That's not what what's happening here. The VIX seems very comfortable with this ratcheting up and that's just of a different character than for instance, what we saw in early December. That's that ...

TMC Research’s VIX Risk Indicator has fallen to -1.6, a four-month low, which suggests that stock market volatility is expected to be relatively subdued for the near term. The VIX Risk Indicator ...

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However, at more than 27 - compared with its average of 19.5 - the VIX VIX remains elevated. After studying what tends to happen to stocks after the VIX spikes to such levels, Nicholas Colas ...