The stock market's strong rally on Monday was accompanied by sharply declining volatility gauges, notes Michael Kramer at Mott Capital Management. The chart illustrates the Cboe Volatility index, or ...

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 ...

Wild swings and big moves aren’t just confined to equities anymore. The MOVE index, which tracks vol in the market for options on Treasury notes and bonds, just spiked above 137. That puts it at the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Learn how using historical data, instead of standard deviation, offers a more accurate assessment of stock volatility and risk management strategies.

The thesis for this article is already captured in the title. In the subsequent sections, I will argue why the combination of elevated P/E ratios for the overall equity market and muted level of ...

Despite talk of the great rotation out of growth and technology and into value and defensive areas, the Nasdaq 100 is only ...