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Fear gauge pins extreme, yields ease: the selloff may be handing buyers a window

Keep Adding Aggressively. Fear is peaking, not spreading — that is historically when patient buyers are rewarded.

Frank Villavicencio

• 19 min read
Fear gauge pins extreme, yields ease: the selloff may be handing buyers a window
November 6, 2026 at 9:02 AM EST
❓ Keep Adding Aggressively
Fear gauge pins extreme, yields ease: the selloff may be handing buyers a window
Day 2 at a risk-on posture

Justification

Fear is peaking, not spreading — that is historically when patient buyers are rewarded. The VIX, Wall Street's fear gauge, sits at 26.6 against a one-year average of 18.1, and RSI, a momentum gauge, has dropped to 33.5, just above oversold territory. The 10-year Treasury yield fell 0.1 points over the past two weeks, easing pressure on stock valuations.

Since the Last Issue

  • VIX fell from 28.2 to 26.9 since the prior issue, a modest but welcome cooling of fear
  • S&P 500 held flat at 7,354 since the prior issue, suggesting selling pressure may be stalling
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