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27 Jun 2024

Major divergence spotted:

The VIX has been trending higher since mid-May. But even the SP500 has been moving higher. This is an anomaly. Source: Game of Trades

25 Jun 2024

Wow. The average S&P500 stock has been on average 4.5x as volatile as the broader index!

Chart: Goldman Sachs Source: Markets & Mayhem

24 Jun 2024

History shows an average 25% increase in volatility from July-Nov of election years...

Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT, BofA

4 Jun 2024

Low-volatility regimes can last longer than you think.

Source: Mark Ungewitter

23 May 2024

The return of volatility

Source: Bloomberg

22 May 2024

The death of volatility? VIX, VXN and VXTLT are all printing new recent lows, hitting levels not seen in years.

Source: Bloomberg, The Market Ear

10 May 2024

NO FEAR... CBOE Volatility Index $VIX closed at its lowest level since January 23!

Source: barchart

7 May 2024

$VVIX just made its lowest close in about 8 years

What is the Cboe VVIX Index? Volatility is often called a new asset class, and every asset class deserves its own volatility index. The Cboe VVIX IndexSM represents the expected volatility of the VIX®. VVIX derives the expected 30-day volatility of VIX by applying the VIX algorithm to VIX options. Source: Swordfishvegetable

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