In Know Your Options, I tend to mention Implied Volatility quite often. I’m sure most readers already understand the general idea that options with high IVs are expensive and options with low IVs are ...

Change is a constant. The rate of change is not. The global economy has undergone a monumental shift over the past two decades. Mathematician Clive Humby is credited with the phrase, "data is the new ...

Ivanna Hampton: Welcome to Investing Insights. I’m your host, Ivanna Hampton. Investing Insights is helping investors navigate market volatility in a new series. Morningstar strategists and authors ...

There’s plenty for investors to worry about when their financial livelihood is on the line. When planning for major financial decisions such as retirement, individuals often focus on the severity of a ...

As new traders flood the market, a return to the basics may help novices understand the fundamentals of options trading. Volatility, for example, refers to the propensity of a security's price to move ...

March has been volatile for the stock market as investors navigate global tensions. However, there are ETFs that minimize volatility by tracking the least volatile stocks. The market has been nothing ...

The VIX index isn't the only forward implied volatility index. There are other indexes of different time frames ranging from 9 days to 1 year. They are called VIX9D, VIX3M, VIX6M, VIX1Y. Because of ...

With the S&P 500 hovering 9% below its early January high, financial advisors are reviewing client portfolios to be sure allocations remain within corridors determined by financial plans. The Russian ...

The forex market is the largest in the world, with a significant amount of volume being traded, making it an extremely liquid market. These factors can result in periods of high and low volatility.

In this article I will walk you through the commonly used but wrong way to think about volatility decay. We'll then walk through an example of volatility decay with realistic numbers. Afterwards, ...