Fear of Governments and Politicians Climb Rapidly as Euro Zone Worries Wane
While concerns about the U.S. fiscal cliff topped the VIX and More weekly fear poll for the seventh week in a row, the big story is that investors are increasingly more concerned about the governments...
View ArticleUnusual Twist in VIX Futures Term Structure as of Late
Even with the U.S. fiscal cliff grabbing all the headlines and keeping the VIX from dipping under 15, I still thought I might be able to trot out my annual series of posts on the holiday effect (or...
View ArticleFear Poll Respondents Focus on Fiscal Cliff, Dismissive of European Financial...
For the eighth week in a row, concerns about the U.S. fiscal cliff topped the VIX and More weekly fear poll. Fears related to excessive central bank intervention nudged out concerns related to...
View ArticleFiscal Cliff Continues to Top Fear Poll
In a week in which there appears to have been little progress in the U.S. fiscal cliff negotiations, investors continue to cite the fiscal cliff as the largest threat to the stock market in the VIX and...
View ArticleFiscal Cliff Widens Lead as #1 Investor Concern
Extending a recent trend, the U.S. fiscal cliff topped the list of investor threats to the stock market for the tenth consecutive week in the VIX and More weekly fear poll. Fears associated with...
View ArticleJust a Change of Venue? (Fears About U.S. Deficit/Debt Ceiling Replacing...
With the U.S. fiscal cliff negotiations going down to the wire, it is not surprising that fears related to the fiscal cliff topped the list of investor threats to the stock market for the eleventh week...
View ArticleThe Year in VIX and Volatility (2012)
Every year I assemble a chart that is my retrospective look at the year in volatility. While 2012 was the first year since 2006 that the VIX failed to make it out of the 20s, this was not due to an...
View ArticleInvestor Fears Pivot to U.S. Deficit and Debt Ceiling Following Cliff Deal
Just one week after Democrats and Republicans cobbled together a last-minute fiscal cliff deal, investors turned their focus to the next battleground in the fiscal crisis, tabbing the U.S. deficit and...
View ArticleLowest VIX Close Since Day Before Biggest VIX Spike Ever
I’m generally not one for sensationalist headlines, fear-mongering or otherwise stirring up trouble unnecessarily, but when facts line up in a manner that I know others will find interesting, I do feel...
View ArticleWas the VIX Too Low in 2013? No…
There was a time when investors would generally fret about the VIX being “too high” and the resulting possibility that there was some sort of unseen threat to the financial markets that was not showing...
View ArticleThe Year in VIX and Volatility (2013)
This is the sixth year in a row I have offered a retrospective look at the year in VIX and Volatility, which is my attempt to cram the highlights of the year in volatility onto one graphic with a...
View ArticleThe Year in VIX and Volatility (2014)
This is the seventh year in a row I have offered a retrospective look at the year in VIX and Volatility, which is my attempt to cram some of the highlights of the year in volatility onto one eye chart...
View ArticleVIX and More Fear Poll for September 2015
Which of the following makes you most fearful, anxious or uncertain about the stock market?…
View ArticleChina Growth and Market Structural Integrity Top List of Fear Poll Concerns
After a hiatus of almost a year (the October 2014 pullback, to be exact), I have reprised the VIX and More Fear Poll in an attempt to get some insight into which issues have been responsible for bring...
View ArticleThe Year in VIX and Volatility (2014)
This is the seventh year in a row I have offered a retrospective look at the year in VIX and Volatility, which is my attempt to cram some of the highlights of the year in volatility onto one eye chart...
View ArticleChina Growth and Market Structural Integrity Top List of Fear Poll Concerns
After a hiatus of almost a year (the October 2014 pullback, to be exact), I have reprised the VIX and More Fear Poll in an attempt to get some insight into which issues have been responsible for bring...
View ArticleVIX Sets New Record with Nine Up Days in a Row
Over the course of the past few days I have been tracking the slow grind upward in the VIX on Twitter, noting that it had been up seven, eight and eventually nine (as of Friday) days in a row. As the...
View ArticleVIX Sets New Record with Nine Up Days in a Row
Over the course of the past few days I have been tracking the slow grind upward in the VIX on Twitter, noting that it had been up seven, eight and eventually nine (as of Friday) days in a row. As the...
View ArticleTop VIX Crushes in History
Yesterday’s sharp downward move in the VIX gave me a reason to tweet that the volatility crush as seen in the SPX and VIX was among the top 25 in history. Upward pressure on the VIX toward the end of...
View ArticleTop VIX Crushes in History
Yesterday’s sharp downward move in the VIX gave me a reason to tweet that the volatility crush as seen in the SPX and VIX was among the top 25 in history. Upward pressure on the VIX toward the end of...
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