New analysis shows stock market becoming ‘structurally more volatile’

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Stock market volatility is on the rise and investors better get used to rocky rides:

It isn’t just you. The stock market has become more volatile over the years, according to a new method for measuring its gyrations, and that’s making life more of a challenge for investors as they attempt to navigate the ups and downs.

The annual average for the entire period is 167.6%, with the last decade below that mean being 1988-1997, Colas noted, also emphasizing that 2018’s absolute daily returns totaled 187%, well above the long-run average. At the same time, quiet years are more rare. The 1960s saw three years with absolute daily returns of less than 100%. A sub-100% year wasn’t seen again until 1995, when the S&P 500 rose 37.2% for its best annual performance since a 43.7% rise in 1958. After that, it was a 22-year wait for the next such reading in 2017, which saw the S&P 500 rise 21.7%.

 

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Also becoming rough for investors like me on a slim investment capital... :(

Volatility gives you an ‘in’ when you want it and an ‘out’ when you need it.

Yeah, right. You're following the predictive programming script of up a few cents everyday before we have a flash crash during Whitehouse Down soon.

Yeah. It cuts both ways. It's a test of investor endurance!

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