Sentences with phrase «excess volatility in the market»

Any excess volatility in the market could provide an even better opportunity.

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«When I purchased long - term zero - coupon bonds in the early 1980's at market yields in excess of 13 %, I welcomed the prospect of outsized volatility because I felt it would eventually work in my favour.»

While base rates kept at or close to zero for almost seven years and three massive asset - buying programs by the Fed have undoubtedly helped stabilize the US (and world) economy during and after the recession that followed the global financial crisis, the continuation of expansionary monetary policies is now supporting a growing excess of global liquidity that has been distorting the market signals sent by stock and bond prices and thus contributing to the growing volatility seen in recent weeks.

This highly flawed concept, widely taught in MBA and financial engineering programs, perceives volatility as an exogenous measurement of risk, ignoring its role as both a source of excess returns, and a direct influencer on risk itself... Systematic strategies are based on market volatility as a key decision metric for leverage... The majority of active management strategies rely on some form of volatility for excess returns and to make leverage decisions.

This type of trading usually involves negating the some of the Beta (volatility) in the markets while isolating the Alpha, which is the return in excess of the compensation for the risk taken.

They focus on net fund alphas, meaning after - fee returns in excess of the risk - free rate, adjusted for exposures to three kinds of risk factors well known at the start of the sample period: (1) traditional equity market, bond market and credit factors; (2) dynamic stock size, stock value, stock momentum and currency carry factors; and, (3) a volatility factor specified as monthly returns from buying one - month, at ‐ the ‐ money S&P 500 Index calls and puts and holding to expiration.

Figure 2, Panel A, plots the historical excess return and historical volatility, and Panel B the five - year expected return and expected volatility, at year - end 2016 for a number of common factors in the US market, constructed as long — short portfolios.

Long - term simulations in U.S., global developed, and emerging markets confirm that low - volatility strategies can potentially access risk - diversifying sources of excess return.

For me, the cash value of life insurance becomes a buffer against excess volatility and down - side risk in the stock market and a way to transfer wealth to my children / grand children tax free.