Tag Archives: VIX

Paulo Pereira: Global market Musings: Volatility And The “Backstop”

Posted on December 5, 2012 by DRenegade

Ultimately what I’m saying here boils down to this: unceasing market intervention has crushed the forward-looking expected returns for pretty much every asset class out there: rates, credit, HY, equities, equity with overlay/protection strategies (calls too cheap), long/short, macro, relative … Continue reading →

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Fear Index (VIX) Halted

Posted on November 7, 2012 by DRenegade

VIX Halted CBOE’s VIX Futures and Options have been halted since 1337ET. Because in our day and age of highly “sophisticated, precise and computerized” trading, just what stock market crash can take place without a critical component of the market breaking… … Continue reading →

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Fear Is In The Air

Posted on September 22, 2011 by DRenegade

The CBOE MKT VOLATILITY IDX (VIX) measures volatility in the stock market but it is generally called the fear index. If you had invested in fear on Monday morning, you would have realized a 34.21% profit in four days. Playing  Monday morning … Continue reading →

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Fear Is In The Air

Posted on September 12, 2011 by DRenegade

CBOE MKT VOLATILITY IDX is a fund which allows investors to make money off of fear. Although it measures market volatility, it reacts positively when people are afraid and is nicknamed “the fear index”. How afraid is the world? The graphic below … Continue reading →

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