The full historical dataset is available for download here The march 16 vix close of 82.69 barely topped the peak reached during the financial crisis in 2008 Get historical data for the ^vix (^vix) on yahoo finance
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Over the past year, vix index price has increased by +2.27 (+11.88%).
Despite widespread stagflation fears and weak manufacturing signals, subdued global money supply and stable bank lending suggest resilience over recession. Looking at peak vix for the years dating back to 1990, 2020 (through april 20) was 82.69, higher than any other period of heightened volatility including the gfc 2020 peak vix 2.27x 1990, 1.81x 1998 and 1.02x the gfc. Ten years later in 2003, cboe together with goldman sachs, updated the vix index to reflect a new way to measure expected volatility, one that continues to be widely used by financial theorists, risk managers and volatility traders alike.
The vix index—widely known as wall street’s “fear gauge”—soared nearly 50% to 44 points, its highest level since october 2020, after china imposed retaliatory tariffs on the u.s., according to data from tradingview.
