Traders Flock to Volatility ETFs
“Volatile” probably is not the most accurate description of U.S. equity markets to this point in 2015, but plenty of traders are…
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Indexology®: Fear of Fear Itself Reaches Crisis Levels
Franklin Delano Roosevelt would be disappointed. The US fear index, officially named the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), has ticked up, averaging 16.4…
Hedge Funds, Volatility ETN Flows Tell Different Stories
Some would argue there is almost no such thing as an “easy trade,” but over the past couple of year, shorting volatility…
ETF Chart of the Day: Very Volatile VIX
With the “Volatility of Volatility” in the marketplace being quite high by most accounts, especially relating to how the markets acted after…
ETF Chart of the Day: Vicious VIX
It makes sense to watch Volatility linked products closely with the VIX closing above $17 heading into last weekend, and trading as…
Indexology®: Why is the VIX so high?
No, our crack proofreading team didn’t muff the headline. After several weeks of seemingly unanimous commentary about how investor complacency has resulted…