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August angst to September mourn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... was safe to go back into the risk waters. Financial markets are again in upheaval and fear is once more on the rise - the VIX index spiked 10.5% overnight to a reading of 31.40. It's China that did it! Oh yes, Virginia, yesterday's official PMI result ...

A$ falls to the occasion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... that it's the Australian dollar's depreciation that has shielded the Australian economy during times of extreme fear (the VIX index is inverted in the chart). The A$/US$ sank from US$0.80 to below US$60 during the Asian financial crisis; it fell from ...

Gloom and doom news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... There was no place to hide, everywhere you look, there's gloom and... there's doom. Financial markets are running scared - the VIX index jumped by 46.5% to a reading of 28.03 at the end of last week's trading activity. This is the highest reading since ...

Three for three

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... the chart of the bang, bang, bang devaluation move by China's central bank in its proper context. Not surprising that the VIX index - the fear gauge - barely registered fear, ey?

Chinese whispers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... in the Chinese equity market we've seen over the past few months. Nothing China's powers that are couldn't handle. Even the VIX index - the "fear gauge" - is not perturbed. It rose from 13.74 last Friday to 15.60 last night. This is lower than the plus ...

Stirred but not shaken

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... yields dropped, marginally, the first trading day after Greece went from teetering on the brink into the brink. And oh, the VIX index - yes that measure of fear - jumped a staggering 1.3% to a reading of 17.01. That's what the sum of all the markets' ...

An ordinary trading day on D-day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... fall on this day as financial markets did 'not' fear. Yes Virginia, did NOT fear. Despite the 'chicken little' headlines, the VIX index - the "fear gauge" - reached a peak reading of only 18.85 over the past month (15.8% below the 2015 peak of 22.39 ...

Fedcident waiting to happen?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... of the three scheduled talks this week and still... nada, nil, zilch. Still, financial markets remain relatively calm. The VIX index - the fear gauge - climbed overnight but at 14.01, is still below the 15.39 reading high this month (when the Greek saga ...

Social media, an investment tool in times of turmoil

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... large volume of users commenting on economic issues has allowed the platform to create indicators combining, for example, the VIX volatility index with mentions of exchange traded funds (ETFs). The StockTwits Fear Index shows that as the VIX or market ...

Grexit nears, markets cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... elusive deal has become even more elusive than it was Friday and yesterday. Grexit here we come! And yet, the "fear gauge" - the VIX index - dropped 3.8% to 14.81 overnight. And yet, European stocks rebounded - the Stoxx 600 index increased by 0.65% ...