Tag: volatility index
What Does The Huge VIX Spike Mean For Stocks?
On Thursday, the S&P 500 dropped 1.18%, ending its streak of days without a 1% move (up or down) at 62 days in a...
Universal Collapse: Charts To Watch During The Summer Doldrums
With another 4th of July past, stocks now formally enter that wretchedly inert season known as "The Summer Doldrums". Ordinarily, this is the most...
World War V: When Will The Period of Zombie Volatility End?
The most covered market development of 2014 may be that there's hardly a market to cover, at all. As Ryan Detrick pointed out yesterday...
Volatility Nearing Multi-Year Lows: Signs Of Complacency?
It is difficult not to notice that volatility is getting crushed today. The Volatility Index (VIX) is nearing multi-year lows, which is in line...
When Stock Market Volatility Will Return (And What It’ll Look Like)
What is the S&P 500's best single-day performance of 2014, year-to-date? +1.55% or + 28.7 points to 1873.91 on March 4, presumably sparked by...
VIX Seasonality: May Likely To See Intra-Month Volatility
The month of May has tended to be a volatile month for the stock market. How volatile has it been? I was wondering myself,...
VIX Study: Volatility Index Subdued But Investors Remain Skittish
The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), also known as the Fear Index, is the key measure of market expectations of 30 day volatility of the...
September FOMC Is Here: Brace for Market Turbulence
All is quiet on the western front as the markets prepare for the results of the September FOMC meeting and ensuing Fed statement. Reality is,...
Using a VIX Call Spread as a Downside Hedge
I would like to discuss today another way to hedge your equity portfolio against a major move lower, albeit perhaps indirectly. And we can...
Three Reasons Not to Buy the Dip (Yet)
On Wednesday I said that this is the time Jesse Livermore would be heading south to go fishing after a decent run in stocks....
