Markets and Investing
Volatility and selloffs
drawdowns, VIX, risk-off days
- Episodes
- 24
- Share
- 2.6%
- Shows
- 20
- Net sentiment
- −0.72
Up from 2.2% of episodes in the weeks before; net sentiment was −0.65.
Bullish 0Mixed 5Neutral 6Bearish 13
5 weeks
Share of each week's episodes, and net sentiment.
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Net sentiment
−10+1
Sep 21Sep 28Oct 5Oct 12Oct 19
The episodes behind it
Why each one was bullish, bearish or in between. Most time on the theme first.
Bearish 13
- Nasdaq plunged about 2.6% and semiconductor and AI stocks sold off sharply, signaling broad risk-off pressure.Tech Stocks Hit, Yields Plunge As AI Trade Fizzles: NetApp, Amgen, Nasdaq In Focus · Stock Market Today With IBD · Oct 22
- Small caps sold off hard, with crowded trades unwinding and big single-day drops in several names.the call: Friday 23 October | small caps · The Call from ausbiz · Oct 23
- Hosts see last week's damage as unrepaired, so the bounce is not yet trustworthy.Too Soon To Declare Victory In Tech Bounce? Amazon, Heartflow, Ethos In Focus · Stock Market Today With IBD · Oct 19
- Speakers stress severe drawdowns in 2008 and 2022 and warn a Great Depression-style crash could recur."Set It and Forget It" Is Costing You Your Retirement · A Swift Kick In The Ass: Personal Growth & Resilience Podcast · Oct 23
- Global stocks and the Nasdaq fell sharply on Thursday, with bonds in riskier segments also selling off.US prepared for protracted stalemate with Iran · FT News Briefing · Oct 23
- Near-zero stock correlations have suppressed the VIX, and normalization implies a correction.StoneX' Vincent Deluard: The S&P Is Hiding a Bear Market | #655 · The Meb Faber Show - Better Investing · Oct 23
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- Nasdaq falling alongside tech credit stress; host expects possible violent dislocation spilling into indices.Felix Nikolas Prehn: How AI Infrastructure Fueled By Borrowing Can Break Markets · Felix Nikolas Prehn's Podcast · Oct 19
- Nasdaq suffers its worst day in months as investors flee the AI trade.Tech Tumbles In Market Sell-Off… And Moderna’s Meltdown After Data Leak 10/22/26 · CNBC's "Fast Money" · Oct 22
- Low VIX masks dispersion and short-volatility risk; sharp moves could cause forced liquidations.Nothing Matters in the Market Until It Does with Mike Tracey · RiskReversal Pod · Oct 19
- The stock recovered sharply but can move hard both ways, with demanding valuation and pullback risk.Datadog Stock: Is It Too Late to Buy This AI Winner? · Going Public With Ross Mandell · Oct 22
- A tech sell-off and debt concerns in US AI names raise risk for indices.the call: Monday 18 October · The Call from ausbiz · Oct 19
- Uranium equities down 20-30% recently despite improving fundamentals, signaling sentiment-driven weakness.Orderpad | Uranium Stocks Down 20%+! Nuclear Energy Boom & 2 ASX Stock Picks (URNM & SLX) · Talk Money To Me · Oct 22
- Funds are reducing long positions and grain prices are falling near seasonal lows.Oct 22 | Commodity Week · Commodity Week · Oct 22
Mixed 5
- Speaker says liquidity correlation matters early on but fundamentals should matter later.Bitcoin Isn't an Anti-Government Trade. It's an AI Trade. · Less Noise, More Signal · Oct 25
- Market volatility lifts ASX trading revenue but signals a broadly weak, bear-market backdrop for small caps.the call: Tuesday 20 October · The Call from ausbiz · Oct 20
- Market volatility from Mideast developments and inflation expectations creates opportunity but demands risk discipline.Macro Is Back — But Ken Tropin Says That Doesn’t Make It Easy · In Conversation with Julie Segal · Oct 20
- Hosts argue crashes are unavoidable but timing them is futile, favoring staying invested and buying dips.Tesla’s flying car, the AI boom’s biggest question & how to survive a market crash · Equity Mates Investing Podcast · Oct 21
- Silver's recent pullback and oversold RSI suggest a bounce, but timing is uncertain.Silver Analysts FIGHT! 🥊 Here’s What to EXPECT (Gold & Silver Price News) · SILVER / GOLD / $UFD: Surviving Global Economic Shifts | RONS BASEMENT · Oct 20
Neutral 6
- VIX spiked and markets whipsawed, with hosts describing choppy risk-off days and a channeling index.The Option Block 1509: Race Cars, Top Hats and Cleveland Cliffs..Oh My! · The Options Insider Radio Network · Oct 19
- Discussion of crash history, why crashes recur, and failed hedging strategies, treated factually.The End Is Nigh. Buy Here? · The Acquirers Podcast · Oct 22
- Covers drawdown mechanics and how to limit and manage losses during market declines.How Market Wizard Caps Risk And Neutralizes Drawdowns · Investing With IBD · Oct 21
- Hosts attribute the sharp selloff largely to positioning and forced deleveraging rather than economics.What If We’re Still Early in the AI Boom? · Know Your Risk Podcast · Oct 23
- Explains managing drawdowns and staying invested through market crashes and panics.The CIO Of A $10 Billion Firm Shares Timeless Advice - Stuart Katz, Robertson Stephens · Smart Money Circle · Oct 20
- Discusses intraday swings and drawdowns in chip and tech names without a clear directional view.The Hot Options Report: 10-19-2026 · The Options Insider Radio Network · Oct 20
Around it
Companies named
- CoreWeave 2
- ASX1
- Intel 1
- Datadog1
- Max Linear1
- Western Digital1
Shows that covered it most
- The Call from ausbiz3
- Stock Market Today With IBD2
- The Options Insider Radio Network2
- Felix Nikolas Prehn's Podcast1
- RiskReversal Pod1
- In Conversation with Julie Segal1
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