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volatility

[vahl-uh-til-i-tee] / vɑl əˈtɪl ɪ ti /
NOUN
evaporation
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NOUN
airiness
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NOUN
excitability
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Volatility constantly changes, but comparing put and call volatility helps investors gauge outcomes.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

Lower Middle East tensions led to reduced currency volatility, with the Deutsche Bank FX Volatility Index falling nearly 20% since March 27.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

Wall Street’s fear gauge—known as the Cboe Volatility Index, or VIX—rose 3.3% to 19.50, its highest level since April 8, the day the Iran-U.S. cease-fire started.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

But the Cboe Volatility Index term structure is rising, and so is more bullish.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

And on the other side, it is evident that Volatility belongs in common to all the three Principles, and to Water too.

From The Sceptical Chymist or Chymico-Physical Doubts & Paradoxes, Touching the Spagyrist's Principles Commonly call'd Hypostatical; As they are wont to be Propos'd and Defended by the Generality of Alchymists. Whereunto is præmis'd Part of another Discourse relating to the same Subject. by Boyle, Robert




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