Indeed, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF, ticker SPY, and the iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETF, ticker VXX, had muted increases in value traded compared to inverse tech funds.

The Cboe volatility index or VIX, which measures expected fluctuations in the S&P 500 Index, has been on a downtrend for the past month and dropped to 15.7 on Tuesday, near the lowest since February ...

They see the S&P 500 ending the year at 2,414, according to a Bloomberg survey of 19 strategists, less than 0.1% from last Friday's closing price. Story continues ...

The next closest was in 2016 when we were at 13.2, but in election years, you do sometimes see these spikes and a VIX around 20, that's where you kind of have to get, 19, 20, to see a more ...

"VIX at 38 Is Waterloo for the Beloved Short Volatility Trade" - Bloomberg "@lisaabramowicz1 The VIX has gone vertical, now at the highest level since March 2009" – (chart) Twitter ...