"fearful" election of Trump - VIX comparison

The election race is over and when the "worst fear" (to some...) became reality, markets took a dip, but quickly recovered and ended in positive territory. Having a look at the VIX index confirms that fear level was far from being high - 2013 had half a dozen similar events - can you still name them?

Compared to other historical events, the VIX stayed very low. Sure, the media did a good job reporting 24/7 about nothing but this topic and thus pushing the personal fear level higher and higher - but in the end you realize: let's focus on the real problems again. He's a president like many before, he has a program, let's wait and see how this will influence the market.

next publication: what does the election of Donald Trump as a president mean for the market? Stay tuned.