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The most recent such crisis, and the continued volatility of the markets, means stock in the views of NYU professor Nouriel (Dr. Doom) Roubini has never been higher.

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Plus500, which is listed in London, said the performance was down to a surge in new customers, drawn in by the return of market volatility and the continuing interest in cryptocurrencies.

That puts three hikes barely in play, though continued bouts of volatility likely will put even more pressure on the Fed, which almost never surprises the market when it comes to rate increases.

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

With the Chinese market a major driver of coal demand in Asia, any policy changes in the country will affect prices, contributing to the likelihood of continued price volatility in the seaborne coal market, wrote Wood Mackenzie's principal analyst for mining and metals fundamentals research, Rory Simington in a Nov. 16 report.

This, after a year of flatter growth and considerable volatility in the commodity markets, marked by continued discounts on Canadian crude and low gas prices.

But that volatility, as Ghosh likes to note, is the upside of the integrated nature of the company, which gives it a continued hedge against the differential in world oil prices through its downstream and midstream assets — on the midstream side, Husky operates a 2,000 - kilometre crude - oil pipeline system, and its downstream operations include upgrading and refining crude oil, and marketing gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, asphalt and ethanol in Canada and the United States.

Congress and the Obama administration have created high levels of uncertainty that continue to create volatility and a negative bias in the markets, the money manager says.

The stock market opened way down, continuing last Friday's selloff, though it has climbed back since the open — implying the return of volatility — as skittish investors continue to fear the sequence I describe in this AM's WaPo: tight labor market, wage pressures, higher interest rates, inflation, lower profit margins.

Back to the US, volatility compression continues to be the dominant force, with the corresponding triangle pattern still being intact in the market of the major indices, as Friday's session failed to provide clarity.

As the stock and commodities markets continue trying to make paupers of energy investors everywhere, many investors are undoubtedly unnerved by the volatility.

Macro: The Macro strategy's strongest contributions came from long equity and Energy - sector positioning as low volatility and sustained, upward trends in these markets continued driving returns throughout most of January.

However, if real rates remain low, gold will continue to attract attention as a potential store of value which may offer a ballast to equity market volatility.

So far, trade tensions have led to bouts of market volatility, but have not signaled that the economy won't be able to continue growing at its current pace.

I expect that we'll gradually cover portions of the short - call option side of our hedges (leaving the defensive puts in place) if the market continues lower without a significant volatility spike.

Well, trade, geopolitics, rate hikes, those are just some of the stresses being placed on this market resulting in severe volatility and now, some investors are wondering if more choppiness is needed for the bull market to continue.

The relative value of a country's currency is directly tied in to forecast interest rates in one country versus another, which means that we could continue to experience volatility in the foreign - exchange market (where currencies trade in relation to one another) over the summer as well.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, operating in a highly competitive industry; changes in the retail landscape or the loss of key retail customers; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the impacts of the Company's international operations; the Company's ability to leverage its brand value; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits from its cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; the execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; tax law changes or interpretations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the United States and in various other nations in which we operate; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives we use; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's ability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which we or the Company's customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's ownership structure; the impact of future sales of its common stock in the public markets; the Company's ability to continue to pay a regular dividend; changes in laws and regulations; restatements of the Company's consolidated financial statements; and other factors.

Since then, U.S. equity market volatility has continued to decline; last week, the VIX Index — a commonly used measure of equity volatility — dropped below 11, the lowest level since the summer of 2014, before the U.S. travel ban - related selloffs sent the index climbing earlier this week to near 13.

Henri Leveque, leader of PwC's US capital markets and accounting advisory services, says: «Driven by increasing investor appetite for growth companies, low volatility and strong equity markets, the field of IPOs has continued to broaden across industry sectors.

The QE programs that kept «wolves of financial markets» at bay are continuing to dampen realized volatility

While the stocks — known by the acronym FAANG, which stands for the quintet of Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google, whose parent company is Alphabet Inc. — have come under heavy volatility in 2018, they have generally performed in line with the overall market, and some of them have continued their spectacular rise.

If markets continue to experience greater volatility, it likely will present an opportunity to lean into some of the asset classes that we view favorably.

There's plenty of historical evidence that suggests this dividend growth fund should continue to beat and exceed the market average with less volatility.

Continued trade tensions drove elevated levels of market volatility throughout the month, as the U.S. / China tariff exchange continued tContinued trade tensions drove elevated levels of market volatility throughout the month, as the U.S. / China tariff exchange continued tcontinued to unfold.

All markets will continue to focus on the volatility in the equity and bond markets, geopolitical events, developments with the Trump Administration, corporate earnings, oil prices, and will turn to this afternoon's Commitment of Traders Report, followed by reports Monday on Chinese PMI, German CPI and Retail Sales, US Personal Income, Personal Spending, PCE, Chicago PMI, Pending Home Sales, and the Dallas Fed's Manufacturing Index for near term direction.

Although volatility returned to US equities in the early months of the year, the country's economy remains strong and markets appear well placed to continue their upward trend

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS By Gordon Platt Neither the consequent volatility in emerging markets nor weak US employment data will deter the Federal Reserve from continuing to gradually reduce its purchases of bonds, analysts say.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Chairman Jan du Plessis said «Our business has demonstrated considerable resilience against a backdrop of continuing market volatility.

It is now anticipated that volatility in the markets may continue for some time, and that the influence of the downturn in the nation's finances will persist, possibly for a number of years.

The recent bout of market volatility has no doubt been unnerving to most investors, but they may have to live with it for at least a little while longer, given continued near - term market uncertainties.

We continued to use derivatives manage the fund's volatility profile and provide a measure of protection against a major stock - market sell - off.

For investors who believe that the general trend of the market will continue in the positive direction, the recent volatility may provide an opportunity to find some value focused names with a long - term growth trajectory.

If the level of inflation volatility continues to increase, it will become more difficult to argue that the secular bear market has come to an end.

Instead of continuing on from last year where things seemed to be in their proper order, we have started with recurrent volatility, political incompetence, an increase in terrorist incidents around the world, currency instability in both the developed and developing markets, and more than a faint scent of deflation creeping into the nostrils and minds of central bankers.

To continue our analogy then, the three oats in the dark might be the shares of stable, low - volatility businesses currently so beloved by the market — leaving the five oats, which you just knew were going to be value stocks, completely out in the cold.

The Personal Income BenefitSM feature allows for a guaranteed steady stream of withdrawals that will continue throughout your retirement, regardless of market volatility, inflation, or even how long you live.

While many traders continue to try to call a top or wait for volatility to pick, this strategy takes advantage of the market environment that currently exists and continues to buy the dips on 24 hour charts.

Obviously there is and will continue to be a ripple effect, which has already begun in terms of increased market volatility and dislocation.

There's plenty of historical evidence that suggests this dividend growth fund should continue to beat and exceed the market average with less volatility.

If the things that made you buy the stock in the first place are all still true, don't let market volatility cloud your view of what makes the company successful and will probably continue to do so in the future.

Low volatility is one of the current market's biggest puzzles — one that we will continue to keep an eye on in 2018.

These risks include, among others, general economic conditions, local real estate conditions, tenant financial health, the availability of capital to finance planned growth, continued volatility and uncertainty in the credit markets and broader financial markets, property acquisitions and the timing of these acquisitions, charges for property impairments, and the outcome of legal proceedings to which the company is a party, as described in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

But perhaps the most important reason to continue to hold bonds is that, rising rates or no, bonds still fulfill what for long - term investors is their most important function: They act as a bulwark against the volatility of the stock market.

Stocks Continue to Linger Near Highs The U.S. equity markets experienced high levels of volatility this week.

A detailed Wall Street Journal article today Markets in 2016: The Year of the Pig clearly shows that many asset classes are continuing to show volatility and negative returns however municipal bonds have been resilient.

Raj Karia, Norton Rose Fulbright head of Corporate, M&A and Securities, Europe, Middle East and Asia, commented: «It is pleasing to see this level of ECM activity given current market conditions, particularly in the wake of the geopolitical volatility of 2016 which of course continues.

With market volatility a part and parcel of the economy and likely to continue well into the future, these online money income options offer the investor a bankable policy that will hold good in times of need.

The continued market volatility comes in the wake of new concerns that the Chinese government may impose further restrictions on the digital currency.