Have one today, chipotle, the companies that fell a great deal and made a snap back like tulio where it makes it so you can take your Small Business and take it large, what do these things have in common . They are omni channel for companies that would otherwise fail i think its this is ingenuity quarter. I know there will be people who say its a v quarter, i know there will be people who say its because the fed i think its companies that recognize what was the matter and found ways to make money i found it a very inspiring quarter given the cynicism that were surrounded with and the negativity which is frankly overwhelming for many people so you think that even though the fed has bought, what, 1. 7 trillion in treasuries in four months and even as that pace flattens out were going to continue to get innovation like that i find there is Just Innovation everywhere. I had honeywell on last night, theyre solving the problem of the vials with plastic, there arent enough vials to go around
The reason i wanted to look at that index ahead of the Fourth Quarter volatility last year, months in advance, the skew index had been elevated sharply while the vix was basically sleeping. A big tell on the volatility we sought to the downside. Then the Fourth Quarter happened, stocks fell, the vix spiked higher. This year we see volatility indexes basically stuck in a range as the s p 500 is at or near its alltime high. We have the skew index back on the rise. The reason i point this out, it was rising well in advance of the asked years volatility. Something to keep an ion, especially when we have basically been in a period of strong complacency. Sarah i have been watching the all telling yield curve. When you look at the spread we are seeing a flattening today for the 6th straight day. That is the longest streak of flattening since all the way back in august of 2018. Not even those most this most recent august. If you look at the spread right now, roughly 15. 5 basis points. Still h
Canes ruled the mornings around here, i remember each time i cohosted he would introduce me as reverend Jim Bob Cramer from the church of what is happening now. It was fun back then seemed like everyone was running their own personal hedge fund. There was an understanding a stock could be here today and gone tomorrow and everyone was fine with it those days, those days are long over if you recommend a stock for trade if you say buy it today for the Analyst Meeting and sell it tomorrow, there were always be Youtube Video kicking around that shows you like the stock but never gave the sell call so weve gone well beyond that. Tonight were taking it to the next level where i introduce you to the concept of suitability. Basically, what stocks fit you and what investments are right for you and your age and temperament. I heard of the concept of suitability when i was at training for Goldman Sachs that helped small constitutions and individuals. I built individual stocks for myself and others
Is working in the old days when the mornings were ruled around here, he would introduce me as reverend Jim Bob Cramer from the church of thats whats happening now. Oh, it was fun back then seem like everybody was running their own person hedge fund. Seemed like a stock was here and gone tomorrow and everybody was fine with it those days are long gone there were always be a Youtube Video kicking around that shows you like the stock but never gain cell call, weve gone well beyond that. Tonight were taking it to the next level where i introduce you to the concept of suit of ability. What stock visits you, what investments right for you for you age and temporament. I had been buying individual stocks for myself and for others for half decade by i got to fwoeldman in 83 in a summer intern at the time was watching when i could id go over to the Harvard Business School Library where theyd have research information. Its so no stall jik to look back on what id do next when i liked a stock. Thes