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  <title id="t">Volatility spikes as prices fall</title>
  <desc id="d">Stock market volatility is how much and how fast prices swing, measured most famously by the VIX. It spikes when fear takes over, because markets fall faster than they rise, which makes it a clear signal of a nervous market.</desc>
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  <text x="40" y="52" font-size="26" font-weight="800" fill="#0F172A">Volatility Spikes When Prices Fall</text>
  <text x="40" y="80" font-size="15" fill="#5A6578">Markets fall faster than they rise, and volatility, the VIX, jumps as they do</text>

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  <text x="410" y="350" font-size="13" fill="#5A6578" text-anchor="middle">As price drops, expected volatility spikes, a core input into a stock sentiment reading.</text>
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