Long VIX ETPs seeing lots of action ahead of FOMC
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 17, 12:33PM CDT
TVIZ: 18.95 (-0.28), TVIX: 1.73 (-0.06), XVZ: 28.51 (+0.20), VIXM: 60.81 (+0.37), XVIX: 16.69 (+0.26), ZIV: 42.37 (-0.25), VXX: 25.73 (-0.40), IVOP: 38.01 (+0.13), UVXY: 15.26 (-0.46), VIIX: 34.73 (-0.55), CVOL: 0.79 (unch), VXZ: 12.49 (+0.07), VIIZ: 17.14 (+0.03), XXV: 38.28 (+0.02), SVXY: 67.98 (+1.12), XIV: 34.63 (+0.54), VIXY: 17.10 (-0.28)
March Madness - Dividend Grandness And Volatility Blandness
Wade Slome, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 17, 12:37AM CDT
March Madness has arrived once again. This NCAA basketball event, which has been around since 1939, begins with a selection committee choosing the top 68 teams in the country. These teams are matched up against each other through a single-elimination...
TVIZ: 18.95 (-0.28), TVIX: 1.73 (-0.06), VIXM: 60.81 (+0.37), XVIX: 16.69 (+0.26), VXX: 25.73 (-0.40), IVOP: 38.01 (+0.13), UVXY: 15.26 (-0.46), CVOL: 0.79 (unch), VXZ: 12.49 (+0.07), XIV: 34.63 (+0.54), SVXY: 67.98 (+1.12), XVZ: 28.51 (+0.20), SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), QQQ: 108.53 (+0.45), ZIV: 42.37 (-0.25), DIA: 180.96 (+1.30), VIIX: 34.73 (-0.55), VIIZ: 17.14 (+0.03), XXV: 38.28 (+0.02), VIXY: 17.10 (-0.28)
Equity Volatility - Going Higher
Macronomics - Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 02, 9:12AM CST
"When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion." - Dale Carnegie, American writer Please find below a great guest post from our good friends at Rcube Global Asset Management ...
TVIZ: 18.95 (-0.28), TVIX: 1.73 (-0.06), VIXM: 60.81 (+0.37), XVIX: 16.69 (+0.26), VXX: 25.73 (-0.40), IVOP: 38.01 (+0.13), UVXY: 15.26 (-0.46), VXZ: 12.49 (+0.07), CVOL: 0.79 (unch), XIV: 34.63 (+0.54), SVXY: 67.98 (+1.12), EEM: 40.08 (+0.59), XVZ: 28.51 (+0.20), ZIV: 42.37 (-0.25), VIIX: 34.73 (-0.55), VIIZ: 17.14 (+0.03), XXV: 38.28 (+0.02), VIXY: 17.10 (-0.28)
ETF Deathwatch For February 2015: Closures Reduce The List
Ron Rowland - Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 13, 3:00AM CST
The ETF Deathwatch membership roll contains 15 fewer names this month. There were 11 additions, but 26 managed to escape. Unfortunately, 22 of the escapees exited due to product death and delisting. Just four products left because of improved health....
SINF: 47.80 (unch), SJH: 49.87 (-2.39), SKK: 33.55 (-1.31), SFK: 20.51 (-1.28), UVT: 58.90 (+1.67), CVOL: 0.79 (unch), SJL: 61.99 (unch), UKW: 116.13 (+4.04), SDK: 60.50 (-0.50), GYEN: 13.06 (+0.01), UVU: 95.57 (+3.57), FWDI: 27.51 (+0.76), UKF: 136.86 (+4.96), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), FINF: 42.47 (-0.64), TWQ: 18.11 (-0.70), SJF: 30.36 (-1.04), RDVY: 22.74 (+0.24), UKK: 104.31 (+4.41), UWC: 100.96 (+3.20), UINF: 27.79 (+0.01), BARL: 19.19 (unch), UVG: 75.26 (+1.93)
Best And Worst ETFs Of January
Zacks Funds - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 4:28PM CST
The year 2015 began on quite a volatile note and in fact saw the worst start to the New Year since 2008. Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 3.1% in January while the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 3.7% - marking its biggest monthly loss in a...
ZROZ: 128.28 (+0.79), XES: 24.70 (+0.47), REZ: 64.31 (+1.82), VXX: 25.73 (-0.40), FCG: 10.25 (+0.12), EDV: 132.00 (+0.92), CVOL: 0.79 (unch), XME: 26.64 (+0.36), TLT: 131.51 (+0.69)
Best and Worst ETFs of January - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Feb 04, 1:12AM CST
Volatility and Bonds ETFs gained, while Energy ETFs went downhill during January.
ZROZ: 128.28 (+0.79), XES: 24.70 (+0.47), VXX: 25.73 (-0.40), REM: 12.05 (+0.10), EDV: 132.00 (+0.92), CVOL: 0.79 (unch), TLT: 131.51 (+0.69), VIXY: 17.10 (-0.28)
The Year In VIX And Volatility - 2014
Bill Luby - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 26, 11:05PM CST
This is the seventh year in a row I have offered a retrospective look at the year in VIX and Volatility, which is my attempt to cram some of the highlights of the year in volatility onto one graphic with a (somewhat) manageable number of annotations....
TVIZ: 18.95 (-0.28), TVIX: 1.73 (-0.06), XVZ: 28.51 (+0.20), VIXM: 60.81 (+0.37), XVIX: 16.69 (+0.26), ZIV: 42.37 (-0.25), VXX: 25.73 (-0.40), IVOP: 38.01 (+0.13), UVXY: 15.26 (-0.46), VIIX: 34.73 (-0.55), CVOL: 0.79 (unch), VXZ: 12.49 (+0.07), VIIZ: 17.14 (+0.03), XXV: 38.28 (+0.02), VIXY: 17.10 (-0.28), SVXY: 67.98 (+1.12), XIV: 34.63 (+0.54)
One Reason Why The New VIX Calculation Is Better
Vance Harwood - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 13, 5:02PM CST
The CBOE changed the way the VIX® was calculated on October 6th, 2014- asserting the change would provide a more accurate assessment of expected volatility. The new process does look better to me, but I've been surprised that the new VIX and the...
TVIZ: 18.95 (-0.28), TVIX: 1.73 (-0.06), XVZ: 28.51 (+0.20), VIXM: 60.81 (+0.37), XVIX: 16.69 (+0.26), ZIV: 42.37 (-0.25), VXX: 25.73 (-0.40), IVOP: 38.01 (+0.13), UVXY: 15.26 (-0.46), VIIX: 34.73 (-0.55), CVOL: 0.79 (unch), VXZ: 12.49 (+0.07), VIIZ: 17.14 (+0.03), XXV: 38.28 (+0.02), VIXY: 17.10 (-0.28), SVXY: 67.98 (+1.12), XIV: 34.63 (+0.54)
Best and Worst Performing ETFs of 2014 - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - ZACKS - Wed Dec 31, 11:00AM CST
These ETFs led and lagged the market in 2014.
ZROZ: 128.28 (+0.79), JO: 25.14 (-0.13), RSXJ: 21.29 (+0.38), BNO: 20.47 (+0.31), CVOL: 0.79 (unch)
Volatility ETFs in Focus on Oil Upheaval - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - ZACKS - Tue Dec 16, 11:00AM CST
With oil prices crashing to multi year lows, these volatility ETFs have been interesting investments.
VXX: 25.73 (-0.40), VIIX: 34.73 (-0.55), CVOL: 0.79 (unch), VIXY: 17.10 (-0.28)
Best and Worst Performing ETFs of November - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - ZACKS - Tue Dec 02, 9:00AM CST
We take a look at the best and worst performing ETFs of last month.
EEH: 15.64 (+0.18), OIL: 9.79 (+0.22), ONG: 22.78 (-1.41), CVOL: 0.79 (unch), DXJC: 28.45 (+0.13), ASHR: 40.53 (+0.83)
Best and Worst ETFs of October - ETF News And Commentary
Sweta Killa - ZACKS - Mon Nov 03, 12:00PM CST
These are the best and worst ETFs of October.
TAGS: 28.51 (-0.02), GDXJ: 24.10 (+0.88), EEH: 15.64 (+0.18), CVOL: 0.79 (unch)
Not All Market Hedges Are Created Equal: Part 1
Invesco US - Seeking Alpha - Wed Oct 22, 3:20PM CDT
By John Feyerer While the multi-year bull market may feel like it has created some distance from the market turmoil, investors won't soon forget the global financial crisis of 2008-2009 and the eurozone debt crisis events of 2010-2011. These...
TVIZ: 18.95 (-0.28), TVIX: 1.73 (-0.06), XVZ: 28.51 (+0.20), VIXM: 60.81 (+0.37), XVIX: 16.69 (+0.26), ZIV: 42.37 (-0.25), VXX: 25.73 (-0.40), IVOP: 38.01 (+0.13), UVXY: 15.26 (-0.46), VIIX: 34.73 (-0.55), CVOL: 0.79 (unch), VXZ: 12.49 (+0.07), VIIZ: 17.14 (+0.03), XXV: 38.28 (+0.02), VIXY: 17.10 (-0.28), SVXY: 67.98 (+1.12), XIV: 34.63 (+0.54)
ETFs Riding High in Q4 Despite a Shaky Market - ETF News And Commentary
Sweta Killa - ZACKS - Fri Oct 17, 12:00PM CDT
Despite shaky fundamentals, several products across a number of asset classes have been rising to start the quarter.
ZROZ: 128.28 (+0.79), JO: 25.14 (-0.13), VXX: 25.73 (-0.40), EDV: 132.00 (+0.92), CORN: 25.27 (+0.60), VIIX: 34.73 (-0.55), CVOL: 0.79 (unch), CAFE: 17.11 (-0.09)