VIX

It’s hard to keep this market down. Investors seem to want to bet on the rebound continuing and a V-shaped recovery. So despite a lot of potential headwinds, we keep pounding through. Early signs point to more strength Wednesday as stocks continue to recover from last week’s selloff and...

(Friday Market Open) They say the end of the week is time to unwind. But this week traders and investors may be taking some worries home with them for a couple of days. After Thursday's big selloff, the market looks like it's regaining at least some ground, but with the Cboe Volatility Index (VIX)...

(Friday Market Open) The U.S. equities market was on the back foot this morning even before news of a record slump in retail sales. Sentiment soured after the White House moved to block shipments of semiconductors to Huawei Technologies, once again raising the specter of trade tensions between the...

Wall Street seems to still be on edge a day after sobering commentary from the Federal Reserve chief sent the market lower. Commentary from Fed Chairman Jerome Powell was a stark reminder that even though stocks have rallied from coronavirus-induced lows, the economy may be far from being out of...

This special presentation from Michael Bolin is from Benzinga's first-ever virtual Benzinga Options Boot Camp, which took place April 18. Click here for more coverage of this event with options trading experts giving traders of all experience levels real, dependable...

If interest rates can go negative, then why not crude? We got the answer Monday when front month May crude fell to 36 dollars below zero in truly surreal trading with prices that sound like Minnesota temperatures deep in the winter. Producers are basically paying people to take away their oil....

Meet the new quarter; same as the old quarter. The silver lining is that the ugliness isn’t quite as ugly as in the recent past. Hopes for a “V-shaped” recovery took a blow Wednesday as April opened and last week’s rally went up in smoke. Major indices gave away a decent-...

As hump day dawns, investors and traders seem to be looking for a catalyst now that earnings season is mostly behind us, the Fed’s rate cut is in the rear view, and we don’t have much in the way of trade war-related news this morning. Early indications suggest that the market could have...

Like a rubber band, it appears stocks are ready to snap back from Tuesday’s sharp losses as investors ponder a fresh set of earnings news.  At the same time, nothing else seems to have really changed much. The same old stew of geopolitics continues to be the backdrop, with little...

Few investors would argue 2018 was a good year for their portfolios. No one would argue that it was better than 2017. A historical look at TD Ameritrade’s Investor Movement Index (IMX) paints a fairly stark portrait of just how much worse last year was than its predecessor. Turns out, that...

The midterm election results are in, and with them comes a list of policy issues that might be taken up when the new Congress convenes in 2019. Taxes, infrastructure, health care, financial regulation, drug prices, international trade—could be among the top candidates.   None of...

U.S. stocks are off to another volatile day of trading Wednesday, with the Dow giving up 400 points on the day. While the trading action has most investors taking huge losses, the VIX volatility index and its derivatives have produced major gains in the past week. What Happened In the past week,...

A mysterious volatility trader known only as “50 Cent” appears to have returned to the market this week, making large bets on an uptick in market volatility. Here’s a look at what they've been buying and what it means. Big Payoff The “50 Cent” trader earned his...

North Korea abruptly cancelled high-level talks with South Korea scheduled for Wednesday, according to a report by Yonhap News. The North also threatened to cancel the upcoming summit between Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump, citing ongoing Max Thunder drills between the U.S. and South...