If you follow the stock market, you know what the VIX is. It's the volatility index. But here's something you may not know: the VIX is about to face some competition - and with good reason.
Today, I want to take a closer look at what volatility is, show you exactly what the VIX does (and doesn't do), and tell you why now's the perfect time for a new, more modern approach to how we track volatility.
If you follow the stock market, you know what the VIX is. It's the volatility index. But here's something you may not know: the VIX is about to face some competition - and with good reason.
Today, I want to take a closer look at what volatility is, show you exactly what the VIX does (and doesn't do), and tell you why now's the perfect time for a new, more modern approach to how we track volatility.
Predicting market performance in any given year is a lot like predicting heavyweight fights; you assess each fighter's history, weigh it against their opponent, read the "tale of the tape," and put your money down on the line.
For 2016, my market prediction is the same as Mr. T's Clubber Lang from "Rocky III": Pain!
Asset classes and markets all over the world will get a heaping helping of extreme volatility.
Here's why 2016 will be so volatile, and what to do.
For the past month, stock market volatility - the extreme swings in stock prices and market indexes - has unnerved investors.
In one 10-day span, the Standard & Poor's 500 index shed 11% - then rose 6.5%. And on Aug. 24, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 1,000 points before recovering.
Here are five reasons stock market volatility has been so high lately....
U.S. markets this week have painted the perfect picture of volatility. But exactly what does stock market volatility mean for investors?
Put simply, volatility is the amount of uncertainty about the size of changes in the stock market.
At the end of 2014, we predicted that the coming year would be defined by extreme market chaos. Shah actually called it "the perfect storm of volatility" in his first investor briefing of the year.
Now that volatility is here with a vengeance.
On Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average alone dived more than 1,000 points, then surged 900 points... only to drop more than 400 points again. That's a story that repeated itself on indexes worldwide.
The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index (VIX) surged to a six-year high of 53.29 until volatility swamped the quoting system.
After seven down days in a row, the markets roared back Monday and appeared to erase last week's sharp declines.
Now, Monday's action looked impressive by any measure... but the "green" chart I'm about to show you told me that we were looking at something other than the start of a sustainable rally.
And just as I thought, the markets headed lower again yesterday.
Market volatility has been rampant. Last week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average saw triple-digit gains or losses on four out of five trading days.
Volatility will continue in coming months as investors grapple with economic data and try to gauge when the U.S. Federal Reserve will raise interest rates.
We've got a great tool tailor-made to turn market volatility to your advantage. Because the waters have been a little choppy lately, to say the least.
This is a tool relatively unknown to most investors. And it's perfect for today's market.
Here's how to conquer volatility - and cash in - with this one simple move...
Market volatility is going to be extreme - that was my prediction for 2015.
With the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeting more than 300 points yesterday and oil below $50 for the first time since April 2009, now's the time to act.
We're going to be riding the market seesaw, folks, and profiting the whole time. Here's how...
Market volatility is back with a vengeance. The triple-digit moves in the Dow Jones Industrial Average we're seeing almost daily are telling us that markets are very nervous.
Investors are jumping out because they don't want to get caught in a correction, and they're jumping back in because they don't want to miss the next leg up. However, things aren't exactly what they seem to be.
Here’s the truth about the new volatility…
During my 30 years as an investor, I've developed five tools that demonstrate how to profit from market volatility. And today I want to share them with you.
With the Nasdaq Composite Index - and tech stocks in general - going through a turbulent stretch of their own, these five rules will help keep you from making mistakes.
You literally can't afford not to read this...
The stock market today fell more than 50 points in the first 10 minutes of trading, with the Dow dipping below 15,000.
June has been a volatile month for U.S. equities with the Dow experiencing 15 triple-digit moves out of 18 sessions.
As we start the final trading day of the month, which is also the last of the second quarter, expect heavy volume and wild swings.
As Business Insider pointed out yesterday, in the last five seconds of the trading day at the end of the month, or quarter, traders brace for what can best be described as intensely insane trading.
The following chart, with blue diamonds representing the end of the month and red ones representing the end of a quarter, shows the dramatic increase in E-mini trades (S&P futures contracts) that transpire at the close of trading at the end of the month, or quarter, compared to E-mini trades at the close of a regular trading session.
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