Bill's Latest Posts

China About to Break Out?

Arms Index Going Back to 1992

Arms Index Extremely Extended

A Graphical History of the ISM and S&P 500 Index

VIX Drops 30% in 8 Days

VIX and More: The Month in Words

Yields on U.S. 10-Year Treasury Notes Below 3%

Recent Highlights in Volatility

Happy Thanksgiving to All

ProShares Rolls Out Commodity and Currency 2x and -2x ETFs

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Breaking News

All eyes on job losses
4:52 AM  12/05/08

Understanding but no consensus on auto bailou...
4:48 AM  12/05/08

U.S. stocks finish sharply lower; GM paces Do...
4:10 PM  12/04/08

Six gunmen shot at India's main airport in De...
3:54 PM  12/04/08

Best Middle-Class Housing Markets
5:20 AM  12/05/08

As AMD's Sales Slip, Intel Lurks
5:20 AM  12/05/08

Bankers, risk and warnings unheeded
3:45 AM  12/05/08

Pent-up anger greets return of U.S. auto chie...
3:45 AM  12/05/08

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Biography

Bill is a private investor whose research and trading interests focus on volatility, market sentiment, technical analysis, and ETFs. He also authors the VIX and More blog and an investment newsletter from just north of San Francisco. His first book, Trading with the VIX, is scheduled to be published by Wiley in 2009.

Prior to becoming a full-time investor, Bill was a business strategy consultant for two decades and advised clients across a broad range of industries on issues such as strategy formulation, strategy implementation, and metrics. When not trading or blogging, he can often be found running, hiking, and kayaking in Northern California.

Bill has a BA from Stanford and an MBA from Carnegie-Mellon.