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Chief economist update: Bad news is good news is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... showed there were even more workers out of work that month - 870K versus the initial estimate of 701K. To top these all, the CBOE VIX index - the fear gauge - has fallen to a reading of 27.98 on the day which is the lowest reading since 26 February this ...

The bulls are back

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... This may come as a breakdown in business activity and fears of corporate defaults foreshadow a deep global recession. The CBOE volatility index fell 2.9 points, but was still at levels far above those in 2018 and 2019.

Chief economist update: Coronavirus causes equity market correction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... readership from other media organisations by printing the gloomiest and doomiest headline of them all. But it's working. The CBOE VIX index - the fear gauge - jumped to a reading of 40.1 at the close of last Friday's trading - the highest since ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street sneezes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... year-to-date and the Dow to minus 5.5%. As the old saying goes: "When Wall Street sneezes, the rest of the world catch a cold". The CBOE VIX index has risen by 100% this year, suggesting that fear has doubled since the opening trade of this year. To ...

Chief economist update: The tweet that reignited the trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
... continues, but too slowly, as they attempt to renegotiate. No!" the combined tweets read. As a result, volatility spiked. The CBOE VIX index jumped by as much as 46.1% before closing 20.0% higher on the day. There was blood in the equity markets with ...

Chief economist update: Equity market rally has legs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
... many countries, including sovereign-bank doom loop risks," it said. Yet, equity markets appear to remain unperturbed. The CBOE VIX index - the "fear gauge" - has dropped back down to October 2018 lows. It currently stands at 12.32 - 59% down from the ...

Major US exchange to stop listing bitcoin

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2019
The US cryptocurrency exchange that released the first bitcoin futures contracts has had a change of heart. Cboe Global Markets will not list any new bitcoin futures for the first time since launching them in 2017. However, it did not rule out the possibility ...

Volatile like its 2011

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... long before the gift-giving season that is Christmas. Though it closed at a reading of 26.25 by the time we woke up, the CBOE VIX index - that measure of volatility and gauge of fear - jumped to a reading of 31.06 while we slept.A That's the highest ...

Let's talk about VIX baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
Yeah baby, let's! Seen the CBOE VIX index lately? Yes, that one - the one financial markets look at the gauge the level of investors' fear. It was pegged at 11.36 at the close of last week's activity - the lowest since the ides (15th) of March 2013. ...

Feds speak Fedspeak yet again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013