What Does The VIX Tell Us About Where We Are Headed Next?
Another volatile week for markets closed with the Sp500 down 2.9%. To think about and consider what might be coming next we took a long view of the VIX.
Above is a chart of the VIX with the 5 day moving average for the past 20 years. You can see we have only moved above 33 eight times. What happened next?
You can see the small arrow annotations on the lower portion of the chart. In three cases the market fell further. in two cases we moved sideways for a bit before moving higher. And in three cases the SP500 moved higher. This tells us it is difficult to make a judgment one way or another. And with that in mind, we should allocate our holdings accordingly.
No single indicator gives market clarity. They each give a point of view that we factor into our model. This is not a prediction, it is a perspective that we need to pay attention to various possible outcomes.
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