For long-term investors, three guidelines for figuring out how much risk you can stomach I don't know - any more than you do - what's just ahead for the stock market ... in some form and then ...

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The VIX, or "fear gauge," measures expected stock market volatility over 30 days. A higher VIX suggests increased market stress and potential stock market declines. Stock market uncertainty from P ...