Cross-asset volatilities declined across the board on the back of President-elect Trump’s nomination of Scott Bessent to Treasury secretary. The VIX Index fell to 13.5 last Friday - its lowest level ...

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 ...

What it does: Tracks short-term VIX futures contracts. Why it matters now: The VIX has plummeted more than 65% since peaking in early April, leaving room for big upside potential if market jitters ...

The Cboe Volatility Index ( VIX) briefly climbed to a fresh year-to-date high in Tuesday morning trading as the AI tech-led market rout continued to rattle investor confidence at the start of the ...

・Earlier in 2025, the VIX Index reached its highest daily close since the COVID-19 pandemic at 52.33 on April 8 after U.S. President Donald Trump launched his ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs. ・Several ...

The CBOE VIX index, the option-derived measure of expected S&P 500 volatility that's known as Wall Street's fear gauge, has eased back slightly from the highs seen during the latest market sell-off.

Investors and traders alike have surely run across the Volatility Index, commonly referred to as the VIX, in headlines from time to time. Many are quick to overlook this valuable indicator since they ...

Market volatility is as low as we’ve seen in the last six months as measured by the CBOE Volatility (VIX) Index. VIX is a real-time index that represents the market expectation for near-term ...

Activity in the index options market suggests the anxiety surrounding the recent market swoon has dissipated significantly. The CBOE VIX index, an option-derived measure of expected S&P 500 volatility ...

Market uncertainty has been a prevalent theme of 2025, keeping volatility front and center within capital markets. Thus far, the defining volatility moment for the year occurred in April 2025, when ...

The VIX, or "fear gauge," measures expected stock market volatility over 30 days. A higher VIX suggests increased market stress and potential stock market declines. Stock market uncertainty from ...

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 ...