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Volatility in the bond markets transcended into equities, knocking down the pan-European Euro Stoxx 600 Index by 0.9 percent and leading Wall Street shares to finish narrowly mixed on Friday.

During the quarter, Equities operated in an environment characterized by a significant decline in global equity markets and a sharp increase in volatility levels.

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 FOMC Meeting Statement followed by reports tomorrow on UK PMI, Eurozone PPI, CPI, US Challenger Job Cuts, Productivity, Unit Labor Costs, Jobless Claims, Trade Balance, Markit Services PMI, ISM Services, Durable Goods and Factory Orders for near term direction.

We view long - term government bonds as useful diversifiers against volatility and equity market selloffs sparked by such shocks.

Yet long - term government bonds are useful diversifiers against volatility and equity market selloffs sparked by geopolitical risks.

And, as noted by Christopher Metli, in our Institutional Equity Division, there was an unusually high number of volatility shorts in the market heading into this week, which may help to explain (some of) the large swings in VIX.

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.

Applied to the S&P 500 Index and the S&P 500 Implied Volatility Index (VIX), this alternative offers a longer sample period less dominated by the 2008 - 2009 equity market crash.

The VIX, a measure of the expected equity - market volatility as determined by put and call prices on S&P 500 Index options, trailed lower in 2017 and remains well below its historical average.

Prolonged growth in the economy, statements and monetary moves by the Federal Reserve, and favorable geopolitical developments are seemingly needed to offset recent market volatility and lift equities beyond their trading range.

By using a range of asset classes such as equities, fixed income, foreign investments and commodities, among others, you can more effectively manage volatility during challenging market cycles.

As equities have ground ever higher over the past year, very large short - volatility positions have been building in the markets — largely in volatility - targeting strategies employed by institutional investors and leveraged exchange - traded products geared toward individuals.

Before late January injected a surge of volatility into equities, driven by investor fears over a handful of factors including rising rates, tightening monetary policy, more regulation on big tech and rising global trade tensions, investors were smooth sailing on the nine - year bull market.

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.

He noted that the daily standard deviation of Bitcoin was ten times that of sterling over the last five years and the average volatility of the top ten cryptocurrencies by market capitalisation was more than 25 times that of the US equities market last year.

While some observers will point to recent equity market volatility as a sign that investors should remain defensive when selecting stocks in the region, Philippe Brugere - Trelat, executive vice president and portfolio manager, Franklin Mutual Series ®, says he's encouraged by recent developments.

Equity market volatility, as measured by the VIX, touched its lowest level in 42 years in August.

Fund managers aim to do this by a significant margin over the long - term and aim to deliver returns with less volatility (risk) than the broader UK equity market.

In the first half of 2017, equity markets across the world were characterized by low volatility, both in realized terms and in implied measures such as VIX ®.

Yet long - term government bonds are useful diversifiers against volatility and equity market selloffs sparked by geopolitical risks.

Despite the marked increase in volatility in US equity markets, global equities, as measured by the MSCI ACWI Index, fared slightly worse than the S&P 500, returning -0.96 % for the quarter.

Historically, equity market volatility has been driven largely by financial market conditions and expectations for growth.

As you know, our forward view is informed by valuations, and while there has been no material change in our market views from a valuation perspective, we are encouraged by the recent uptick in equity market volatility, and are hopeful that it will spawn new buying opportunities in the weeks and months ahead.

Global and international equity market indices (in local currency) moved higher in the 4th quarter despite increasing equity market volatility caused in part by the continued rapid decline in oil prices.

This gives the cash account in VUL policies the potential for greater returns than a typical whole life policy by investing in equity - linked investments, but also makes them subject to greater risk due to the volatility associated with the stock market.

If recent volatility in the equity market has you thinking about different ways to diversify your assets, new data released by Roofstock illustrates why single - family rentals are a strong investment alternative to stocks and bonds.

Minimum volatility strategies seek to decrease the effects of the market's ups and downs over time by providing equity investors lower risk alternatives to traditional equity portfolios.

Long - term government bonds can be useful diversifiers against volatility and equity market selloffs sparked by the sort of geopolitical risks that Isabelle Mateos y Lago is watching.

Mr. Powell points out that a «new white paper suggests that you can boost returns, reduce volatility, and beat inflation by investing — if your 401 (k) or 403 (b) plan offers such options — in real assets, emerging market equities and debt and liquid alternatives.»

The model manages volatility by forecasting future equity volatility based on historic realized volatility and then dynamically adjusts the market exposure to target a set level of volatility.

Investment Objective: To generate income and minimize interest rate volatility by investing in Debt & Money Market securities that mature on or before the maturity of the scheme, and also to generate capital appreciation by investing in equity / equity related instruments.

Low Volatility equity strategies have generated their long - term outperformance in part by mitigating losses in down markets; the price of this loss mitigation is that low vol strategies underperformed in rising markets.

Insurance stocks were most negatively correlated to market volatility, as represented by VIX, while mortgage REITs and equity REITs displayed the least negative correlation to VIX.

For equities, two simple factors are required, but they beat the market by 2 % / year with 70 % of the equity volatility over 130 years.

There has been some recent research, such as the Minimum Variance Portfolios tracked at betaarbitrage.com, which shows that lower volatility stocks have performed better that the overall equity market as gauged by the S&P 500.

International markets avoided much of the volatility endured by U.S. equities during the quarter.

Given the higher returns produced by equity investments, one could conclude that investors have greater fear of stock market volatility than they have of inflation.

Hartford Multifactor Low Volatility International Equity Index (LLVINX or the «Index») seeks to address risks and opportunities within developed (excluding the US) and emerging market stocks by selecting equity securities exhibiting low volatility and constructing the portfolio in a way that is designed to improve overall exposure to value, momentum, quality and sizVolatility International Equity Index (LLVINX or the «Index») seeks to address risks and opportunities within developed (excluding the US) and emerging market stocks by selecting equity securities exhibiting low volatility and constructing the portfolio in a way that is designed to improve overall exposure to value, momentum, quality and size faEquity Index (LLVINX or the «Index») seeks to address risks and opportunities within developed (excluding the US) and emerging market stocks by selecting equity securities exhibiting low volatility and constructing the portfolio in a way that is designed to improve overall exposure to value, momentum, quality and size faequity securities exhibiting low volatility and constructing the portfolio in a way that is designed to improve overall exposure to value, momentum, quality and sizvolatility and constructing the portfolio in a way that is designed to improve overall exposure to value, momentum, quality and size factors.

Systematic Transfer Plan (STP): STP helps in mitigating the risk arising from volatility in equity markets by averaging out your cost of purchase of units.