Tag: CBOE Volatility Index
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What’s next for markets after aborted mutiny leaves Russia’s Putin weakened
[ad_1] Investors will start the week nervously sorting through the aftermath of a short-lived rebellion by the mercenary Wagner Group that’s seen leaving Russian President Vladimir Putin weakened. “As Monday’s global markets are set to begin trading, investors are laser-focused on whether the short-lived Russia insurrection was only the beginning of a much deeper thunderbolt…
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Investors increasingly expect U.S. stock-market rally to continue as bears finally surrender
[ad_1] Amateur and professional investors alike are finally warming to the idea that U.S. stocks can continue to climb higher during the months ahead. All it took, it seems, was a rise of more than 20% off the S&P 500’s SPX, +0.93% October lows, the threshold need to end its longest stint in bear-market territory…
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U.S. stocks end higher, S&P 500 books longest weekly win streak since August 2022 after bear-market exit
[ad_1] U.S. stocks ended slightly higher Friday, with the S&P 500 index edging up after technically exiting bear-market territory a day earlier. All three major U.S. stock indexes booked small weekly gains, as investors await the Federal Reserve’s policy decision on interest rates. How stock indexes traded The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.13% rose…
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A new bull market in stocks? Thank the VIX, says Fundstrat’s Tom Lee
[ad_1] The S&P 500 index exited a bear market on Thursday, while a closely watched gauge of stock-market volatility dropped to a more-than-three-year low. Those two things are related, says Fundstrat Global Advisors founder Tom Lee. The Cboe Volatility Index VIX, +1.25%, an options-derived measure of expected volatility in the S&P 500 over the coming…
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As Fed pause, debt tussle collide, shelter in these stocks, says strategist
[ad_1] May is kicking off with a deal for First Republic Bank, though there’s no real celebrating across Wall Street. That’s as investors face a week full of potentially market-moving events — a Fed meeting, jobs data, Apple earnings and ongoing debt ceiling negotiations. We’re also coming off the highest level since February for the…
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Stock market’s ‘fear’ gauge hits nearly 18-month low. Why aren’t debt-ceiling, recession and banking fears taking a bigger toll?
[ad_1] What, me worry? A U.S. debt-ceiling showdown, recession fears and renewed banking jitters didn’t get stock-market investors worked up this week. Major indexes ended April on a positive note, while the Cboe Volatility Index VIX, a closely watched measure of expected stock-market volatility sometimes referred to as Wall Street’s “fear gauge,” closed Friday at…
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Bitcoin might benefit from U.S. debt ceiling concerns, analysts say
[ad_1] The uncertainty around whether the U.S. will raise its debt ceiling before it is hit in coming months has started to rattle some financial markets as it did in 2011, but it might provide a bullish case for bitcoin, according to analysts at crypto investment company NYDIG. The deadline to raise the U.S. debt…