volatility
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With this in mind, sharp rallies in the equity market should be viewed not as normalization, but as an opportunity to “buy” volatility on temporary easing in stress.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
Early 2026 has seen some particularly big analyst misses, and they are adjusting to more volatility.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
The volatility index, or VIX, is an options-derived measure of expected S&P 500 volatility that usually jumps when stocks take a dive, and has thus become known as Wall Street’s fear gauge.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026
Cryptocurrencies are fundamentally unsuitable for retirement accounts due to extreme volatility and the fact that they lack concrete underlying value.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Since the volatility of these last digits makes them essentially random, every number from 000 to 999 is equally likely to come up.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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