My guess is that VIX won't come down meaningfully for a few years, just like it didn't from 1996-2003.
- Retail speculative fever only seen before in the late 1920's and the late 1990's. - New SPAC's every week. - A small EV manufacturer worth more than all other automakers combined. - Far more options traded than ever before. - Yields remaining near all time lows. - Valuations at all time highs. - Fed balance sheet at all time highs. - Fiscal spending like never before.
We've had situations somewhat like this before - the 1920's, the Nifty Fifty, the dot-com bubble.
But we've never had situations like this with such a weak underlying economy, or with so much economic uncertainty. We're in uncharted waters.
Nevertheless, this is the closest analog I can come up with to the current volatility regime.