It is common for individual stock volatility to exceed index volatility. Diversification naturally dampens aggregate movement ...

Apollo Global Management’s chief economist, Torsten Slok, highlighted a growing divergence in equity market volatility, noting that single-stock implied volatility continues to trade at a historically ...

Stocks are volatile. That much is understood by most investors, but what exactly is volatility and how is it measured for the overall stock market? You may have seen references to something called the ...

Implied volatilities spiked across asset classes last week as the Iran conflict escalated, with oil prices jumping over 35%.

With U.S. equity volatility receding to below the five-year average of around 24 on the VXN (the CBOE NDX Volatility Index) after Q2 peak trade tariff concerns, markets became relatively complacent.

The U.S. stock market is poised to be kept on edge next year as investors are caught between fear of missing out on the artificial-intelligence rally and concern that it’s a bubble just waiting to ...

Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, EA, is an experienced financial consultant. She has a demonstrated history of working in both institutional and retail environments, from broker-dealers to ...

Investors of all types prepare for potential pullbacks differently than they prepare for bullishness. Namely, they're willing to pay a premium for options, which are an effective means of playing ...

Volatility forecasting is a key component of modern finance, used in asset allocation, risk management, and options pricing. Investors and traders rely on precise volatility models to optimize ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Wall Street has exhibited heightened volatility in recent weeks, with the major indices displaying significant swings. The uncertainty surrounding Trump’s trade tariff policies and escalating US-China ...