It's Back to Days of Melt-Up Elation for Stock Volatility Gauges

  • Hedging costs drop from Japan to New York; VIX down 7th day
  • Swing indexes in South Korea, Europe at lowest since January

BlackRock Sanguine About Opportunities for Equities and Earnings

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The days when investors were enthusing over a “melt-up” in global equities disappeared quickly in the turmoil of early February. The corresponding record spike in the VIX disappeared almost as fast.

Volatility across the globe is already back to the levels seen before the blowout, even as stock gauges remain well below the records they posted just prior to the selloff.