Increasing volatility quickly followed by decreasing volatility: it’s the sort of thing that typically keeps Wall Street on edge. The early August selling was more extreme than usual, as measured by ...

Wall Street's fear gauge — the VIX — spiked by the second biggest percentage in its history on Wednesday, after the Federal Reserve jolted the stock market by saying it would dial back its ...

No trend lasts forever. Even the current bull market in gold will eventually fall victim to this adage. A question I’ve been hearing more often lately is why the precious metal continues to rally so ...

The MoneyShow Chart of the Day shows the level of the VIX throughout April. The index closed as high as 52.33 on Apr. 8. That came after it hit an intraday high of 60.13 a day earlier. The average VIX ...