For years, I’ve believed that volatility is the primary driver of investment. It’s an inarticulate encapsulation of a capital markets theory, but when all the rhetoric is boiled away, volatility ...

Volatility is back towards the lowest levels we have seen in 2025 with the VIX Index closing at 16.28 yesterday. When volatility is low, options become cheaper, so today we’re looking for stocks with ...

The first weeks of April brought heightened market turbulence, driven largely by intensifying tariff discussions and shifts in Treasury supply expectations. Both bond and equity markets responded ...

It's not just the stock market but also the bond market that is exhibiting low volatility, according to the widely followed MOVE index. That index is at its lowest level since the Fed in 2022 began ...

Here I delve into the idea of investor complacency and show how my complacency indicator works. It has helped me to avoid some of the pain associated with markets turning bullish to bearish.

Trade tensions are ratcheting up Wall Street’s fear gauge. The CBOE Market Volatility Index soared 32% in Friday trading after President Trump posted on social media that he is considering "a massive ...