President Trump’s latest tariff threats sent the stock market’s fear gauge spiking above a key level. The CBOE Volatility Index, or VIX, jumped north of 50 on Monday, a level that signals fear in ...

The Cboe Volatility Index, an options-based gauge of expected volatility in the S&P 500 widely known by its trading symbol, VIX, jumped Monday morning to its highest level since December.

The VIX index, which shows the equity market's expectations for 30-day volatility and is often called Wall Street's "fear gauge," rose to 39, the highest since October 2020, after China imposed ...

However, at more than 27 - compared with its average of 19.5 - the VIX VIX remains elevated. After studying what tends to happen to stocks after the VIX spikes to such levels, Nicholas Colas ...

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Societe Generale said Monday the surge in Wall Street’s volatility gauge (VIX) above 25 suggests a heightened, but not hazardous, risk of an economic recession. “The current level of 25+ VIX ...