2013 will not be going down in history as a volatile year
By Kevin Olsen
The average annualized volatility for the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index last year was 21%, down from about 25% in 2012 and 30% in 2011. Every quarter of 2013 saw an annualized volatility of between 20% and 22%.
“Volatility is coming down quite nicely,” said Sandor Ferencz, ITG vice president, analytics, based in Culver City, Calif...