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Dates: during 2000-2009
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What is next for the VIX? That all depends on investors' fear of a further decline in stock prices. Remember: even if the VIX continues to fall, that does not mean that high volatility for stocks is finished. Investors should still hope for volatility, realized from a recovering rally. But a low VIX - signaling reduced uncertainty - would likely signal a coming rally, rather than stagnation in prices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Volatility Index Is Falling: A Bullish Sign? | 4/22/2009 | See Source »

...perfect, nor is the sense of volatility it attempts to predict. Volatility can mean many different things in practice: a stock whose price undergoes large price fluctuations and one that chops quickly in a small range might have the same measured volatility, but they are clearly not equally risky. Even though the concept of volatility is abused and taken for granted in the financial world, it is still the best-known measure of risk and, therefore, useful for investors. (See the best business deals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Volatility Index Is Falling: A Bullish Sign? | 4/22/2009 | See Source »

...mean actual cities where people could live...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jean-Michael Cousteau on Killer Whales | 4/22/2009 | See Source »

...lack of 24-hour medical care inside the prison. Worse, kids must sometimes share mom's punishment for bad behavior, like solitary confinement. As a result, not every prisoner mom is happy about having her children with her. "I am paying my debt to society but that doesn't mean that my children should be paying the consequences of my actions too," says Casilda Calle, another prisoner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Bolivia, Keeping Kids and Moms Together — in Prison | 4/22/2009 | See Source »

Does that mean Jacob Zuma will be President? Almost certainly. He is the President of the ANC, and the national President is elected by Parliament, whose members, under a proportional-representation system, are allocated seats according to their party's share of Wednesday's vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa's Election: Why It Matters | 4/21/2009 | See Source »

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