market volatility
Erratic trading swings
Market volatility is the degree to which prices in a financial market fluctuate over time.
High volatility means prices swing dramatically—up or down—while low volatility indicates relative stability.
Investors track volatility to assess risk: The market volatility this quarter has spooked conservative investors.
Volatility often spikes during economic uncertainty or major news events.
- whipsawTwo-person timber cutter
- liquidityConvertibility to cash
- arbitrageExploiting price discrepancies
- systemic riskEconomy-wide collapse potential
- circuit breakerAutomatic power cutoff device
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- business riskscompetition, data breach, cyberattack, recession, lawsuit
- market riskssystemic failure, financial crisis, contagion, credit crisis, liquidity crisis
- economicssupply and demand, inflation, GDP, GNP, gross domestic product
- tradingbid, buy, ask, sell, trading
- economic crisisrecession, depression, collapse, downturn, contraction
- global financeinternational banking, financial hubs, central banks, capital flows, exchange rates