Many investors noted the lack of volatility in the broad stock markets in 2012 – the CBOE Volatility Index® (VIX®) Index had an average daily closing value of 17.82 for the year, the lowest such value since 2007. Some tech stocks experienced more volatility than the S&P 500 in 2012. For example, Apple (AAPL) rose [...]
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VXAPL, VXIBM, VXGOG: 1-Day Falls of More Than 33%
This week earnings announcements were made after the close of regular stock trading by some key tech companies — IBM and Google on Jan. 22nd, and Apple on Jan. 23rd. Implied volatility indexes related to these stocks experienced big one-day drops the following days – CBOE Equity VIX® on IBM (VXIBM) had a record one-day [...]