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Parting could be such sweet sorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2016
... the heart of this current volatility in the financial markets. Nobody knows for sure. Speaking of fear, the ever-reliable VIX index - the fear gauge - has risen to a high of just 20.97 (13 June) this close to the referendum. For perspective, the VIX ...

Time to fear the no "fear gauge"?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
... and by more than once. What better measure to check the market's acceptance of this fate than the continuing decline in the VIX index - "the fear gauge". The index dropped another 2.3% to 13.12 on the day Yellen Fedspoke. This is the lowest reading in ...

May sell may go away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... year, and those that are up are up only small time. At the same time, neither are "others" fearful. Just have a look at the VIX index. It printed at 15.7 at the end of April which is almost half of the 2016 high of 28.14 and many, many points away from ...

The Fed's done it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
... What's there to unlike? The S&P 500 index and the Nasdaq Composite index jumped by 1.5% and the Dow climbed by 1.3%. And the VIX index? It dropped by 14.8% to a reading of 17.86 now that lift-off uncertainty has been removed. What remains uncertain though ...

Three days to lift off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
... the S&P 500 index is not as flustered as it was back in August and September when the Fed delayed the expected and so is the VIX index - the fear gauge - although it remains to be seen how they'll fare over the next three days heading into lift-off. ...

Fairy tales may come true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... down now. Absent a significant exogenous shock, the fed funds target rate will be 25 bps higher by 16 December. While the VIX index rose by 8.5% last night, at a reading of 15.91 the "fear gauge" showed no fear only normal volatility. This is because ...

Pepared for "lift-off" watch out for "ceasing"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... would soon come a-visiting. The S&P 500 index maybe off 0.1% overnight but this followed a 1.6% jump the night before. The VIX index was up 0.8% last night but not before dropping 10.6% the night before. This despite the fact that it's all systems go ...

No December lift off? Small chance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... same in June... and then in September. We were sure lift-off was coming, until it didn't. Will this time be different? The VIX index says yes it will. It dropped by 10.6% to a reading of 16.85 overnight. Wall Street says yes it will. The S&P 500 index ...

Big trouble in big China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
... No siree! There's big trouble in big China and it'll come falling down our heads. Just have a look at the fear index - the VIX jumped to 17.67 overnight from 16.17 the day before. Markets are so scared they've forgotten the index's reading of 27.63 just ...

Central banks of the world, coordinate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015