TY - BOOK AU - Auinger,Florian ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - The Causal Relationship between the S&P 500 and the VIX Index: Critical Analysis of Financial Market Volatility and Its Predictability T2 - BestMasters SN - 9783658089696 AV - HG1-HG9999 U1 - 332 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Wiesbaden PB - Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, Imprint: Springer Gabler KW - Finance KW - Finance, general N1 - Risk and Emotions -- Financial Market Volatility -- Behavioural Finance -- VIX Index N2 - Florian Auinger highlights the core weaknesses and sources of criticism regarding the VIX Index as an indicator for the future development of financial market volatility. Furthermore, it is proven that there is no statistically significant causal relationship between the VIX and the S&P 500. As a consequence, the forecastability is not given in both directions. Obviously, there must be at least one additional variable that has a strong influence on market volatility such as emotions which, according to financial market experts, are considered to play a more and more important role in investment decisions. Contents Risk and Emotions Financial Market Volatility Behavioural Finance VIX Index Target GroupsĀ  Researchers and students in the fields of risk management, portfolio management and investment banking Practitioners in these areas The Author Florian Auinger wrote his master thesis at the University of Applied Sciences in Steyr, Upper Austria and is currently working in the fields of mergers & acquisitions UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-08969-6 ER -