Oil-price volatility from the Iran war is upending stock, bond and gold correlations, boosting hybrid options.

If you look at plain vanilla dividend ETFs that simply hold stocks and avoid complex derivatives strategies, the yield ceiling tends to be fairly modest. Even if you screen aggressively for high-yield ...

The stock market's realized volatility is at extremely low levels, signaling limited downside and a likely reversal higher soon. Short-term volatility metrics suggest a historical pattern that often ...

NEW YORK, Feb. 5, 2018 — A trader works at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, the United States, on Feb. 5, 2018. U.S. stocks closed sharply lower on Monday, with the Dow plummeting 4.60 percent ...

Volatility refers to the degree of variation in the price or value of an asset, security, or market over a specific period, typically measured by the standard deviation or variance of returns. It ...

On Friday afternoon, the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) was down a steep 11%, signaling a cooling of market fear. But for traders who thrive on volatility, the real action lies in the ETFs that track and ...

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 ...

The S&P 500 index SPX looks to be searching for some direction, but the SPX chart is still in a bullish uptrend. There are several support levels for the benchmark index: 6,340 (last week's low); ...

Market volatility isn’t just a challenge for investors – it’s an opportunity for advisors to demonstrate their value. When uncertainty shakes client confidence, your ability to provide clarity, ...

Pair traders hunting for an edge might want to focus on a little-known gauge tied to bitcoin BTC $74,042.60 and the S&P 500. That gauge is the spread between Volmex’s BVIV – the 30-day implied ...