TVIX News and Press, VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX Short-Term ETN From 04/28/20

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We last published our article on VIX on December 4th, in which we discussed a likely increase in the volatility index (See Article ). We were correct directionally and from a technical standpoint, since at that time VIX was in the vicinity of 12-13 and it is uncommon for the index to stay so ...

When I last wrote, "The VIX Is Catching A Bid From Coronavirus," on February 26 th , I didn't have a clue to what extent the equity markets would plunge. The CBOE VIX has a way of quantifying fear and greed levels among retail investors and institutional money managers. I would have never th...

By The Wealthfront Team The past two months have been tumultuous for investors. As COVID-19 has spread, global markets have been extremely volatile. In mid-February, the S&P 500 was at an all-time high. In the weeks since February 19, we've experienced both the index's fastest decline ...

As my regular readers may have worked out, I'm back on the writing horse, as I was fully engaged over the past fourteen months on a corporate consulting gig. However, when you are super-passionate about investing, and I have been since high school, and by the way, I'm turning forty this Septem...

We've been telling anyone who would listen to properly diversify into something that actually does well in a market crash. Something with dynamic investment strategies that react to paradigm shifts and get on board with them. Things that do well in volatility spikes, but also when the spikes d...

The ProShares UltraPro Short S&P 500 ETF ( SPXU ) is one of the most popular instruments to short the broad market for trading or hedging purposes. However, its -3x daily leverage factor is a source of drift. It must be closely monitored to detect changes in the drift regime. This article ...

With the equity market surging last week, seeing VIX close little-changed versus the prior Friday may have been confusing for some investors. But keep in mind that VIX is a measure of volatility , not just an inverse market index. In other words, it's not just crashing down that sends the...

If anyone doesn't know yet based off this month , and VIXmageddon in 2018 , and the 2008 financial crisis - the VIX, or fear index as it's known to have been called from time to time, rises quite rapidly when the stock market falls. There are all sorts of reasons for this, but the primary on...

Stocks made new lows Monday, but fear is receding. So far, my guess that last Thursday marked the worst of the crash seems to be holding up. The Vix has peaked, but stocks have yet to bottom, which calls to mind what happened in the 2008-9 period, when the Vix peaked months before stocks botto...