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 ...

These alternative ETFs can help investors express a view on market volatility, but beware of tax complications and high fees.

If you bought ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (CBOE:UVXY) a year ago hoping to ride the next panic, your account ...

Thomas J Catalano is a CFP and Registered Investment Adviser with the state of South Carolina, where he launched his own financial advisory firm in 2018. Thomas' experience gives him expertise in a ...

The S&P 500 topped on Jan. 4 of last year, which was just the second trading day of 2022. Since then, the S&P has entered a painful decline as growth investors got wiped out and tech stocks plunged ...

The most widely followed gauge of market fear and uncertainty crossed a key threshold on Friday as investors continued to ...

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 ...

Stocks are volatile. That much is understood by most investors, but what exactly is volatility and how is it measured for the overall stock market? You may have seen references to something called the ...

Dispersion, a measure of how widely returns and volatility are distributed, has peaked prior to "violent churns" in the S&P ...

The CBOE Volatility Index, commonly known as the VIX or the “fear gauge” of the stock market, has experienced a notable upswing recently, reaching levels not seen in over five months. This surge in ...

I hear it all the time with the volatility index (VIX): 'the indicator is broken' or 'it doesn't work properly'. Indicators such as the VIX are simply telling us where money is flowing at certain ...