Stock market volatility peaked when the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) reached 52.3 on April 8, one of the highest readings since January 1990. The S&P 500 has typically skyrocketed during the year ...

Wall Street's fear gauge may not be so scary if you have an eye toward long-term investing. A key market fear indicator, the CBOE Volatility Index (^VIX), recently had its biggest three-day spike of ...

Speculators' net short positions at three-year high, which some interpret as a sign of imminent turbulence or market reversal (CFTC/Bloomberg) Short bets by hedge funds on the so-called fear index, ...

News of an easing of U.S.-China trade tensions has not only added another leg up for the stock market but it's finally notably impacted an important indicator of market angst. The Cboe Volatility ...

Although stocks have been the top-performing asset class over the last century, based on average annual return, this doesn't mean the stock market moves from Point A to B in a straight line -- and the ...

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 ...

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 ...

There has been a lot of talk recently about whether the VIX is the tail wagging the dog, and I thought I would chime in on the subject. The CBOE Volatility Index has clearly seen a lot of strange ...

Forget the Fed speakers and trade headlines – real bottoms are often written in volatility. In an exclusive interview with Benzinga, Jake Behan, head of Capital Markets at Direxion, said investors ...

CNN’s Fear & Greed Index is a way to gauge stock market movements and whether stocks are fairly priced. The index uses seven market indicators to help answer the question: What emotion is driving the ...

The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) is currently 14% below the record high it reached earlier this year. The decline started when President Donald Trump announced tariffs on goods from China, Canada, and ...