What Simple Tool Tells You When the Stock Market is Riskier Than Usual?

What keeps you gripped in fear about investing? Losing your money! Did you know that there is something called the VIX that actually tells you when the stock market is more or less volatile, or riskier, than usual? How handy could that be?

A Seeking Alpha article inspired me to write about a topic that is a little more complex than usual this morning only because of the extremeness of the volatility today. If this interests you, then read more at nestegginvestor.com.

This article is for educational purposes only and is not in any way meant to be used as financial advice.