According to Fei Mei Chan, Director of Index Investment Strategy at S&P Dow Jones Indices, the S&P 500 is on track for
its least volatile year in 22 years.
Not exact matches
The past
year has been the
least volatile on record.
Instead, what developed was a gently ever - ascending bull market, the
least volatile in more than 50
years and the first
year ever to post positive total returns (for the S&P 500) in every month.
When it comes down to it, in a stock market that is feeling more uncertain and
volatile than it has in several
years, and when income vehicles are priced at a premium, there's a certain wisdom (or at
least well - studied prudence) in considering a slightly lower dividend in exchange for the potential for greater stability and long - term return.
This asked whether they are currently going through an emotionally
volatile time of change that has lasted at
least a
year and has at times overwhelmed their capacity to cope.
When it comes down to it, in a stock market that is feeling more uncertain and
volatile than it has in several
years, and when income vehicles are priced at a premium, there's a certain wisdom (or at
least well - studied prudence) in considering a slightly lower dividend in exchange for the potential for greater stability and long - term return.
It's hard to recall a time when stocks were not
volatile, which is why most planners counsel that stocks are appropriate for those with a time horizon of at
least five
years.
As Bitcoin has suffered
volatile ups and downs this past
year, companies like Coinbase have struggled to maintain a stable product and keep customers reassured they're fast - changing cryptocurrency fortunes are at the very
least safe and securely stored.
In recent
years, the volatility, or significant fluctuations in share prices, which used to characterise property shares, has largely disappeared, In fact, measured by standard deviation methods, listed property is fast becoming one of the
least volatile asset classes.