Wall Street: Level and Year

wall street: After a rocky start, trading this year was marked by a rally that has taken major indexes to repeated records, but despite the tilt higher Wall Street has mostly been marked by a historic level of quiescence, according to Market Watch. The CBOE Volatility index VIX, 0.09% a measure of investor anxiety, recently fell to its lowest level since August 2015. However, observers may be hard pressed to discern any signs of the swiftly shifting political landscape in the equity markets. According to LPL Financial, the average level for the fear index in 2016 was below 16, the fifth straight year it has averaged below 20, the level considered its long-term average. Despite that, investors are nearly unanimous that the events of the year have injected huge amounts of uncertainty into the economy. Readings below 12 suggests that the market isn't betting on any sharp market swings. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.