There just isn’t a whole lot of fear in this stock market–at least in the short-term says the VIX

There just isn’t a whole lot of fear in this stock market–at least in the short-term says the VIX

The so-called fear index, the CBOE S&P 500 Volatility Index (VIX), just isn’t very fearful right now. In spite of all the negative talk from Federal Reserve officials, Wall Street figures like JPMorgan Chase’s Jamie Dimon, and various and sundry economies, stocks just aren’t showing much fear right now. Oh, sure stocks fell this week but the VIX didn’t show any big rush to hedge downside risk