Why You Should Watch the VIX

Jim Jubak started writing about the financial markets in 1984 at Venture magazine. In 1992, he authored In the Image of the Brain. After the publication, Mr. Jubak worked as senior financial editor at Worth magazine. While working at Worth, he wrote The Worth Guide to Computerized Investing. In May of 1997, he joined MSN Money as senior markets editor and started Jubak's Journal and Jubak's Picks portfolio. Mr. Jubak's latest book, Juggling with Knives: Smart Investing in the Coming Age of Volatility was published in January 2016. In 2009, he left MSN Money to start his own Web site, JubakPicks.com and three stock portfolios (the third is a dividend income portfolio).