VIX

What fear looks like today.

 

Erik Saltwell, who brought you the cool Google gadget so you can track the TED Spread (our favorite barometer of the credit crisis) has done a new one for the VIX, known as the fear index. The VIX is a measure of how volatile people expect the stock market to be over the next 30 days.

Click for it.

Erik is using the National Terror Alert system colors. The gadgets appear Green for "low risk" up to Red for "severe." The VIX is solidly in severe territory right now.

Thanks, Erik!

categories: Understanding The Crisis

4:37 - October 26, 2008

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