Volatility is the bane of many investors. Bumpy moves in your portfolio in response to market fluctuations can cause you to make emotionally driven mistakes in your investing, and that can cause you ...

Without price volatility, there is no market -- i.e., prices are static. Volatility is a key characteristic of asset markets (stocks, bonds, commodities, etc), and even more so of derivatives markets ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

Investors understand intuitively that some stocks are riskier than others. The capital asset pricing model attempts to quantify the common perception of risk using a term called beta. By understanding ...

Investing in stocks involves inherent risk. As a stock owner, you are part owner in the company. As such, you participate in the positive growth of the company as well as the declines the stock ...

The volatility indicator is a technical tool that measures how far security stretches away from its mean price, higher and lower. It computes the dispersion of returns over time in a visual format ...

Today, I want to start by looking at the behavior of volatility itself in a specific financial market, the S&P index futures.

The volatility index (VIX) is often called the fear gauge, but that label sells it short for the people who actually use it. For RIAs and advisors, the VIX is a daily reference point for pricing ...

Volatility drag is one of the risks in investing. Volatility drag is a complex concept familiar to many sophisticated investors and financial professionals while relatively few ordinary investors have ...