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 ...

Bitcoin price consolidates above $100,000 amid a “risk-on” market fueled by the US-China trade deal, falling inflation and optimistic investor sentiment indicators. Bitcoin price holds above $100,000, ...

・Earlier in 2025, the VIX Index reached its highest daily close since the COVID-19 pandemic at 52.33 on April 8 after U.S. President Donald Trump launched his ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs. ・Several ...

Market uncertainty has been a prevalent theme of 2025, keeping volatility front and center within capital markets. Thus far, the defining volatility moment for the year occurred in April 2025, when ...

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 ...

CNN’s Fear & Greed Index is a way to gauge stock market movements and whether stocks are fairly priced. The index uses seven market indicators to help answer the question: What emotion is driving the ...

The ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF offers -0.5x daily inverse exposure to the VIX, suitable for short-term hedging and tactical trades. SVXY is best used by investors with higher risk ...

A gauge of investor anxiety in the stock market was on track for a third straight day of declines, despite tariff uncertainty ahead of trade talks between the U.S. and China this weekend. The Cboe ...

Retail traders' behavior in moments of stress may hold the key to building a forward-looking volatility index that regulators and institutions could use to monitor systemic risk, according to Anton ...