Market Watch: - "I would expect (the VIX) to rise over the next two months until the next deadline and resolution date" in Washington are reached, said Ron Rowland, president of Capital Cities Asset Management. "It may be just barely trending, as opposed to rallying, but I think it's general direction will be upward." Frederick foresees low volatility in the VIX, within the 13 to 16 range, until late February or early March, then a pick up just ahead of the debt-ceiling deadline. "If (lawmakers) look like they are going to push it right down to the wire, and I'll be shocked if they don't, (the VIX) is going to run up again just like it did in the two or three days before the fiscal cliff occurred."
Frederick foresees low volatility in the VIX, within the 13 to 16 range, until late February or early March, then a pick up just ahead of the debt-ceiling deadline. "If (lawmakers) look like they are going to push it right down to the wire, and I'll be shocked if they don't, (the VIX) is going to run up again just like it did in the two or three days before the fiscal cliff occurred."