Increasing volatility quickly followed by decreasing volatility: it’s the sort of thing that typically keeps Wall Street on edge. The early August selling was more extreme than usual, as measured by ...

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.

With the S & P 500 enduring a few sharp declines recently, today we'll review three key technical indicators that we're keeping a close eye on for potential warning signs of a bigger downturn. We'll ...

The concept of a Volatility Index (VIX) was first introduced by the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) in 1993. Originally, based on the S&P 100 index, it was revised in 2003 to track the S&P 500 ...

Equity volatility is diverging: single-stock implied vol trades at a big premium to index vol as AI drives winners/losers.