VIX Charts Show How Unsettled the U.S. Stock Market Still Is
- Options costs and other indicators still flashing caution
- Inflows into volatility notes swell as S&P 500 rallies
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Even after the best weekly rally of 2015, the U.S. stock market is a place fraught with peril.
Lingering anxiety is visible in various measures of option costs and volatility expectations, including in the enormous market for exchange-traded funds tied to future stock swings. The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index may have just staged its most sustained retreat in history, but other measures of investor nervousness remain elevated.