The S&P 500 (^GSPC) surged 2.3% on Thursday, marking the biggest daily gain for the index so far in 2024. Just three days earlier, the S&P 500 registered its biggest single-day loss of 2024.

Investors may have already felt it, but market volatility this year has been much higher than the historical average. The Wells Fargo Investment Institute, which published a chart showing historical ...

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 ...

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 ...

Long VIX Futures ETF is a Buy, viewing it as a tactical trading tool amid heightened geopolitical and economic risks. Read ...

VXX is not suitable for long-term holding due to high roll costs and poor performance; it's only viable for short-term hedging. Market complacency is high, but historical data suggests significant ...

Bitcoin BTC $80,191.09 volatility bulls may soon get their wish because seasonal patterns in Cboe's Volatility Index (VIX) suggest Wall Street is poised for increased turbulence. The VIX measures the ...

The S&P 500 is nearing two key resistance levels that could give way to more volatility and selling. The index's rally faces challenges at the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Potential market ...

The Cboe Volatility Index (known as the "VIX") measures the market's expectation of volatility over the next 30 days as implied by a weighted strip of S & P 500 Index options. When investors are ...

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has sometimes been referred to as "digital gold," suggesting that it can be a safe haven type of investment, and that it can help hedge against volatility in the stock market.

The primary determinant of put and call option premiums is implied volatility, or the price variance the market expects over a coming period. The VIX index is a compilation of the implied volatility ...