzn.to/3hL1Mag

Derek Moore’s book Broken Pie Chart https://www.amazon.com/Broken-Pie-Chart-Investment-Portfolio/dp/1787435547/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=broken+pie+chart&qid=1558722226&s=books&sr=1-1-catcorr

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