Volatility

The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) tumbled over 12% on Monday to around 17.88, erasing most of last week's surge and fueling a swift rally in ETFs designed to profit when fear fades. In typical market irony, ETFs set up to benefit from decreasing levels of fear are turning the tables on last week...

August just kicked off and volatility wasted no time crashing the party, as Wall Street's favorite fear gauge logged its biggest daily jump in months—and it might not be done yet. SPY ETF is rising fast. Check the chart here. If you’ve been around markets long enough, you know summer doesn...

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to reflect the accurate drop in the SWBI stock. U.S. futures were trading lower on Friday after a day’s break on Thursday. Futures of major benchmark indices were trading lower. Investors stayed on edge due to the continuing Iran-Israel...

Fundstrat’s Tom Lee has been betting on a “new bull market” following the spike in the volatility gauge in April, while another analyst believes that it is the “TACO” trade that is fueling the “run it hot” optimism in the market. What Happened: According to...

In a market whipsawed by AI hype, tariff fears and geopolitical headlines, today's traders are not committing – they're swiping right on volatility and moving fast. The most active market participants are increasingly using leveraged and inverse ETFs to play quick, high-conviction moves...

The S&P 500 has given a 17.9% median return each time the CBOE Volatility Index has fallen from over 50 to the 30 level. Analysts highlight historical trends showing how volatility cycles lead to advances in the S&P 500 index. What Happened: According to Jason Goepfert, a consultant at...

Forget the Fed speakers and trade headlines – real bottoms are often written in volatility. In an exclusive interview with Benzinga, Jake Behan, head of Capital Markets at Direxion, said investors seeking to time market turning points amid recession or tariff-driven turmoil should look to...

After reporting better-than-expected first quarter results, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE:GS) highlighted in its earnings call that the bank navigated the market volatility with record equity revenue and warned about “material risks” to the U.S. and global economies amid the ongoing...

The CBOE Volatility Index, also known as the “fear gauge,” has spiked over the last few days, raising investor concerns about the direction in which the stock market is headed. These analysts identify historical patterns of the VIX spike similar to the Global Financial Crisis and the...

The CBOE VIX, which is also known as the volatility index or the fear gauge, zoomed 39.56% to close at 30.02 on Thursday following the tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump. What Happened: According to Charlie Bilello, the chief market strategist at Creative Planning, the VIX index closed at...

The momentum trade just hit a wall and the unwind has been nothing short of brutal. JPMorgan analysts Dubravko Lakos-Bujas, Arun Jain and Bhupinder Singh note that the sharp reversal in momentum has erased two years of gains in just three weeks – one of the fastest unwinds in four decades....

Editor’s Note: The headline has been corrected to clarify VYLD’s description. JP Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) has launched the Inverse VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (NYSE:VYLD), which is set to benefit if market volatility decreases. This was a bold (and somewhat contrarian) move,...

Market volatility has been most notable over the past few weeks, leading investors and advisors to reevaluate risk management. One part of the ETF space that has drawn more interest is buffered ETFs, with special attention on the TrueShares Structured Outcome (August) ETF (BATS:AUGZ). This outcome...

Space exploration company Intuitive Machines Inc. (NASDAQ:LUNR) has demonstrated high price volatility this year, dwarfing even Bitcoin’s (CRYPTO: BTC) fluctuations. What happened: The stock has been on a roller-coaster ride in 2024, with headline-driven price action dictating its course....

Investors, brace yourselves for the rollercoaster that is September and October. But before hitting the panic button, BlackRock managing director Gargi Pal Chaudhuri offers reassurance, urging that investors not be alarmed by near-term volatility in U.S. equity markets. In a recent CNBC interview,...