Is this the most boring stock market ever? quoting : "MarketWatch"

The stock market's "Trump rally" looks stuck in a lower gear, and you can almost hear the yawning among analysts. Welcome to the most boring market on record, says Charlie Bilello, research director at investment adviser Pension Partners. Read more: The stock rally is masking a sudden rise in the market's risk profileAnd see: The New England Patriots are a beacon of hope for stock-market bears Last week's action included three straight sessions when the S&P 500 moved less than 0.1% in either direction — something the stock index hadn't done since November 2014. In other words, Donald Trump's surprise win in the U.S. presidential race unleashed the market's animal spirits.


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How the stock market gauges fear in the age of Trump
More specifically, the VIX measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 index options over a 30-day period in the future. If Wall Street's fear gauge, volumes and standard trading ranges point to placid markets why are investors so apparently fixated on fear? (We'll touch on two other terms that tend to be used in the market interchangeably later: risk and uncertainty). But typically when the market refers to "volatility" they are describing an assets' likelihood of swinging higher or lower. Check out: These are the charts to watch for a stock market dip in February


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