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 ...

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 ...

The Cboe Volatility Index, or VIX, pushed higher as concerns over artificial-intelligence valuations and the Federal ...

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 ...

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 Cboe Volatility Index, better known as the VIX or Wall Street's "fear gauge," is on the rise once again on Thursday with ...

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 ...

The VIX by itself isn't predictive. It gains predictive value when its implied volatility is compared to actual market volatility. Moments when implied volatility exceeds real volatility by 10 units ...

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 ...

The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), also known as the “fear gauge” of the stock market, is near historic lows. Its average long-term reading is 19.6. Lately, the VIX has been touching closer to 12. Why ...

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 ...