Standing alone among US equity factors this year, the low-volatility strategy is holding on to a modest gain year to date. In sharp relief, the rest of the factor field is posting varying degrees of ...

It’s often been said that while futures are “two-dimensional” instruments, options tend to be four-dimensional instruments. With futures you are generally concerned with up and down direction only.

The stock market ebbs and flows—not just in price, but also in volume and magnitude. Some periods are highly volatile, with lots of price action and price fluctuation. Some would call these markets ...

Readers of the Stock Market Almanac may know that October is historically one of the most volatile months of the year for shares. The reason - if you believe in seasonal trends - is that many buyers ...

Recently the downward trend in volatility has been especially pronounced in equity markets. On May 8 this year, the Vix marked a long-term low at a level of 9.77. This index, which tracks implied ...

Over the 33 years from 1993 to 2026, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) delivered a cumulative return of roughly 2,770% with dividends reinvested, or about 10.7% annualized before inflation and taxes. That ...

The rise in the equity market is never linear; volatility is the inherent nature of the market. The investing style of picking stocks that are less volatile than the broader market is a low-volatility ...

Investors have grabbed onto the booming trend of low-volatility funds with both hands, and Wall Street has heard the message. Yet as an ETF giant launches two new funds geared toward low-volatility ...

Strategy kept STRC's 11.5% dividend for May as daily trading volume hit $380 million. Shareholders vote on twice-monthly ...