Miranda Marquit has been covering personal finance, investing and business topics for almost 15 years. She has contributed to numerous outlets, including NPR, Marketwatch, U.S. News & World Report and ...

The Cboe Volatility Index, or VIX, is a benchmark used to measure the expected future volatility of the S&P 500 index. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising ...

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 ...

Stock investors and traders look for every subtle sign that can help them predict the future movements of stock prices. VIX and other volatility indices can help investors gauge market sentiment and ...

Stocks are volatile. That much is understood by most investors, but what exactly is volatility and how is it measured for the overall stock market? You may have seen references to something called the ...

A tense US presidential election, wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, European governments falling apart: Despite a flurry of risk events, equity volatility is heading for its lowest annual average ...

A trader snapped up call options tied to the Cboe Volatility Index, positioning for a pickup in stock market swings within the next month. A trader bought about 250,000 call contracts on the VIX Index ...

The investment community seems to be okay with risk tolerance at the moment as Wall Street’s benchmark averages flirt with all-time trading highs and levels in the S&P VIX Index (VIX) have now dropped ...

A continued downward move in volatility levels persisted on Thursday as Wall Street's benchmark averages (COMP:IND) (SP500) (DJI) climbed after the latest retail sales and jobless claims data.