Sunday, December 18, 2011

Market Volatility

Since 1972, median correlation of S&P stocks to the S&P index itself over any past months has been at 0.46, meaning 46% of stocks moved the same way as the index. It hit 0.86 in October 2011, a level exceeding the 1987 October crash and one usually associated with crash like days.

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