MARK HULBERT:
March 18 high will turn out to be the high for the current cycle. And that’s crucial information, since historically the VIX peaks out before the market bottoms.
How much before? Based on bear markets since the VIX was created in the mid-1980s, the average lead time is 75 days. Add that number of days to March 18 and you arrive at the first day of June [and that’s his day for the bear market bottom].
...Morgan Stanley pointed out another straw in the wind that suggests a bottom may be in the not-so-distant future. In the past, “the catalyst for the volatility peak was always a policy response.” In recent days, of course…... policy responses.
The bottom line? Pay close attention to the VIX in coming days. So long as it doesn’t rise back to the vicinity of its March 18 high of 85.47, odds will grow that the bear market bottom is only a couple of months away.
https://www.thestreet.com/opinion/when- ... hit-bottom