May 22, 2024
Funds

Analysis-Wobbling US stocks could push volatility-linked funds to ramp up selling

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – Volatility-linked investment strategies are joining the nascent sell-off in U.S. stocks and could help accelerate declines if market gyrations keep increasing. Volatility control funds – systematic investment strategies that typically buy equities when markets are calm and sell when they grow turbulent – hoovered up stocks as

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Investors

What this key stock-market gauge is telling investors amid a rough start to 2024

Published: Jan. 5, 2024 at 4:06 p.m. ET The stock market has stumbled into the new year, but a closely watched measure of expected volatility remains subdued — cheering up investors looking for renewed equity gains but worrying those who fear market participants are complacent. The Cboe Volatility Index VIX, widely known by its ticker

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