fear index
Market anxiety gauge
Fear index is an informal name for the VIX (Volatility Index), which measures expected stock market volatility over the next thirty days.
When investors anticipate turbulence, the index rises; when markets seem calm, it falls.
Financial commentators treat it as a gauge of investor anxiety: The fear index spiked after the Fed's announcement.
- volatilityRapid, unpredictable changeability
- stock marketSecurities trading venue
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
- marketVenue for trade
- market crashSudden market decline
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fear indexinvestor confidence
Faith in financial prospects
risk appetite · animal spirits · irrational exuberance · greed · complacency
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