CNN’s Fear & Greed Index is a way to gauge stock market movements and whether stocks are fairly priced. The index uses seven market indicators to help answer the question: What emotion is driving the ...

The Cboe Volatility Index, also known as Wall Street's "fear gauge," was trading higher on Tuesday. The VIX measures expected near-term volatility by looking at the premiums that traders are willing ...

Investors may have already felt it, but market volatility this year has been much higher than the historical average. The Wells Fargo Investment Institute, which published a chart showing historical ...

Most experienced investors will agree that timing the market is difficult to do very well for very long. Eventually, you're just going to be thrown an unexpected curveball that unwinds all of your ...

Equity markets experienced significant volatility in the first half in 2025, highlighted by President Donald Trump’s April 2 declaration of “Liberation Day” and the sweeping imposition of blanket ...

Learn how the Ulcer Index measures downside risk through depth and duration of declines. Discover its calculation and ...

With U.S. equity volatility receding to below the five-year average of around 24 on the VXN (the CBOE NDX Volatility Index) after Q2 peak trade tariff concerns, markets became relatively complacent.

Market Volatility is a financial term that refers to the degree of fluctuation in the prices of securities, assets, or financial instruments within a specific market or across various markets over a ...

Investors of all types prepare for potential pullbacks differently than they prepare for bullishness. Namely, they're willing to pay a premium for options, which are an effective means of playing ...