Volatility Archives

PDAC 2025 – Technical Program – The Next Big Moves In Commodities: The Future Trends Shaping Our World

March 3, 2025 Chris Thompson

PDAC’s Technical Program on “The Next Big Moves In Commodities” spotlighted key shifts in the global commodities market. Discussions covered leadership challenges in volatile markets, the copper vs. gold investment case, the complex trajectory of lithium demand, and uranium’s strategic re-entry. Speakers emphasized how capital allocation, community engagement, and geopolitical awareness are shaping investment strategies across metals. Lithium’s volatility, copper’s infrastructure potential, gold’s financial role, and uranium’s resurgence formed the core of the debate. No clear winner emerged, but the case was made for diversification and long-term thinking in a landscape increasingly shaped by energy transition and technological disruption. [more]

CNN Money’s Fear & Greed Index – “Greed” Continues to Drive the Market

August 23, 2020 Chris Thompson

Junk Bond investors are accepting only 2.1% in additional yield over investment grade corporate bonds, back to levels seen pre-COVID-19. As investors make bullish bets in their portfolios, in the past 5 days, the volume of call options has exceeded put options by almost 90%. [more]

CNN Money’s Fear & Greed Index – Remains in “Neutral” as Market Takes a Pause

June 21, 2020 Chris Thompson

Although the majority of the indicators remained in the same position as last week, Put & Call Options shifted to “Greed” from “Neutral” but this change was not enough to move the overall Index away from “Neutral”. [more]

CNN Money’s Fear & Greed Index – Jumps into “Greed” after Two Weeks in “Neutral”

June 7, 2020 Chris Thompson

Although Stock Price Strength and Market Volatility remained in “Neutral”, Safe Haven and Put & Call Options shifted to “Extreme Greed” and “Junk Bond” and “Market Momentum” moved to “Neutral” from “Fear” [more]

CNN Money’s Fear & Greed Index – Remains in “Neutral” for Second Week

May 31, 2020 Chris Thompson

Most of the market indicators remained unchanged with Put & Call Options moving to Greed from Extreme Greed and Stock Price Strength shifting from Fear to Neutral but Stock Price Breadth moving to Greed from Neutral. [more]

CNN Money’s Fear & Greed Index – Flips to “Neutral” from “Fearful”

May 24, 2020 Chris Thompson

Put and Call Options shifts to “Extreme Greed” and Market Momentum & Junk Bond Demand shift from “Extreme Fear” to “Fear” to help move the Index to Neutral. [more]

CNN Money’s Fear & Greed Index – Becomes More Fearful

May 17, 2020 Chris Thompson

Index is stuck in “fear” for sixth straight week and reverses trend, away from Greed and towards Extreme Fear as Market Volatility & Stock Price Breadth shift to Fear, and Junk Bond Demand shifts to Extreme Fear. [more]

RASI: Index Up Almost 100% In Last Three Trading Weeks

January 3, 2020 Bob Weir

The RASI continues its unbroken rise every day and now sports a 16-day continual increase going back to December 5. Then, it was 449.50. Now, it is 883.74. This equates to a gain of 97%. In the same time-frame, the DJIA has also risen, with a gain of 3.1%. The RASI and the DJIA are now back in sync. [more]