CBOE Volatility Index

It seemed like everyone was in a buying mood on Friday, except Elon Musk. The Dow Jones Industrial Average broke a six-day losing streak, the Nasdaq Composite turned in its second positive session in a row, and the S&P 500 was up over…

The volatility index, also known as the VIX, essentially takes a reading of the stock market's blood pressure, measuring investors' fear.The VIX can spike when investor concerns are heightened by events like the raising of interest rates by…

CNBC's Jim Cramer said Friday that technical analysis of Wall Street's so-called fear gauge indicates the S&P 500 faces a challenging outlook in the near term. "The charts, as interpreted by Mark Sebastian, suggest that the S&P 500…

As stock market investors have learned over the past week, it's tricky to time the next move in the Dow Jones Industrial Average after a big selloff. Buyers stepped in Monday after the 900-point Nov. 26 dive, but there were signs of…

CNBC's Jim Cramer said Thursday that trying to get into the mindset of the stock market "can be hard to fathom," especially with Wall Street's recent volatility on the developments surrounding the new omicron Covid variant. "Sentiment's a…