The last significant increase in volatility occurred last spring, when Trump shocked the world with huge tariffs on U.S.

As the S&P 500 has been reaching new highs on a regular basis, it is understandable if low volatility stocks have not been at the top of investors’ minds. Over the past 12 months, the S&P 500 Low ...

This strategy has had a good track record. During the trailing 15- and 10-year periods through March 2016, this fund's underlying index generated about 400 basis points of annualized outperformance ...

Cboe Global Markets, the world’s leading derivatives and securities exchange network, and S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI), the world’s leading index provider, announced plans to launch the Cboe S&P ...

Small-cap stocks are generally more volatile than their larger counterparts, but they should still have a place in a well-diversified portfolio. More risk-averse investors looking for exposure to ...

Action Alerts PLUS co-portfolio manager Bob Lang explained how the CBOE Volatility Index, or the Vix, can be used to help predict both market rallies and market selloffs. J.D. DURKIN: Bob, you've also ...

Fundamentally, trading is about analyzing the supply and demand of a security (asset which can be traded), such as stocks, commodities, or Forex pairs. A trader then makes decisions to purchase or ...

Option buyers should be wary when implied volatility appears to be running much higher than historical Today we are taking a closer look at volatility -- specifically, what it means when there is an ...

Today we are taking a closer look at volatility -- specifically, what it means when there is an abundance or lack of volatility, as well as the two primary types of volatility each options trader must ...