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The Grinch is stealing Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
... Bloomberg, "emerging markets currencies tumble to decade-low..." To be sure, at a reading of 14.21, the "fear gauge" - the VIX index - is not even half the 31.06 max it reached back in mid-October, its 20.2% jump overnight reflects the sudden attack ...

Bullish sentiment at 4-year high, expect zero return in six months

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... of the final taper on 29 October, the S&P 500 index and the Nasdaq have appreciated by 2.8% and the Dow by 4.0%; the VIX index has fallen to a reading of 13.8 from 15.2 (and this year's high of 31.1 hit on the 15th of October); and, yields on 10-year ...

QEnd is here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... lost a teenie-weenie 0.1%; yields on 10-year US Treasuries increased by a small 0.02 percentage point to 2.32%; the VIX index went up by 0.76 point to a still low 15.15 reading. There were bigger movements in the currency markets though. The US dollar ...

QEnd

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... the Fed will be announcing the end of QE in three days time. Wall Street's surged last week says it will be so. The VIX index's drop last week says it will be so. The string of company earnings beat last week - "Almost 80 percent of S&P 500 companies ...

Volatile like its 2011

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... 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 case ...

I wish I may, I wish I might

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
... 16, the longest stretch since 1995... the longest stretch of calm in two decades". It's back! Volatility, that is. The VIX index surged (there goes that superlative again) by as much as 28.5% overnight to a reading of 19.38 - the highest since February ...

"Considerable time", is it a-changin'?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... points to 2.59% from 2.34% at the start of September - still down from the 3.0% plus at the start of this year... and the VIX index is up to a still-low 14.12 reading. Compare this to September 2013's taper tantrum when the butcher, the baker and the ...

Fear me not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... these days - and narratives relating these to financial market anxiety, a closer look at the markets' fear gauge - the VIX index - tells you, I and Irene differently. The VIX index dropped by 16.6% at the end of last week's trade "due to easing geo-political ...

S&P 500: 22 corrections in 6 months

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... especially with many indicators hitting levels that are contrary to the normal reading." One indicator he speaks of is the VIX index heading south while the market goes north - a sign of complacence he says. Then there's Eric Parnell -- Founder and Director ...

Losing shine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... Ords got over the line with a small yet still positive 0.1% up. All's well. There's no fear in the market. Just ask the VIX index - the fear gauge - it's down to readings we haven't seen since the days of wine and roses before the GFC. Could it be that ...

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