VIX

Think the election may be making the market a little nervous? Just look at the VIX fear index–how much higher can the price of fear go?

The CBOE S&P 500 Volatility Index (VIX) soared another 8.79% today to 18.56 on news that a ABC News/Washington Post poll put Donald Trump ahead of Hilary Clinton 46% to 45%, and on another inexplicable release from the FBI, this time of the record of its closed 2005 investigation of President Bill Clinton’s pardon of fugitive financier Marc Rich. On October 24 the VIX closed at 13.02. But that was before the end of election political storm broke. That’s a 42.5% move to the upside