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Chris Matthews of MarketWatch met with Jay this morning to see what he, as a strategist, believes is going on with the market. Full coverage of Jay’s discussion can be found here.

Late yesterday the ZEGA trading team found a HiPOS trade that qualified under our rules for entry. For this trade we used a short-put spread to generate premium on the underlying S&P 500 Index.

Treasury Bonds in Taxable HIPOS Accounts We have received several questions asking why we placed Treasuries into the HiPOS Conservative accounts. A few things to cover here.

With the close of 2018 performance release, we can reflect on the year past and the future. As you all know the S&P 500 Index had its first down year since 2008 closing down -4.38%.

Earnings can be a solid gauge for investors looking for clues about the current economy. Whether higher or lower, expectations for future earnings are extremely important.

For those of you in our Buy and Hedge strategy, this is the market you’ve been preparing for. As the S&P 500 shows a likelihood to post the first negative year since 2009, being hedged with ZEGA is the solution to put a limit on how much you lose during the declines.