Bonds serve as a shock absorber for the volatility of the stock 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.
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.
"We have had movement away from public equities because of volatility in the stock market, " fund chief investment officer Vicki Fuller said.
The actions among this age group show that the volatility of the economy, stock market, and prospects of Social Security dwindling is causing them to put off planning rather than confronting the challenges head on.
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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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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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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.
The return of stock market volatility after some relatively calm months may be exciting for some traders on Wall Street, but it new data shows that the individual investor is content to take some chips off the table here.
In recent days, the VIX Index, a measure of expected stock market volatility has been double the historic norm.
As was discussed on Friday, the idea of circuit breakers for individual stocks to prevent the type of volatility that took down the stock market last Thursday, is now gaining traction.
Ongoing volatility in the stock market reduced some of the cautious optimism that we have been seeing.
It could have made a panic low with the stock market, but the volatility is likely to keep many out of this market.
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.
Investing in Treasury securities may offer lower returns than the stock market but they offer a safe haven during times of market volatility.
With so much of the stock market's volatility based on expectations (emotions) rather than business (economics), what else could we expect?
While traders like volatility, the number of cross currents buffeting the stock market still makes those on the short side nervous.
Groupon has put its stock market floatation on hold for at least a few weeks because of market volatility, sources told Reuters.
While market volatility and economic uncertainty continue to shape investor sentiment, a number of investors viewed the recent stock market weakness as an opportunity to purchase beaten-down stocks.
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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.
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.
One of the simplest and most effective ways to manage daily stock market volatility is to have an allocation to fixed-income.
Between 1997 and 2005 REITs had a beta, or propensity to swing in synch with stocks, of around 0.35, meaning they provided a nice hedge against stock market volatility.
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.
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.
This may be the wrong reason to dollar-cost average, but it feels less riskier than putting a lump sum into the stock market right now, at a time when I expect drama and volatility to increase approaching the end of the year.
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