Investors are growing increasingly concerned about where interest rates will ultimately peak.Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Fear is creeping back into the stock market. To protect against a potential downturn, traders are scooping up hedges at the fastest clip since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.
More call options betting that the Cboe Volatility Index, or VIX, will rise have changed hands on an average day in February than at any time since March 2020, Cboe data shows.
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