Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The stock market has stumbled in recent weeks as rates have soared. This action played out on Friday as the 10-year Treasury yield ( ^TNX ) added about five basis points to creep near 4.8%, its ...
Meanwhile, the market's "fear gauge" — the CBOE Volatility Index — rose slightly but still closed the day with a 13 handle. Before June of this year, you'd have to travel back in time to ...
Click here for the latest stock market news and in-depth analysis, including events that move stocks Read the latest financial and business news from Yahoo Finance Show comments
A study published in 2001 argued that there is no statistically significant evidence for calendar effects in the stock market, and that all such patterns are the result of data dredging. [8] However, there are contradictory findings and there is an ongoing debate on behavioral economics versus rational choice theory .
VIX is the ticker symbol and the popular name for the Chicago Board Options Exchange's CBOE Volatility Index, a popular measure of the stock market's expectation of volatility based on S&P 500 index options. It is calculated and disseminated on a real-time basis by the CBOE, and is often referred to as the fear index or fear gauge.
The Acertus Market Sentiment Indicator (AMSI) is a stock market sentiment indicator that generates monthly sentiment indications ranging from 0 (extreme fear) to 100 (extreme greed). [1] The indicator views sentiment as a continuum with anxiety and complacency representing less extreme and nuanced forms of fear and greed, respectively.
An economic calendar not only lists daily events, but the volatility levels attached to them. A volatility level refers to the likelihood that a specific event will impact the markets. Economic calendars usually have a three-scale volatility gauge. If an event has a level one volatility, it is not expected to significantly affect the markets.
Put another way, a stock priced below the Graham Number would be considered a good value, if it also meets a number of other criteria. The Number represents the geometric mean of the maximum that one would pay based on earnings and based on book value. Graham writes: [2] Current price should not be more than 1 1 ⁄ 2 times the book value last ...