Ongoing volatility in the stock market reduced some of the cautious optimism that we have been seeing.
"We have had movement away from public equities because of volatility in the stock market, " fund chief investment officer Vicki Fuller said.
But some Barclays shareholders said they would not oppose a retreat from the Dutch bank if volatility in the stock market persists.
Some fund managers, meanwhile, are shadowing their benchmark indices, hoping to hold on to their jobs amid record volatility in the stock market.
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They see the volatility in the stock market, and when they get their 401(k) statements, they see that that value has gone down.
This phenomenon, in concert with the ongoing and possibly deepening global credit crisis, could also result in unprecedented volatility in the stock market, not to mention currency crises and related economic dislocation.
The VIX An options-based measure of the forecast for volatility in the stock market, the VIX fell to a relatively low of 15 in April of 2010 and 2011, suggesting that investors may have become too complacent and risk being surprised by a negative event.
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But importantly, in these days of stock market volatility, it could also be in cash, fixed interest or property depending on the way your pension is set up and how much investment risk you are prepared to take.
Given the volatility of the stock market in the past two years, market picking a list of stocks to hold for the entire year is a waste of time as very few stocks stay in sustained up trends for an entire year.
Although consumer confidence is a lagging indicator, the low reading did not surprise me, and I believe is an accurate assessment of the collective mindsets of consumers at present, given all of the volatility that we saw in the stock market during the month of August.
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Add to the equation the high correlation in the stock market and high volatility, and suddenly the rule of thumb of investing 60% of your money in stocks and 40% in bonds no longer provides the returns they once did.
The stock market's volatility has tapered off somewhat in December, a historically strong month for the market.
Yes, the investors who were probably nervous with the volatility of the stock market and chose to invest in this seemingly safe product.
Despite the epic volatility of the stock market last year, settlements in class-action securities cases actually fell more than 50% to the lowest levels since 2003.
Despite this small economic and demographic footprint, Cyprus has dominated the headlines for the past couple of weeks while being the scapegoat for down days in the stock market and recent market volatility.
Jim O'Neill, chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, suggested this weekend's meeting in Washington could mark the beginning of concerted action to tackle the debt crisis in Europe which is the cause of so much stock market volatility.
Mrs Knight said in the light of the continuing eurozone debt crisis and stock market volatility, the focus for banks should be on the recovery, not on dealing with more regulation.
"If you're going to pursue the biggest returns in the stock market you have to accept, by definition, the biggest volatility, " he says.
Another 800 million shares will be released from lockup on November 14th and in the short term that spell volatility for Facebook stock, says Mike Tarsala, a chartered market technician at Covestor, said.
In recent days, the VIX Index, a measure of expected stock market volatility has been double the historic norm.
The Wall Street bailout was a disaster in many ways, most notably as measured by the weak stock market and economic volatility.
Although the U.S. showed the greatest gains in the quarter, Europe also surprised market observers because expectations for activity were so low given stock markets' volatility in much of 2011, largely the result of concern about the euro-zone debt crisis.
It floated only a small portion of its stock, making it more vulnerable to price volatility, but questions linger about Groupon's competitiveness in the crowded market for discounting online.
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