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 ...

Given the market volatility that ensued, the week following President Trump's Liberation Day (April 2nd) announcement will likely be well-remembered by most in the years to come. To the surprise of ...

Stocks are volatile. That much is understood by most investors, but what exactly is volatility and how is it measured for the overall stock market? You may have seen references to something called the ...

Hint: it wasn't during the global financial crisis. Société Générale's Jitesh Kumar took a look at some historic data on implied volatility and found that a precursor to the Cboe Volatility Index ...

Sometimes, experiences in the stock market may feel like a long, unpredictable road trip through Texas: One minute, it’s bumper-to-bumper chaos, and in the thick of it, using your blinkers may even be ...

The VIX is on a streak of trading below 20 The S&P 500 Index (SPX) has been in a steady uptrend for several months now. Naturally, this has led to a subdued CBOE Volatility Index (VIX). In case you’re ...

Listen and subscribe to Stocks in Translation on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you find your favorite podcasts. Thursday marks the one-month anniversary of the Aug. 5 "yen shock" — a ...

Traders are the least concerned about wild stock market swings since before the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a key gauge of options values. The Cboe Volatility Index, which measures the 30-day ...

SVOL typically shorts between 20% and 30% of its portfolio across the VIX futures term structure, greatly limiting downside risk compared to other products with more exposure. SVOL allocates 2% to 4% ...

VIX is likely to rise over at least the next two months. The U.S. election will be a main short term catalyst. The Fed is still on track to raise rates in December. The dollar index and Russia are ...

In a mid-June Barchart article on the VIX index, I wrote: The turbulent economic and geopolitical landscapes could cause the stock market to fall in the blink of an eye. Given the range since 2008 and ...

The CBOE VIX index is 13.1, its lowest since July, as investors show they are sanguine about stocks at record highs. The measure, known as Wall Street's fear gauge, is derived form the cost of options ...