Investors understand intuitively that some stocks are riskier than others. The capital asset pricing model attempts to quantify the common perception of risk using a term called beta. By understanding ...

Crypto moves fast. Here’s how to keep your balance when prices swing. Volatility is both a blessing and a curse for the investment world. Those making frequent transactions—day or options traders, say ...

Several factors are feeding the uptick in volatility: large stock swings following earnings reports, the ongoing U.S.

Palantir reports earnings Monday, and the options market is pricing in a 10.5% move. Let's look at selling a cash-secured put ...

Volatility creates unique opportunities that don’t exist in calm markets, as assets can become mispriced during periods of fear and euphoria. While volatile markets present profit potential, there are ...

Shorting a proxy of the VIX Index using SVXY can yield over 20% annualized returns since 2019 by utilizing mean reversion. Strategy 1 involves incremental capital allocation at VIX levels of 20, 30, ...

The Cboe Volatility Index ($VIX) is Wall Street's fear gauge, and when it spikes, traders take notice. With uncertainty surging, options-based strategies become ...

Recent Lear Capital commentary discusses how inflation may erode fixed returns and how market corrections could present opportunities for portfolio rebalancing ...

Investors got what they wanted on Wednesday — temporary tariff relief from the Trump administration that finally halted a two-day selloff that sent the stock market into a tailspin earlier this week.

According to Rob Kaplan, vice chairman of Goldman Sachs, five major structural forces are reshaping the U.S. economy in 2025 and are redefining how firms make decisions, allocate capital, and manage ...