Last week the broad media began discussing in panicky terms the recent increase in interest rates. Specifically they noted how closed-end funds and ETFs like the SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond Fund ...

The CBOE Volatility Index or VIX, known as Wall Street’s fear gauge, was up about 10% on Friday afternoon as stocks pulled back on the latest Greece worries. In the past few sessions, we have observed ...

I recommend selling SVOL due to heightened geopolitical risk and unfavorable VIX curve dynamics impairing its short ...

Simplify Volatility Premium ETF generates income by selling VIX futures and investing in income-producing securities like high-yield and government bonds. The SVOL ETF also buys out-of-the-money VIX ...

VIX futures tend to trade in contango (with spot trading at a discount to futures contracts). The VIX curve usually only moves into backwardation (with nearby expirations trading at a premium to later ...

A development in the derivatives market for the VIX — an estimate of implied volatility of S&P 500 options commonly known as the "fear gauge" — suggests the sell-off that has gripped the stock market ...

The Cboe Volatility Index, or VIX, is a benchmark that measures the expected future volatility of the S&P 500 index. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising ...

I started to do some work on whether the VIX has the potential to break out as we come into Halloween. Recently I commented on the trading pattern of investing creating inflows into UVXY, TVIX and VXX ...