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There’s going to be choppiness in discretionary-goods spending for the rest of the year, he said.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

The VIX holds steady all the inputs in the formula for pricing S&P 500 call or put options contracts over the next 30 days, except for how much choppiness they assume—the market’s implied volatility.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

The choppiness is scrambling the outlook for traditional market havens.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

Almost 90% of 2024 revenue came from government entities, exposing the company to the choppiness and unpredictability of appropriations cycles.

From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025

In a moment they had lost their choppiness arid had lengthened into long swells that came slow and syrupy.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt