Is Rising Stock Market Volatility Bullish?
When stocks go up volatility goes down and vice versa. While this historically inverse relationship plays out most of the time, there’s been a significant disconnect…
When stocks go up volatility goes down and vice versa. While this historically inverse relationship plays out most of the time, there’s been a significant disconnect…
Rising stock market volatility on the heels of rising stock prices is among the most intriguing market developments over the past few months. And it’s…
Reader poll: What’s among the most depressed asset classes in the world? If you answered “volatility” you’re right on! The problem for volatility bulls (NYSEARCA:VXX)…
If you think the stock market is a volatile place, you ought to get a load of ETFs that use leverage. From Oct. 10 to…
One week after the VIX (ChicagoOptions:^VIX) spiked to 30, Wall Street’s Kool-Aid drunks are back to saying that stock market volatility is over. It’s done.…
It’s been three years since the last significant stock market decline. The 19% slide from April 2011 to October 2011 stoked fear, but still missed…
Never mind which company Bill Gross is working at this week. The talking heads on Wall Street have been ranting about the bursting of the…
One of the most dominant narratives today is that stock market volatility has gone completely away and is never returning. Is it true? A research…
Is pessimism about the stock market really as high as equity bulls claim? One measure of the stock market’s mood is the Investor’s Intelligence Sentiment…
Has 2014 stock market volatility really gone the way of dodo birds and dinosaurs as claimed? The news du jour is that falling VIX means…
Is stock market volatility rising or falling? For most of this year, stock market volatility has actually outperformed the stock market itself. But for whatever reason,…
Is another surge in stock market fear and volatility ahead? Will you be ready when it happens? “Public psychology is the most important single factor…
Like a sleeping giant, stock market volatility can hibernate, but it never goes away. Right now, the giant is showing signs of awakening and whether…
“Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses…
Here’s your “lost decade” update: The S&P 500 (ChicagoOptions:^GSPC) has risen nine out of the past 10 years and in 2013 just posted its best…