A volatility crush is the term used to describe the result of implied volatility exploding once the market opens higher or lower than where it closed the previous day. For new investors, implied ...

It is doubtful that any level of sophistication in the use of financial instruments will ever create a new paradigm of permanently lower volatility. Complicated derivatives and securitizations are ...

The stock market was "volatile" in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was "volatile" again, to a lesser degree, ahead of the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Maybe you've heard about the ...

In Know Your Options, I tend to mention Implied Volatility quite often. I’m sure most readers already understand the general idea that options with high IVs are expensive and options with low IVs are ...

Learn what active risk is and how to calculate it. Understand the methods to evaluate active risk in portfolios and explore examples of funds outperforming benchmarks.

A version of this article was published in the February 2019 issue of Morningstar ETFInvestor. Download a complimentary copy of Morningstar ETFInvestor by visiting the website. Momentum and low ...

Bitcoin has exhibited strong performance in the past decade, but its long-term uptrend has been accompanied by immense volatility and large drawdowns along the way. Bitcoin’s volatility remains ...

Standalone risk refers to the risk tied to a single unit or asset, isolated from a portfolio. Understand its significance with examples and measurement formulas.