Despite a recent uptick to a more normal level near 16, the Cboe Volatility Index has averaged around just 12.8 over the past 30 trading days as of July 18, indicating relative calm in U.S. equities.

Learn how using historical data, instead of standard deviation, offers a more accurate assessment of stock volatility and risk management strategies.

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 ...

Miranda Marquit has been covering personal finance, investing and business topics for almost 15 years. She has contributed to numerous outlets, including NPR, Marketwatch, U.S. News & World Report and ...

Low-volatility ETFs try to generate more upside reward with less downside risk by selecting stocks that don't move as much or ...

"Volatility across major asset classes is currently sitting at unusually low levels," says Kristian Kerr, head of macro strategy at LPL Financial. He observes that not only is realized equity ...

Capital at risk. The value of your investments can go up and down, and you may get back less than you invest. The financial world has been awash this year with stories of volatile stock markets ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bitcoin began its journey as an esoteric whitepaper published in the hinterlands of the World Wide Web in 2008. Bitcoin’s relative volatility rankings had higher peaks compared to the crash triggered ...