With the Federal Reserve slated to lower rates in its upcoming meetings, many anticipate that one asset class likely to benefit from these adjustments is U.S. small-cap equities. Since the market ...

The CBOE Volatility Index, commonly known as the VIX, uses options prices to measure the anticipated 30-day volatility in the S&P 500. The VIX declined more than 50% during the 20-week period that ...

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 ...

Market uncertainty has been a prevalent theme of 2025, keeping volatility front and center within capital markets. Thus far, the defining volatility moment for the year occurred in April 2025, when ...

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 ...

The Cboe Volatility Index, also known as Wall Street’s fear gauge, fell 5.6% Monday to a 12-month low. The benchmark ended the day at 14.08, its lowest closing value since Dec. 13, 2024, according to ...

Market volatility spiked once again on renewed tariff threats from President Donald Trump. The volatility level represented by the CBOE Volatility Index, also known as the fear gauge, jumped 29.3% ...

The April futures contract on the Cboe Volatility Index expires Wednesday, and such events can prove "a fulcrum for risk," says Jonathan Krinsky, technical strategist at BTIG. The index is an ...