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The central bank is raising interest rates based on the fact that inflation is a monetary phenomenon. The Fed can raise interest rates until the end of time and there still won’t be enough stuff available for what will likely be stable or even rising demand. The market is s...
Consumer spending accounts for about two-thirds of the U.S. economy. Inflation and market volatility are typically unsettling to consumers and long-term investors. As of late March, the VIX Index seems 'cheap' relative to some other forward risk measures. For further details...
Consumer spending accounts for about two-thirds of the U.S. economy. Inflation and market volatility are typically unsettling to consumers and long-term investors. As of late March, the VIX Index seems 'cheap' relative to some other forward risk measures. For further details...
Last year’s headlines (COVID-19 and China) have been replaced with new concerns (Invasions and Inflation). Central bankers are pivoting from stabilizing growth to limiting inflation. Traditional bond and equity markets have come under pressure as they adjust to this new regime....
The Fed minutes reveal the central bank intends to start reducing its balance sheet by as much as $95 billion per month beginning in May. It’s possible that Fed policy over the past decade, rather than destroy risk, has only managed to shift risks into the future. Volatilit...
The VIX ETPs have quite a few quirks and as a result of these quirks and their high volatility, there are considerable risks for both longs and shorts. From the 30,000-foot perspective, the big risk in being short volatility is that a big one-day VIX spike can theoretically destroy th...
Commodities and equities are both showing renewed strength on the heels of global interest rate increases. Inflation shows no sign of abating as energy, metals, food products, and housing continue their upward bias. The SPY has enjoyed a sharp rally back up after touching its Fibonacc...
In a recent backtest of adding a dedicated allocation to volatility (VIX) via a specialty ETF for enhancing risk management in a traditional 60/40 stock/bond strategy, the results were encouraging, or at least intriguing. The conventional approach is to simply hold bonds – 40% ...
Inverted curves are a necessary but not sufficient condition for a recession. The yield curve inverts when the market senses that the Fed is so tight that the economy is at risk of collapsing, and that collapse would then prompt the Fed to ease. Low spreads mean the market thinks ...
Based on volume alone, the SPX options clearly have utility. Over the past few years, options volume continues to move toward short-dated maturities and smaller average contract size. The inversion in VIX and the significant rise in energy prices reflect the ongoing concern of Rus...
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NEW YORK , June 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Credit Suisse AG announced today its intention to delist and suspend further issuances of the following Exchange Traded Notes (the "ETNs"): Only the ETNs listed in the table above are affected by this announcement. For purpose...
NEW YORK , Nov. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Credit Suisse AG announced today that it will implement a 1 - for - 5 reverse split of its VelocityShares ™ VIX Short Term ETN (" VIIX ") and a 1 - for - 10 reverse split of its VelocityShares ™ Daily 2x VIX Short Term ETN ...