Wall Street’s ‘Fear Index’—the VIX—Surges To Highest Level Since 2020 Pandemic Crash

Global market turmoil has pushed a key measure of expected stock market volatility to levels not seen since the peak of the pandemic and before that, the 2008 financial crisis. The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) surged to 54 on Monday, its highest level since 2020. It closed at 23.4 on Friday, the first time it […]