Wall Street was feeling less anxious to end what has been a volatile month for markets. The Cboe Volatility Index, or Vix, fell 1.8% to 16.8. Any reading above 20 tends to indicate relatively high volatility.
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Wall Street was feeling a little calmer on Thursday after Microsoft kept its capital expenditures guidance for 2026 unchanged, easing worries about Big Tech companies overspending on AI. The Cboe Volatility Index, or VIX, dropped 1.
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Investors were feeling a bit calmer on Monday after a lull in fighting in the Middle East over the weekend sparked a drop in oil prices, easing worries about higher inflation. The Cboe Volatility Index, or VIX, slid by 1 point to 17.
Market worries were easing as the Dow Jones Industrial Index moved past the key 52,000 level and fears about U.S.-Iran hostility around the Strait of Hormuz eased. The Cboe Volatility Index, or Vix, fell to 17.57. Stock futures were rising on the three main indexes in Tuesday's premarket with the Dow up 112 points, or 0.2%, the S&P 500 up 0.1% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq-100 rising 0.2%.
Investors were feeling calmer on Thursday after memory-chip maker Micron Technology posted stellar third-quarter earnings, which ease worries that the artificial-intelligence boom could fizzle out. The Cboe Volatility Index, a widely followed gauge of market fear and uncertainty that trades under the ticker VIX, slid 0.
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Investors were feeling calmer on Thursday after President Donald Trump signed an agreement to end the Iran war. The Cboe Volatility Index, a widely followed gauge of fear and uncertainty that trades under the ticker VIX, fell by 1.
Investors were feeling a lot calmer on Monday after the U.S. and Iran said they had agreed an interim peace deal to end the fighting in the Middle East. The Cboe Volatility Index, a widely followed gauge of market fear and uncertainty that trades under the ticker VIX, slipped 0.
Wall Street's go-to fear gauge was sliding on Friday, signaling that investors were feeling a little calmer after President Donald Trump called off planned U.S. strikes on Iran. The Cboe Volatility Index, or VIX, slipped 0.
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Just because the VIX is falling does not mean there is no volatility. It is just hiding where traders are not looking now.
Markets were feeling on edge Thursday as a tech selloff, inflation fears, and the continuing stalemate between the U.S. and Iran weighed on sentiment. The Cboe Volatility Index, a widely followed fear gauge that tracks S&P 500 options contracts and trades under the ticker VIX, climbed 0.3 points to 18.1 in early trading. Yields on U.S. treasuries were also slipping early Tuesday as traders weigh up central banks’ response to renewed inflation fears.
Fears of a 2022-style inflation problem are bubbling back up, but there’s also hope for a Trump pivot on the Iran conflict.
The CBOE Volatility Index (^VIX) has slipped below 17 to 16.55, settling comfortably into the 15 to 20 range that markets consider business as usual, a remarkable turnaround after a bruising stretch that pushed the fear gauge to a March peak of 31.05. The roughly 39% collapse over the past month tells the story of ... The CBOE VIX Falls to 16 Level as Risk-On Trade Returns to Market