We think today's divergence is the result
of investor anxiety about normal seasonal weakness in a year that has yet to see more than a three percent correction.
The prospect of inflation coming back caused a lot
of investor anxiety and consideration to the impact on equity markets, so we saw broad volatility.
As investor anxiety has shifted from growth and geopolitical shocks to the Fed, the correlation between stocks and bonds has started to rise, and it's likely to continue rising as a Fed rate hike nears.
Apple is moving to
ease investor anxiety following the Tuesday release of an earnings report that beat analyst expectations, but still marked the tech giant's first year - over-year profit decline in a decade.
Strategic Beta ETFs Underutilized in Managing
Current Investor Anxieties, Hartford Funds Survey Finds Lack of Familiarity Stifling Advisor, Investor Use
New survey data from Hartford Funds reveals that market volatility and geopolitical events are
fueling investor anxiety, yet most aren't taking advantage of the full suite of investment options that may help manage risk exposure at a lower cost *, namely strategic beta exchange traded funds (ETFs).
Media coverage of market turmoil or daily losses for major indices can
compound investor anxiety and drive nervous calls to advisors.
The increase in gold premiums in China over spot gold prices in recent months may indicate
Chinese investor anxiety over the election of Donald Trump or coincidently growing nervousness within China over the fragility of its financial system that is being tested with failures in the shadow banking sector.
It's called Shiller's Claim That It Is
Now Investor Anxiety Rather Than Investor Exuberance Pushing Stock Prices Up Is Unconvincing.
As investor anxiety has shifted from growth and geopolitical shocks to the Fed, the correlation between stocks and bonds has started to rise, and it's likely to continue rising as a Fed rate hike nears.
Trump's rattled markets before with his tweets, with blasts on everything from the size of his nuclear button to the fate of Nafta
raising investor anxiety.
Without going into the mathematical gobbledegook, the VIX index is considered as good a gage
of investor anxiety as any.
But as oil prices firm up around the US$ 50 mark,
investor anxiety is abating.
Will they step up their rate hikes — or perhaps slow them now in the face of
investor anxiety and lower stock prices?
The CBOE VIX, Wall Street's preferred measure of
investor anxiety, fell 8.7 % to 18.49.
The CBOE VIX, Wall Street's preferred measure of
investor anxiety, is up more than 80 % since the new year.
The VIX is also used as a general investor fear gauge, so the current higher levels indicate an increased consensus of
investor anxiety.
Without going into the mathematical gobbledegook, the VIX index is considered as good a gage of
investor anxiety as any.