^VIX - CBOE Volatility Index
| Previous Close | 12.85 |
| Open | 12.45 |
| Volume | 0 |
| Day's Range | 12.31 - 13.01 |
| 52 Week Range | 11.03 - 24.81 |
| Avg. Volume | 0 |
- Yahoo Finance
China Beige Book CEO: US-China relationship is going to continue to deteriorate for years
Stocks closed lower on Tuesday afternoon after reports that the U.S. would not be rolling back tariffs on China until after the 2020 presidential elections. One expert is pessimistic that relations between the two countries will improve anytime soon.
- Bloomberg
Global Market Reaction to Iran Missile Attack in Four Charts
(Bloomberg) -- Follow Bloomberg on Telegram for all the news and analysis you need.Safe-haven assets, U.S. equity futures and Asian stocks swung wildly Wednesday as tensions in the Middle East escalated, rattling global financial markets.Iran’s attack on American military bases in Iraq, a response to the killing of General Qassem Soleimani by American forces last week, injected new volatility into global assets that enjoyed a blockbuster 2019. S&P 500 futures dropped as much as 1.7% as fears of a protracted conflict increased, before paring the decline as Tehran said it wasn’t seeking a war, and President Donald Trump declared “all is well.”Here are some charts showing the moves:Oil and U.S. StocksWest Texas Intermediate crude futures initially jumped by as much as 4.4% while CME E-mini S&P 500 Index futures tumbled by more than 1%. The moves eased later as there were no signs of an immediate military response from Washington.Treasuries, Dollar/YenTen-year Treasury yields dropped more than 11 basis points to 1.70% before paring much of the loss, and the dollar swung against yen. Further conflict in the Middle East could send 10-year Treasury yields to as low as 1.6% in the short-to-medium term, said Kyle Rodda, analyst at IG Markets in Melbourne.GoldThe precious metal rose through $1,600 an ounce to the highest level since 2013 before retreating from its highs.VolatilityThe Nikkei Stock Average Volatility Index soared as much as 4 points and CBOE Volatility Index January futures advanced almost 3 points, as options traders scrambled to reprice future expectations for swings in stock markets. The moves retraced as investors stepped in to buy the dip in risk assets.(Updates throughout with rebound in risk assets.)\--With assistance from Ruth Carson.To contact the reporters on this story: Andreea Papuc in Sydney at apapuc1@bloomberg.net;Cormac Mullen in Tokyo at cmullen9@bloomberg.net;Adam Haigh in Sydney at ahaigh1@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Christopher Anstey at canstey@bloomberg.net, Joanna Ossinger, Ravil ShirodkarFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2020 Bloomberg L.P.
- Yahoo Finance
Bitcoin is a pyramid scheme, economist says
Yahoo Finance discusses the use-case for cryptocurrency and a rocky decade for Bitcoin
- Yahoo Finance
Stock Market 2020: Most experts predict gains, some expect losses
With the end of the year and the decade fast-approaching, Wall Street strategists have begun to deliver their expectations about where the stock market will close out 2020.
- Yahoo Finance
Stock Market Live Updates: Stocks hit record closing high
Headlines moving the stock market in real time.
- Yahoo Finance
Stock market news: December 16, 2019
U.S. stocks extended last week’s gains Monday morning as ongoing optimism over trade deals helped push risk assets higher. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq each opened at fresh record highs.
- Yahoo Finance
Why America's small manufacturers are becoming more pessimistic
Confidence is soaring among small business owners. But one group of small business owners is becoming more pessimistic about America’s economy — small business manufacturers.
- Reuters
Graphic: Wall Street's high-stake bets on calm less risky than they seem
Elevated net short positions in Cboe Volatility Index futures are reminiscent of a similar spike in 2017, when prolonged calm in U.S. stocks prompted a rush into short-volatility exchange-traded products. The index has risen past 14.
- Yahoo Finance
Trump uses flamethrower on bullish investors again and serves up one valuable investing lesson
President Trump's latest comments on the trade war front should serve up a valuable lesson to investors.
- Investing.com
3 Things Under the Radar This Week
Investing.com - Here are three things that flew under the radar this week
- Yahoo Finance
Food inflation has spared Thanksgiving dinner, thanks to the trade war
No fowl play here. The cost of your Thanksgiving dinner will only cost one penny more than last year.
- Yahoo Finance
Investors are ignoring Trump impeachment proceedings
What Trump impeachment proceedings? That's the message from the stock market.
- FX Empire
When the Market Volcano Erupts?
Global markets traded almost unchanged on Tuesday morning. US indices have managed to pull through the corrective moods, and futures for the S&P500; index have returned to historical highs. Asian indices traded almost flat.
- FX Empire
COT: Trade Hopes Cut Demand for Gold; Oil Bought Again.
COT on commodities in week to November 5 showed how trade hopes and weather developments drove position changes from oil and natural gas to gold and coffee
- Yahoo Finance
Blackouts and wildfires are our life for the next 10 years: California mayor
Melanie Bagby, mayor of Cloverdale, California, talks about the wildfires and blackouts.
- Yahoo Finance
Deepak Chopra on market volatility: Take advantage of panicky investors
“Good investors take advantage of exactly what’s happening right now… over other people’s anxiety," the wellness guru told Yahoo Finance.
- Yahoo Finance
Investors are 'due for a very big wake-up call': top money manager
Why this influential money manager thinks investors are in for a rude awakening very soon.
- Yahoo Finance
Scaramucci to Republicans: Take Trump out 'and put a relief pitcher in'
Outspoken former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci claims the president is 'unhinged' and in 'steady decline.'
- Yahoo Finance
Why negative interest rates are 'seriously dangerous': strategist
President Trump’s latest Twitter escapade against the Fed calls for negative interest rates to jump-start the slowing economy. But the prospect of using a monetary tool usually reserved for deeply-troubled economies has many strategists on Wall Street seriously worried. Butcher Joseph Asset Management Chief Investment Strategist Nancy Tengler believes the practice of implementing negative interest rates is “seriously dangerous.” The “$16 trillion in negative yielding debt around the globe - I don't understand how you account for it as an investor,” Tengler said in an interview on Yahoo Finance’s The Final Round.
