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Wall Street Fear Index Slides After Google Earnings
Wall Street Fear Index Slides After Google Earnings · Barrons.com

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Investors were feeling a little calmer on Friday as solid results from Google parent Alphabet helped ease ongoing worries about trade tensions between China and the U.S. The Cboe Volatility Index, a widely followed fear gauge that tracks S&P 500 options contracts and trades under the ticker VIX, fell 1% to 26 in early trading.