The Dow Jones Industrial Average just alternated 1% moves up and down for 4 days in a row – just the 17th such stretch in…
Tagged Volatility
VIX Trips From 37 to 20 Have Been All-Or-Nothing For Stocks
Everyone knows that spikes in the S&P 500 Volatility Index, a.k.a. “VIX”, are associated with distress in the equity markets. The recent August decline in…
Volatility Of Volatility Flies Off The Charts
The Volatility Index of the VIX just crushed its previous record high. We’ve spent the week pointing out some of the eye-opening readings dished out…
For The VIX, It’s All About The Recovery
The faster VIX spikes are retraced, the better. (Correction made in the levels stated in the 2nd to last paragraph at 12:35 CST on 7/2/2015.)…
European Investors (Over?-)Prepared For Volatility
We were desperately hoping to make it through this “crisis” season without a single mention of the word Greece. Alas, it was not to be as…
A Record “Close But No Cigar” Streak For Stocks
If it feels like stocks have been hanging near their highs for a long time without being able to break out, you aren’t imagining things.…
Are Stocks Due For A Big Move?
With last month’s failed (so far) breakout in the U.S. equity market, stocks are relegated once again to range-bound status. Essentially the market has gone…
U.S. Stocks Still Spinning Their Wheels
We have spent quite a bit of ink in this blog recently covering various aspects, and potential implications of the ongoing range in the U.S.…
Despite Range Bound Market, Stock Volatility Expanding
In a post last week, we discussed the recent uptick in stock market volatility as measured by the number of 1% up and down days…
S&P 500 & VIX Both At Highs: Who Blinks?
We have written quite a bit about the behavior in the volatility indexes of late due to their noteworthy and in some cases, peculiar, behavior.…