VIX Monthly And Weekly Charts Since Year 2000

For reference purposes, below are two charts of the VIX from year 2000 through Friday’s (October 18, 2013) close.

Here is the VIX Monthly chart, depicted on a LOG scale, with price labels as well as the 13- and 34-month moving averages, seen in the cyan and red lines, respectively:

(click on chart to enlarge image)(chart courtesy of StockCharts.com; chart creation and annotation by the author)

EconomicGreenfield 10-21-13 VIX Monthly LOG 13-34 since 2000

Here is the VIX Weekly chart, depicted on a LOG scale, with price labels as well as the 13- and 34-week moving average, seen in the cyan and red lines, respectively:

(click on chart to enlarge image)(chart courtesy of StockCharts.com; chart creation and annotation by the author)

EconomicGreenfield 10-21-13 VIX Weekly LOG 13-34 since 2000

 

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The Special Note summarizes my overall thoughts about our economic situation

SPX at 1744.66 as this post is written