Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dan Irvine is an investment manager covering market trends. Volatility, a measure of an asset's price fluctuations around its mean ...

A rising VIX Index alongside rising equities is a prompt to consider your own exposure and understand the current volatility ...

The stock market's volatility gauge is signaling a trough in the S&P 500. Futures for the CBOE Volatility Index indicated more uncertainty about the near term than longer term. Such backwardation is ...

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 ...

The VIX, or "fear gauge," measures expected stock market volatility over 30 days. A higher VIX suggests increased market stress and potential stock market declines. Stock market uncertainty from ...

(Bloomberg) -- A tense US presidential election, wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, European governments falling apart: Despite a flurry of risk events, equity volatility is heading for its lowest ...

For years, sophisticated traders reaped huge returns through bets that would pay off if the Cboe Volatility index, known as the VIX of Wall Street’s “fear gauge,” declined. The trade had been a steady ...

The Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X ETF (SOXS) offers 3X leveraged inverse exposure to the semiconductor sector, ...

Stocks: Real-time U.S. stock quotes reflect trades reported through Nasdaq only; comprehensive quotes and volume reflect trading in all markets and are delayed at least 15 minutes. International stock ...

Options traders are scoring big amid the volatility. Robinhood reports record spike in options buying and selling. In this article While just about everyone holding stocks has taken losses in the last ...

CME Group plans to launch Bitcoin Volatility futures on June 1, pending CFTC approval. The product will allow traders to bet on or hedge Bitcoin ...