Buy low, sell high. The trend is your friend. Sell in May and go away. Wall Street is teeming with familiar financial adages. But there’s one you may not have heard of: “When the VIX is high, it’s ...

The VIX, or "fear gauge," measures expected stock market volatility over 30 days. A higher VIX suggests increased market stress and potential stock market declines. Stock market uncertainty from ...

TMC Research’s VIX Risk Indicator has fallen to -1.6, a four-month low, which suggests that stock market volatility is expected to be relatively subdued for the near term. The VIX Risk Indicator is a ...

Please Note: Blog posts are not selected, edited or screened by Seeking Alpha editors. The VIX index, a measure of anticipated market VOLATILITY or UNCERTAINTY, gets labeled the "fear index" and ...

Capital at risk. The value of your investments can go up and down, and you may get back less than you invest. The financial world has been awash this year with stories of volatile stock markets ...

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 and traders alike have surely run across the Volatility Index, commonly referred to as the VIX, in headlines from time to time. Many are quick to overlook this valuable indicator since they ...