Tag: volatility index

In my blog last night I looked at the VIX Volatility Index INDEXCBOE: VIX Ahead of a weekend, where more protests both peaceful and violent...

If you did not get a chance to read my blog on the 1960’s from June 2nd, please consider doing so.  Just when the stock...

Key Stock Market Takeaways: -  Strength that fails to overcome weakness can lack follow through -  Evidence suggests bear market has run its course -  Additional breadth thrusts can fuel...

A warning does not necessarily have to become a full-blown sign to head for the exits. But it is, nevertheless, a warning. The last time I...

Stocks are rallying today on the hope of a substantial fiscal stimulus bill successively navigating the halls of Congress. While the S&P 500 Index INDEXSP:...

The S&P 500 Index surged 6% Tuesday, which was its biggest up day in percentage terms since 2009. With Tuesday's move again exceeding 4%, a...

The volatility today is crazy. No other way to put it. It's not that we haven't seen similar in other periods of history /...

The collapse in oil prices over the weekend added uncertainty coming into this week. And the stock market seems to be focused on what...

Financial markets remain in a reactive mode. Tensions between Russia and Saudi Arabia over oil production are exacerbating uncertainties over the economic effects of...

Last week saw stocks fall sharply, as the VIX Volatility Index rose above 40 and the S&P 500 Index had (and others) had its...