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The Cboe Volatility Index, better known as the VIX or Wall Street's "fear gauge," has bounced back above 20 on Friday as ...

Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, EA, is an experienced financial consultant. She has a demonstrated history of working in both institutional and retail environments, from broker-dealers to ...

Stock investors and traders look for every subtle sign that can help them predict the future movements of stock prices. VIX and other volatility indices can help investors gauge market sentiment and ...

We explore the recent performance of the VIX to ascertain if its behavior has altered fundamentally and if the VIX is still a reliable proxy for implied volatility. Some attribute the low VIX to the ...

The situation looks much worse than it was back at the beginning of 2022, but VIX stays in the same place. S&P 500 Index looks overvalued at this point since there are lots of short-term risks. The ...

The S&P 500 VIX futures spiked over 5%. ・The economic calendar of the day is empty due to the ongoing government shutdown.

Discover how the Cboe SKEW Index assesses market volatility and perceived tail-risk in the S&P 500, despite its limitations as a predictive tool.

The last time U.S. stock market volatility started the year this low was in 2007, shortly before the subprime crisis hit. Before that, it was 1994, a year when the U.S. Federal Reserve shocked markets ...

What is Vix? We explain how the fear index could guide your investment decisions. Call options give you the right, but not the obligation, to buy a specific asset at a set price at a set time, while ...