Investors Pile Into Funds Betting on Elusive Market Volatility

Investors are piling in to exchange-traded products, betting that stock-market volatility will increase from rock-bottom levels. But while they wait to cash in on a big spike, their returns are dwindling due to a quirk of the market. The largest product that follows...

Crypto’s $300 Billion Wipeout Marks Harshest Selloff in Months

Cryptocurrencies shed roughly $300 billion in value this week as a wave of leveraged bets unraveled, battering the sector’s biggest tokens and dragging market sentiment to its weakest point since early summer. Ether, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency, led the...

Goldman Warns of Stock Volatility, Finds Catalysts to Play

The market is on tenterhooks waiting for the Federal Reserve’s next interest-rate move, a crucial earnings season looms large and the threat of a US government shutdown is growing more severe. Add the specter of rising volatility to a list of worries investors need to...

China Buys More Argentine Soybeans as Tax Relief Spurs Trade

China bought at least 10 more cargoes of Argentine soybeans, taking advantage of a temporary break in the South American country’s export levies to stock up amid a trade war with the US, its second-largest supplier. Importers snapped up the shipments on Tuesday,...