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)
An Age Is Ending
Harry Long - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 11, 9:26AM CDT
VXX: 25.73 (-0.40), VIXY: 17.10 (-0.28)
What To Do With Quiet Markets?
Adam Grimes - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 04, 1:47PM CST
Just a high level perspective on what we have going on in a few major markets this week. In general, most markets are in some kind of volatility compression . Volatility compression is a term that basically means current volatility conditions are...
TVIX: 1.73 (-0.06), SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), QQQ: 108.53 (+0.45), VXX: 25.73 (-0.40), IVOP: 38.01 (+0.13), DIA: 180.96 (+1.30), UVXY: 15.26 (-0.46), VIIX: 34.73 (-0.55), XXV: 38.28 (+0.02), VIXY: 17.10 (-0.28), SVXY: 67.98 (+1.12), XIV: 34.63 (+0.54)
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)
The VIX: What It Is, What It Isn't, What To Do About It Now
Peter F. Way, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 23, 4:17PM CST
VIXM: 60.81 (+0.37), VXX: 25.73 (-0.40), UVXY: 15.26 (-0.46), VIIX: 34.73 (-0.55), SVXY: 67.98 (+1.12), VIXY: 17.10 (-0.28)
U.S. Equity Volatility Is 'Back To Average'
ValueWalk - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 11, 3:30AM CST
By Michael Ide Morgan Stanley says that it's understandable that volatility us up for most asset classes, but sees room for US equity volatility to fall again. Volatility is up across the board, in some cases from historic lows to recent highs,...
TVIX: 1.73 (-0.06), VXX: 25.73 (-0.40), IVOP: 38.01 (+0.13), UVXY: 15.26 (-0.46), VIIX: 34.73 (-0.55), XXV: 38.28 (+0.02), VIXY: 17.10 (-0.28), SVXY: 67.98 (+1.12), XIV: 34.63 (+0.54)
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)
Investors Are Scared - Getting Long Volatility Again
Josh Arnold - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 14, 8:15AM CST
VIXM: 60.81 (+0.37), VXX: 25.73 (-0.40), VIXY: 17.10 (-0.28)
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)
A Little Fear About The 'Fear Index'
360 Investment Research - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 11, 1:47AM CST
Back on November 18, 2014, we wrote about our concern over elevated volatility as part of our seven-part series on evidence currently warning of a possible trend change in the overall U.S. Equity market. Almost two months later, none of the issues...
VIXM: 60.81 (+0.37), SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), QQQ: 108.53 (+0.45), VIXH: 26.14 (+0.41), DIA: 180.96 (+1.30), IWM: 125.99 (+1.10), VIXY: 17.10 (-0.28)
Is Rising Stock Market Volatility Bullish?
ETFguide - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 1:16PM CST
By Ronald Delegge When stocks go up, volatility goes down and vice versa. While this historically inverse relationship plays out most of the time, there’s been a significant disconnect as of late. The chart below illustrates this...
IVV: 212.85 (+1.86), VIXY: 17.10 (-0.28)
Volatility Spikes Again: My Playbook
Josh Arnold - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 12:38PM CST
VXX: 25.73 (-0.40), VIIX: 34.73 (-0.55), VIXY: 17.10 (-0.28)
My Volatility Outlook For 2015
Josh Arnold - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Dec 28, 1:20AM CST
VIXM: 60.81 (+0.37), VXX: 25.73 (-0.40), VIXH: 26.14 (+0.41), VIXY: 17.10 (-0.28), SVXY: 67.98 (+1.12)
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)
The Volatility Battleground
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 15, 6:26AM CST
Volatility has declined since the spike in October, but developments in Greece and oil price effects have disturbed the calm conditions. Volatility was the name of the game earlier in the first quarter as credit was swept up in the maelstrom...
TVIX: 1.73 (-0.06), VXX: 25.73 (-0.40), IVOP: 38.01 (+0.13), GREK: 10.75 (+0.59), UVXY: 15.26 (-0.46), ACWV: 72.16 (+0.60), VIIX: 34.73 (-0.55), XXV: 38.28 (+0.02), VIXY: 17.10 (-0.28), SVXY: 67.98 (+1.12), XIV: 34.63 (+0.54)
The Best Offense Is A Good Defense: Profiting From Hedging
AllAboutAlpha - Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 04, 4:25PM CST
This time of year one often encounters certain football-fans' truisms. Sometimes one is told "the best defense is a good offense." At other times, "the best offense is a good defense." At yet other times, "it's all in the...
TVIX: 1.73 (-0.06), VXX: 25.73 (-0.40), IVOP: 38.01 (+0.13), UVXY: 15.26 (-0.46), VIIX: 34.73 (-0.55), XXV: 38.28 (+0.02), VIXY: 17.10 (-0.28), SVXY: 67.98 (+1.12), XIV: 34.63 (+0.54)