Sentences with phrase «equity volatility»

They don't understand much they report on as it is, but with equity volatility, they're really in over their heads.

The benchmark index for equity volatility rose to more than twice its level the day before, crushing bettors who'd gotten used to years of very low volatility.

Even with low interest rates, bonds and preferred shares also protect the portfolio during periods of higher equity volatility.

But there is another reason to maintain a position in gold: Historically, it has been a cheap and effective hedge against equity volatility.

Following equity volatility aided structural management of the corporate bonds.

In particular, when the bull phase has gone on for two full years, watch for equity volatility and credit spreads to stop falling.

It's not a one - way street to higher equity volatility.

This is a concern for investors using fixed income as a hedge against equity volatility.

Target date fund, listeners, is something like a mutual fund where it'll, say you buy it when you're 20, and it'll say, «Target date, 2060,» and over time it'll reduce the equity exposure as you get older to, you know, being mostly in bonds with the theory being that, you know, as you get into your older age, you don't wan na take as much equity volatility risk.

The recent bout of equity volatility in early February of this year threw the spotlight again on the growth versus value debate.

«For the recent period, so much of equity volatility seems to stem from people's concerns over China and the ripple effect it would have over our economy.

Recent U.S. equity volatility may have you wondering if we're back to the bad old days of 2011.

Instead, investors are likely to hold more cash as a mechanism to dampen equity volatility.

Since the start of February equity volatility, as measured by the VIX Index, has averaged nearly 21.

CEO Sergio Ermotti's long - term downplay of fixed income looks great given recent equity volatility.

«Those bonds do a good job of offsetting equity volatility.»

Goldman also pointed to some technical factors producing headwinds that are normalizing, including pressure on short - term funding markets due to repatriation of cash parked in short - term credit, and reduced appetite for selling equity volatility.

In spite of the Chinese stock market's perceived relative unimportance, the Chinese authorities have pulled out all the stops to ensure that equity volatility does not spill over into the wider economy.

To highlight how low volatility has been this year, we've frequently seen both realized rate and equity volatility resting in the bottom decile relative to a long history (see first graph).

People with high risk aversion, whether it's because of cash flow risk or just general uneasiness about equity volatility, should certainly reduce their portfolio risk level.

Yet realized equity volatility outside the United States has been bubbling below the surface, and currency volatility has spiked to near five - year highs, as reflected in the J.P. Morgan's VXY index of G - 7 currency volatility.

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«A market that goes down nearly 50 % will impact somebody's ability to stomach equity volatility going forward.»

I'm sometimes confounded by people who say they are very conservative investors and are unwilling to take on the routine equity volatility risk that is, well, pretty much necessary to beat inflation these days.

That said, it is far better to play with simpler and cleaner investments, and adjust your risk posture between 0 - 100 % equities, rather than cross-hedge with equity volatility products.

The suite of iPath ® Equity Volatility Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs) have become increasingly popular in recent years as innovative vehicles providing access to U.S. equity market volatility.

James has noted that investment banks are launching a lot of new investment insurance products such as Deustche Bank's long equity volatility index and Citi's crisis index.

We delve into the link between credit spreads and equity volatility in our new Fixed income strategy piece Turning stocks into bonds.

Whether or not your attention has been partially diverted by the Olympics or not, its hard not to have noticed the recent stock swoon — and amid U.S. equity volatility, investors are paying attention to single country plays abroad.

Instead, investors are likely to hold more cash as a mechanism to dampen equity volatility.

This demonstrates that as high yield and emerging market bonds have more exposure to credit spreads than duration risk, they tend to exhibit more equity - like properties and a strong correlation with equity volatility.

Since the start of February equity volatility, as measured by the VIX Index, has averaged nearly 21.

Cheap credit makes the value of equity less volatile, hence a tightening of credit conditions will lead to higher equity volatility.»

Regardless of rate increases, fixed income should remain a consideration in investor portfolios to help act as a bulwark against equity volatility.

Measures of monetary policy rate uncertainty significantly improve forecasting models for equity volatility and variance...

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.

Part of the reason to have bonds is to have stability on days like this; government bonds provide that stability, and they're acting like they should act, by providing that cushion to the equity volatility in your portfolio.

As bond investors find their preferred yield levels, some equity volatility may persist.

Saying that its safer than equity volatility is like saying death by a thousand cuts is safer than a firing squad.

Looking at monthly Bloomberg data from 1994 to the present, changes in the VIX Index, a measure of U.S. equity volatility, explain nearly 20 % of the variation in the relative return between gold and the S&P 500 Index.

Bottom line: The credit markets and income strategies in equity volatility are exposed to similar risks.

A key measure of U.S. equity volatility, the CBOE Volatility Index, or VIX, shot above the 50 mark for the first time since 2009, and the New York Stock Exchange was forced to implement special price - indication measures to allow for a more fluid start to trading.

Does shorting the iPath S&P 500 VIX Short - Term Futures ETN (VXX) with crash protection (to capture the equity volatility risk premium safely) work?

In response to «Shorting VXX with Crash Protection», which investigates shorting iPath S&P 500 VIX Short - Term Futures (VXX) with crash protection to capture the equity volatility risk premium safely, a subscriber asked about instead using a long position in ProShares Short VIX Short - Term Futures (SVXY).

Equity volatility, as measured by the VIX Index, is roughly 30 percent below its long - term average.

For most of the first three months the VIX Index, a common measure of equity volatility, traded somewhere between 11 and 13, well below its historical average of 20.

Equity volatility is frequently used to hedge equity portfolios, but some bond portfolios may also stand to benefit from an allocation to equity volatility.

As discussed in previous blogs, high yield spreads are one of the best coincident indicators of equity volatility.