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 01/31/2014)

Ticker	5-Year Historical	1-Year Historical	Month Ago (Model)	Current Estimate (Model)	Next Month Average Forecast
AAPL	28.73	26.08	25.79	45.97	34.91
ABT	18.52	19.41	16.93	22.78	20.14
ACN	25.49	21.05	19.59	24.42	25.14
AEP	18.48	14.91	12.19	13.47	16.19
AIG	77.45	24.47	20.98	28.64	57.33
ALL	32.27	15.81	15.23	20.84	28.68
AMGN	24.49	27.42	19.17	24.97	25.24
AMZN	36.58	28.42	31.52	35.99	46.82
APA	31.89	22.44	20.04	24.70	28.41
APC	40.13	24.08	28.92	26.46	34.70
AXP	39.21	18.76	13.21	26.91	34.63
BA	28.69	21.30	18.33	37.45	33.01
BAC	60.63	22.82	21.41	26.76	50.82
BAX	22.29	16.68	14.97	16.82	23.17
BK	36.82	19.91< > /td>	16.74	28.50	34.05
BMY	21.61	23.18	18.00	32.07	25.86
BRKB	23.92	14.70	11.67	16.86	22.33
C	61.32	23.40	19.64	33.53	52.87
CAT	34.39	19.17	16.90	32.35	32.73
CL	17.22	15.66	14.46	17.03	17.02
CMCSA	27.79	20.01	15.66	20.77	23.96
COF	53.86	19.76	13.78	29.91	40.63
COP	24.47	14.90	15.45	19.19	22.73
COST	20.49	15.03	15.94	21.68	21.12
CSCO	30.30	25.09	27.94	28.67	30.11
CVS	24.53	16.72	16.99	22.22	25.43
CVX	22.14	14.15	14.86	19.68	25.59
DD	28.25	16.83	14.60	23.94	26.56
DIS	26.66	18.34	16.98	24.80	25.49
DOW	41.76	23.96	22.49	31.54	35.06
DVN	32.14	22.69	20.65	21.18	26.70
EBAY	33.33	25.07	25.86	28.25	29.64
EMC	28.07	20.83	19.07	25.33	26.85
EMR	27.93	17.86	14.98	23.11	25.02
EXC	20.84	19.35	17.22	19.37	19.87
F	40.73	23.83	29.77	29.16	35.76
FCX	43.97	26.98	18.60	37.19	40.75
FDX	31.78	23.02	18.32	28.50	29.23
GD	24.55	18.23	13.90	22.21	22.82
GE	31.95	17.43	13.77	25.49	28.92
GILD	29.29	28.43	27.56	27.08	29.05
GOOG	25.95	21.48	22.40	26.38	26.83
GS	35.50	21.00	19.04	24.97	32.91
HAL	39.65	24.93	25.02	27.46	34.02
HD	24.25	17.42	13.23	22.72	23.39
HON	27.31	16.67	13.98	18.62	23.28
HPQ	35.89	36.99	28.07	26.91	30.53
IBM	20.14	> 18.85	15.19	21.18	20.85
INTC	26.14	19.72	19.45	22.12	23.84
JNJ	14.40	13.21	13.12	18.43	16.15
JPM	41.50	19.53	17.63	26.28	36.53
KO	16.98	15.93	12.54	20.18	18.80
LLY	19.72	16.42	15.18	18.22	19.14
LMT	21.59	16.09	16.53	21.55	21.58
LOW	29.29	22.78	22.29	26.73	27.82
MA	31.52	20.12	13.10	37.55	39.78
MCD	16.20	12.11	13.29	13.80	14.55
MDLZ	19.60	20.48	16.03	20.20	19.88
MDT	23.85	16.24	17.06	20.84	22.26
MET	48.24	24.51	19.18	33.57	41.29
MMM	22.64	14.54	16.73	22.42	21.99
MO	16.33	14.86	12.96	19.99	18.27
MON	28.56	19.70	14.02	21.35	23.44
MRK	23.27	17.39	14.89	21.99	22.47
MS	48.12	27.55	25.74	31.14	41.29
MSFT	25.29	25.66	19.94	23.31	25.21
NKE	26.55	20.20	20.53	24.86	26.16
NOV	38.75	20.43	18.27	22.79	30.20
NSC	29.58	21.23	17.14	30.40	29.75
ORCL	27.60	23.42	20.40	24.54	27.28
OXY	30.61	17.88	16.68	20.38	25.26
PEP	16.17	13.93	12.86	15.91	16.14
PFE	21.85	16.46	16.86	22.72	22.96
PG	16.92	16.08	14.60	18.97	17.68
PM	20.04	15.51	15.55	21.99	21.63
QCOM	27.02	17.71	18.52	26.96	26.57
RTN	21.82	16.92	15.70	22.84	22.87
SBUX	32.47	19.66	20.61	28.67	30.82
SLB	34.19	20.71	20.71	22.17	28.18
SO	14.47	12.96	11.44	11.51	13.02
SPG	39.02	17.67	15.30	17.89	33.74
T	18.22	15.16	13.46	15.35	16.91
TGT	23.62	16.40	19.33	21.18	22.03
TWX	29.79	18.42	15.11	24.85	27.63
TXN	27.22	18.52	14.84	20.63	22.73
UNH	31.17	20.60	19.12	24.56	27.68
UNP	28.60	17.66	12.86	17.97	24.41
UPS	21.95	13.95	11.54	17.45	19.63
USB	41.58	13.04	14.40	19.66	33.68
UTX	23.34	15.64	13.92	17.39	19.89
V	29.27	22.40	14.06	31.02	32.27
VZ	18.73	17.24	14.26	15.78	17.88
WAG	26.05	22.43	24.08	24.90	26.15
WFC	48.38	15.91	15.65	17.20	37.65
WMT	16.20	12.31	11.80	13.32	14.80

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