Posts Tagged ‘volatility’

Gold for December delivery fell more than $50 to $1,710 an ounce in afternoon trade in London on Thursday, bring its losses since the record high of Monday to 10%, the worst slump since March 2008. On Wednesday, the Chicago stock exchange operator CME followed a move by the Shanghai Gold Exchange by increasing the margin requirement as a way to “ensure adequate collateral coverage.” ... Full story

Investors desperately seeking diversification amid all the volatility in stocks both in the U.S. and abroad found some salvation in commodities last month as 15 of 19 constituents in the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index gained ground Full story

After the earthquake and  Tsunami wreaked horrendous damage in Japan and was blamed for huge drops in equity and other markets, extreme volatility was the best description of most global markets for this last week.   The media even blamed the nuclear threat in Japan for the fall in the Dow Jones in the U.S.   Clearly, this was not the case, but the extreme nature of the ... Full story

Mr. Market has thrown traders a few curve balls lately as precious metals and crude oil have been selling off while the U.S. Dollar Index futures were consolidating. Full story

Mr. Market has thrown traders a few curve balls lately as precious metals and crude oil have been selling off while the U.S. Dollar Index futures were consolidating. Full story

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Using year-to-date data for the silver ETF (SLV), we found that indeed Tuesday is the most volatile trading day for silver with a price range of $0.45. While there was downward bias, it's worth noting that this volatility went in both directions. Full story

North American Commodity Update Commodities – Energy Oil Strays from Risk Trends and the Dollar Once again Tuesday with a Sharp Decline Crude Oil (LS Nymex) – $84.11 // -$1.62 // -1.89% Volatility is clearly very high for the US oil market this Full story

The vast ranges and the volatility are becoming an every day occurrence in the Gold market as investors are using daily economic data to day trade these lofty levels. There is no doubt the Gold market has been technically overbought for months however, the global economic climate has savvier investors choosing Gold as their currency Full story

Kevin McElroy submits: Volatility is good for investors who have patience and a concrete plan to take advantage of it. At the risk of pointing out the obvious, volatility simply refers to a security's standard deviation of returns - in other words how much variation there is from the average. It's also helpful to consider a securities' volatility relative to the market, and we have ... Full story