Will your stock's volatility rise or fall over the next month? In the table below, we provide historical volatility estimates over the past year and past 5 years, current volatility estimates from our volatility models, and the average volatility forecast over the next month. All estimates are annualized and computed using daily stock returns.

Volatility Estimates for Individual Large-Cap Stocks

(As of market close 01/20/2012)

Ticker	5-Year Historical	1-Year Historical	Month Ago (Model)	Current Estimate (Model)	Next Month Average Forecast
AA	57.16	43.64	51.32	35.30	45.26
AAPL	38.27	26.08	26.03	19.12	32.79
ABT	22.17	17.71	16.21	13.76	18.06
AEP	26.56	19.25	22.23	14.30	22.48
ALL	47.15	30.41	26.60	14.64	36.58
AMGN	29.95	21.71	24.56	22.38	26.88
AMZN	48.78	39.08	49.45	31.74	44.89
APA	45.04	39.16	51.11	32.48	38.20
AVP	38.53	37.56	35.61	29.92	38.42
AXP	52.38	30.31	33.09	17.92	41.70
BA	35.03	30.45	28.53	20.00	27.06
BAC	77.98	59.28	53.47	55.79	72.14
BAX	26.10	25.83	27.83	17.67	24.44
BHI	50.35	46.20	55.99	44.38	44.78
BK	55.90	38.98< > /td>	43.30	39.43	49.23
BMY	26.79	20.19	15.27	25.97	25.71
BRKB	29.43	28.99	22.84	15.62	25.99
C	82.54	54.45	63.24	63.43	76.57
CAT	40.62	37.64	43.04	25.24	32.13
CL	22.18	18.79	17.43	16.32	19.23
CMCSA	39.23	28.66	30.97	21.29	28.37
COF	68.76	39.48	49.48	26.12	56.79
COP	37.01	27.53	28.31	23.22	30.12
COST	27.49	22.33	22.11	21.91	23.93
CSCO	36.29	35.31	30.97	28.77	33.83
CVS	31.92	24.24	30.79	19.52	25.08
CVX	33.55	28.14	30.95	24.10	28.47
DD	35.68	30.71	33.75	21.11	28.51
DELL	41.03	37.62	38.33	28.36	32.65
DIS	34.41	31.05	31.38	21.78	28.73
DOW	47.52	43.49	44.40	27.99	36.34
DVN	43.73	36.02	44.10	32.11	37.63
EMC	36.74	29.98	33.89	21.13	29.36
EMR	36.60	34.42	36.62	30.50	32.48
ETR	27.50	19.47	21.29	16.11	22.98
EXC	32.07	19.50	21.62	18.46	26.99
F	60.77	39.77	42.14	30.78	50.62
FCX	62.17	47.62	56.52	34.48	49.40
FDX	37.54	33.13	45.27	28.49	32.36
GD	29.67	27.58	29.29	17.85	22.21
GE	40.71	30.57	29.52	18.39	31.68
GILD	32.29	29.02	36.36	21.01	24.64
GOOG	35.31	30.90	27.69	26.90	36.00
GS	51.81	39.12	49.35	45.97	48.18
HAL	50.50	49.87	55.03	39.54	43.60
HD	34.06	25.86	22.96	16.89	28.62
HNZ	21.27	16.81	15.07	12.85	20.11
HON	34.11	32.90	31.75	19.24	27.73
HPQ	35.86	44.51	41.23	21.69	30.62
IBM	25.75	> 22.68	24.09	18.48	24.74
INTC	35.24	27.42	35.05	25.07	28.60
JNJ	18.82	17.23	17.29	9.91	15.79
JPM	57.89	40.93	50.60	37.23	49.28
KFT	23.16	16.27	16.47	14.46	20.25
KO	22.31	17.48	14.65	15.77	18.89
LMT	28.20	20.82	19.77	16.81	23.32
LOW	37.78	28.66	26.26	24.50	31.47
MA	45.47	38.42	37.75	36.04	42.73
MCD	22.50	16.45	14.63	13.59	17.32
MDT	28.91	27.57	28.94	18.86	25.05
MET	65.66	45.10	50.86	31.16	52.68
MMM	27.73	28.17	29.90	20.89	22.89
MO	22.98	17.38	14.98	18.42	20.44
MON	43.60	34.47	36.52	27.29	34.48
MRK	32.25	21.49	21.85	15.84	20.45
MS	75.69	60.18	74.60	56.07	66.78
MSFT	32.51	24.11	23.22	19.85	31.57
NKE	33.67	30.46	27.03	19.71	26.84
NOV	61.12	45.90	54.51	30.99	46.64
NSC	37.45	29.45	36.49	36.69	37.14
NWSA	46.31	39.46	30.87	22.68	38.01
ORCL	34.80	36.11	42.01	32.57	32.78
OXY	46.02	39.61	43.09	28.03	37.12
PEP	21.27	17.05	15.03	14.34	18.02
PFE	27.68	24.46	21.34	16.29	21.15
PG	20.78	14.93	14.47	12.59	17.67
QCOM	36.59	32.12	35.64	18.72	30.33
RTN	26.71	23.99	21.55	16.60	21.97
S	72.64	62.03	67.12	50.75	60.38
SLB	46.43	39.96	48.98	37.22	39.89
SO	20.01	13.34	13.50	14.60	17.66
T	27.74	18.13	17.61	14.32	20.86
TGT	37.71	23.39	23.22	20.83	31.32
TWX	38.39	29.60	31.66	14.66	29.26
TXN	34.00	29.80	36.14	26.28	26.89
UNH	43.52	30.78	25.80	24.00	32.88
UNP	37.49	29.78	32.06	19.81	27.74
UPS	27.83	22.02	23.18	15.06	21.49
USB	51.66	34.51	28.02	21.58	42.81
UTX	29.75	28.31	32.08	19.98	24.79
VZ	26.78	18.87	17.33	15.29	21.27
WAG	30.71	27.50	34.81	28.58	30.50
WFC	64.28	38.66	39.76	16.88	50.87
WMB	48.41	44.01	34.35	58.80	51.55
WMT	22.31	16.69	15.32	12.65	16.99
WY	44.16	36.91	35.73	28.93	35.97
XOM	31.08	25.47	22.38	14.67	24.96

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