World Food Sub-Index Prices

Sometimes I just don't know when to leave well enough alone, particularly when it...
by Bill Luby - Jan 11, 2011 - in Economy

Chart of the Week: World Food Prices

Talk of rising commodities prices seems to focus primarily on energy and metals,...
by Bill Luby - Jan 10, 2011 - in Commentary

CBOE to Publish VIX-Style Volatility Indices for Individual Stocks

The volatility space continues to expand in the direction of the atomic level, with...
by Bill Luby - Jan 05, 2011 - in Commentary

The Year in VIX and Volatility (2010)

One of everybody's favorite charts from a year ago was the basis for Chart of the...
by Bill Luby - Jan 04, 2011 - in Commentary

S&P 500 Index 20-Day Historical Volatility Hits 39-Year Low

Since I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere else, I thought I should note that...
by Bill Luby - Jan 03, 2011 - in Commentary

Chart of the Week: U.S. Retail Gasoline Prices

As more and more data points begin to suggest that the green shoots of months past...
by Bill Luby - Dec 27, 2010 - in Commentary

VIX and the Week Before Christmas

I guess I should not be surprised that a VIX of 15.45 the lowest since July 2007...
by Bill Luby - Dec 23, 2010 - in Commentary

Chart of the Week: Historical Volatility Plummets in Seasonal Swoon

Tis the season for the annual holiday effect in which historical volatility (HV)...
by Bill Luby - Dec 20, 2010 - in Commentary

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