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What to Make of a VIX Approaching 20

I can't quite decide whether to be delighted or puzzled that so many people seem to care that the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) is approaching 20. In truth, I feel a little bit of each. When I started this blog, I decided to devote a fair amount of attention to this unusual statistic that very few people were aware of and most that did had stopped paying attention to out of boredom. Of course the VIX was at about 10 then, the markets were awash in liquidity, and following a volatility index felt about as useful as trying to estimate Usain Bolt's times with a sundial.