Stock-Market Losers: Bear-Market Territory and Trade Talks

stock-market losers: Stocks are back under pressure as U.S.-China trade tensions escalate, according to Market Watch. The VIX, however, remains near its long-term average, after trimming its earlier rise. The Cboe Volatility Index VIX, -16.02% known by its ticker, VIX, jumped 6.45 points over the first two days of this week the largest two-day rise since the period ending on Dec. 24, according to Dow Jones Data Group, when it climbed by more than seven points as a stock-market selloff accelerated, taking the S&P 500 SPX, 0.37% to the brink of bear-market territory and marking the lowest point of the fourth-quarter downturn. Read Trump says Xi wrote him beautiful letter' as trade talks begin Also see Here are this week's biggest stock-market losers as Trump's trade war on China continues The fear of a VIX-spike redux, meanwhile, stems not just from the December selloff. That created a negative feedback loop that accelerated the rise in the VIX and led to the implosion of products that facilitated short bets on the VIX index, prompting forced selling in stocks that added to downward pressure. Instead, it has more to do with the February 2018 jump in the VIX, which came after an accumulation of speculative bets on declining volatility were unwound violently. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.