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Gold price analysis: Gold prices are showing unexpected volatility despite rising geopolitical tensions, puzzling investors.

An important financial paradox is the excess volatility puzzle. First identified by Robert Shiller in 1981, the excess volatility puzzle says that asset prices fluctuate much more than information ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dan Irvine is an investment manager covering market trends. Volatility, a measure of an asset's price fluctuations around its mean ...

October’s stock-market volatility is a crime in search of a motive. That’s because there is no apparent reason why the U.S. stock market should be more volatile in October than in September. Absent ...

Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, EA, is an experienced financial consultant. She has a demonstrated history of working in both institutional and retail environments, from broker-dealers to ...

Gold and silver prices have declined amidst escalating US-Israel-Iran military conflict. Geopolitical tensions are driving ...

Sharp, rapid swings in the price of oil can have outsize effects on companies, economies, and global geopolitics. Oil price spikes can stunt economic growth, for example, and a sudden price plunge can ...

The S&P 500 options market is flashing signs of unusual short-term anxiety. Traders have bid up the prices of near-term options so much that the implied volatility for options expiring in the next ...

Implied volatilities diverged across asset classes last week as crypto, Tech, and silver continued to sell off while gold and small-cap stocks rebounded. While the VIX® index ended last week ...

October is typically volatile for stocks. But will you be needing a seat belt or a crash helmet? October often gives stock investors fits - but so does September, November and March. October's ...