If you follow financial markets at all, you have probably heard of the Vix. It has certainly been in the news a bit recently, having popped more than 25% in a week to hit levels not seen since October ...

ETFs linked to the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) can offer advanced investors hedging or income-generation uses, but they also come with significant risks.

Buy low, sell high. The trend is your friend. Sell in May and go away. Wall Street is teeming with familiar financial adages. But there’s one you may not have heard of: “When the VIX is high, it’s ...

Here’s the ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (VIXY), the ETF I use most often to try to hedge against sudden market breakdowns. The ProShares Short S&P 500 ETF (SH), ProShares Short QQQ (PSQ), ...