October Is Forgotten as Credit Suisse Fear Gauge Plummets

If you’re wondering whether the market meltdown of early October left stock investors with any lingering sense of anxiety, it didn’t.

After surging to a record, the Credit Suisse Fear Barometer, which compares bearish to bullish options prices three months from now, retreated to the lowest level in more than a year. Another measure of investor concern, the cost of protection against a 10 percent drop in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, has slipped to the lowest in two months amid a record rally in stocks, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.