Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Investors who want to get a read on stock market sentiment can turn to the CBOE Volatility Index, or VIX, to interpret patterns of ...

Miranda Marquit has been covering personal finance, investing and business topics for almost 15 years. She has contributed to numerous outlets, including NPR, Marketwatch, U.S. News & World Report and ...

As we emerge from the pandemic, we do so having changed profoundly in light of the experiences of the past two years. Capital markets are no different. They, too, have emerged quite different than ...

Volatility is a fascinating topic primarily because change is constant, but the rate of change is not. This year has been fraught with adjustments in capital markets. The most significant changes have ...

Statistically, volatility is related to the movement of both positive returns and negative returns. In the context of the equity markets, volatility is often discussed when stocks decline. When they ...

Supercharged by the coronavirus pandemic, supply chain bottlenecks, high inflation, a scorching hot labor market, and aggressive interest-rate hikes, the Morningstar US Market Index—a proxy for the ...

The Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) ended April with a 15.7% monthly gain. It was the largest monthly move (either direction) in more than a decade. Into the second week of May, NDX has tacked on another 4.5% ...

Option buyers should be wary when implied volatility appears to be running much higher than historical Today we are taking a closer look at volatility -- specifically, what it means when there is an ...

The Cboe Volatility Index, or VIX, is a benchmark that measures the expected future volatility of the S&P 500 index. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising ...