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¶ … VIX is a measure of the market's expectations for 30-day volatility, usually of a broad index like the S&P 500. The VIX is calculated using the prices of a variety of options on the index. The implied volatility of these options is used, and the VIX is sometimes referred to as a fear gauge and a measure of overall market risk (Investopedia, 2012).
There are two versions of the VIX. The first is for the S&P 500 and the second is for the S&P 100. The former is considered to be more representative of the broad market than the latter (Bail, no date). Options are priced, of course, with a mix of risk premium and time value. For market index options, that risk is assumed to simply be market risk. Therefore, options on that will contain a time value and a market risk premium. It is the latter that is used in...
The first reason is that the stock market is a poor proxy for the health of the economy -- just because traders think the market is going to be volatile over the next month does not indicate that orders are going to move in any direction. A manufacturing company should be able to find dozens of better predictors, and might actually benefit from talking to its customers, rather than relying on something like the VIX to forecast its sales. One thing the company's managers might do is track the correlation between the VIX and future orders, to identify any relationship that might exist. This can be done with any number of different economic indicators, so the firm has a sense of what numbers it needs to pay…
Works Cited:
Bail, M. (no date). Measuring stock market volatility. The Daily Reckoning. Retrieved March 12, 2012 from http://dailyreckoning.com/measuring-stock-market-volatility/
Investopedia. (2012). Definition of VIX. Investopedia. Retrieved March 12, 2012 from http://www.investopedia.com/terms/v/vix.asp
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