A gauge of volatility in the U.S. stock market was falling Friday, on pace for its biggest drop in three weeks. The Cboe ...

The stock market has been climbing despite rising geopolitical tensions after the U.S. captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás ...

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 ...

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 ...

TMC Research’s VIX Risk Indicator has fallen to -1.6, a four-month low, which suggests that stock market volatility is expected to be relatively subdued for the near term. The VIX Risk Indicator is a ...

Explore the VIX, the go-to index for tracking S&P 500 volatility. Learn about its calculation and impact on your investment ...

Stock market volatility peaked when the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) reached 52.3 on April 8, one of the highest readings since January 1990. The S&P 500 has typically skyrocketed during the year ...

Buy low, sell high. The trend is your friend. Sell in May and go away. Wall Street is teeming with familiar financial adages. But there’s one you may not have heard of: “When the VIX is high, it’s ...

Wall Street's fear gauge may not be so scary if you have an eye toward long-term investing. A key market fear indicator, the CBOE Volatility Index (^VIX), recently had its biggest three-day spike of ...

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 ...