The CBOE Volatility Index (^VIX) has been spiking again this week. Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre, who also hosts Yahoo Finance's Stocks in Translation podcast, explains what's ...

Schroders’ Sebastian Mullins and Ben Arnold on why selectivity, not calm markets, is driving opportunity today.

October is winding down, and while investors braced for volatility this month, they got off relatively easy. From its MTD high (at the time) on 10/9 to its intraday low on 10/10, the S&P 500’s maximum ...

Volatility is a statistical measure of the amount an asset’s price changes during a given period of time. It has become a popular way of assessing how risky an asset is – the higher the level of ...

Market volatility has a way of feeling personal. One week, your investment portfolio looks steady; the next, it’s down, headlines are loud, and every conversation sounds like a prediction. That ...

The grinding market price action over the past trading week is mainly attributable to seasonal year-end implied volatility selling during the holiday-shortened trading week. The one thing the rally is ...

Within global financial frameworks, there must be predictability and precision, and these have become important considerations, especially when institutions are dealing with large sums of money that ...

If you're an investor, ask yourself: What's the first thing that comes to mind when I say the word "volatility"? Chances are your brain just flashed an image of red numbers on a stock-return page. Yes ...

Bitcoin’s 30-day realized volatility has fallen to the 1st percentile of its entire history, a condition that has preceded every relevant price move in the past. This level of compression represents a ...