One of the big measures of risks is the VIX indicator. As we can see from the chart from Bespoke, the down trending VIX correlates inversely with the S&P 500, not 1 to 1 but close enough to be interesting. This lends weight to another factor girding the underlying bull run.
While one measure of volatility recently made a new short-term low, the VIX volatility index recently failed to take out its recent lows and is now trading back above 30 even when the overall market has made new short-term highs. This failure to head lower has some investors looking for a pause in the rally, as fear of a pullback seems to be creeping back into the market.
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2 comments:
It only need one big event to trigger the sell off. If not a war, may be is like J Roger said, the currencies crisis.
Sometimes, I wonder what President Obama will speak to the MENA rulers during his tour. "Keep the dollar and don't sell until I tell you do so??" or "We will have a new dollar regime to make you richer??"
If Art Cashin saying is right, there is more stocks hitting 52 weeks low with Dow hitting new high after another...could it be a worry?? Likely that the re-stocking process is giving us a false hope instead.
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