Gold price analysis: Gold prices are showing unexpected volatility despite rising geopolitical tensions, puzzling investors.

An important financial paradox is the excess volatility puzzle. First identified by Robert Shiller in 1981, the excess volatility puzzle says that asset prices fluctuate much more than information ...

October is typically volatile for stocks. But will you be needing a seat belt or a crash helmet? October often gives stock investors fits - but so does September, November and March. October's ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dan Irvine is an investment manager covering market trends. Volatility, a measure of an asset's price fluctuations around its mean ...

One of the major factors that influences the price of an option is implied volatility (IV). In simplest terms, implied volatility is the anticipated movement of an underlying equity over a certain ...

Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, EA, is an experienced financial consultant. She has a demonstrated history of working in both institutional and retail environments, from broker-dealers to ...

From an investment perspective, volatility is typically discussed in two broad categories: historical volatility and implied volatility. The real challenge in investing is not whether investors get ...

The S&P 500 options market is flashing signs of unusual short-term anxiety. Traders have bid up the prices of near-term options so much that the implied volatility for options expiring in the next ...

Sharp, rapid swings in the price of oil can have outsize effects on companies, economies, and global geopolitics. Oil price spikes can stunt economic growth, for example, and a sudden price plunge can ...

The grinding market price action over the past trading week is mainly attributable to seasonal year-end implied volatility selling during the holiday-shortened trading week. The one thing the rally is ...

October’s stock-market volatility is a crime in search of a motive. That’s because there is no apparent reason why the U.S. stock market should be more volatile in October than in September. Absent ...