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Volatility is the bane of many investors. Bumpy moves in your portfolio in response to market fluctuations can cause you to make emotionally driven mistakes in your investing, and that can cause you ...

Volatility arbitrage is a trading strategy that aims to profit by exploiting differences between forecasted and implied ...

Traders should prepare for heightened volatility as several key macroeconomic events approach. With significant economic reports and the Federal Reserve’s decision, implied volatility (IV) levels ...

Volatility influences options prices because dramatic price swings amplify gains and losses. While traders can’t look at a crystal ball to see how much volatility the market will endure, implied ...

Investors understand intuitively that some stocks are riskier than others. The capital asset pricing model attempts to quantify the common perception of risk using a term called beta. By understanding ...

While virtually no global market segment escaped the turmoil of the past year, US large cap equities were dealt a particularly sharp blow. As defensive industries have cycled into favor, the market ...