Sentences with phrase «volatility in the stock market tends»

Not exact matches

Such spikes in stock market volatility usually aren't one - off events and tend to be followed by aftershocks, said Olivier Korber, a Societe Generale FX and derivatives strategist.

Although value stocks typically hold up better in times of volatility, this bull market has been exceptionally smooth — up until the last year, that is — and favored high - growth momentum stocks, which tend to have more expensive valuations.

In previous sell - offs within this bull market (and since 2009, there have been a few), volatility tends to peak before stocks ultimately find a bottom.

As the Fund tracks the US stock market excluding the S&P 500 Index, which comprise 500 large cap companies, the companies tracked by the Fund would be significantly smaller in market capitalization, and would tend to be less mature with higher volatility.

Dividend stocks are enticing to investors during periods of volatility because in such a market they tend to perform well relative to more growth - oriented or higher - risk equities.

The convertible instruments will tend to move in about the same direction as the underlying (what it can be converted to) but less violently as they are traded less (lower volatility and lower volume in the market on both sides), however, they are not being used to make a profit so much as to hedge against the stock going up.

Less volatile stocks tend to outperform their higher volatility counter parts in bear markets, while the high volatility stocks tend to outperform in bull markets.

Treasuries, which are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government as to the timely payment of principal and interest, are considered the most stable fixed - income investment, and rising Treasury yields, as occurred in early 2018, tend to put downward pressure on munis.8 However, Treasuries are more sensitive to interest rate changes, and stock market volatility makes both Treasuries and munis appealing to investors looking for stability.

In a strong bull market, higher volatility stocks tend to outperform lower volatility stocks.