Sentences with phrase «low volatility in the market»

But amid the optimism, some investors also have an eye on potential causes for concern, including the end of the bull run for bonds and persistent low volatility in markets.

Specifically, there is great concern that low volatility in the markets is bound to reverse, that investors are ignoring the real concerns about North Korea, a U.S. debt ceiling that expires this fall, an unpredictable president and Washington gridlock.

After serenely bubbling higher in small daily increments for two full years amid the lowest volatility in market history, the venerable Dow Jones Industrial Average is beginning to misbehave.

The message so far has been that the lower volatility in the markets, in part due to algorithmic and high - frequency trading, means that active traders have shied away from trading this market.

The low volatility in the market was largely to blame.

Deputy Chief Financial Officer Marty Chavez told analysts that clients were less active in trading commodities, currencies and credits amid low volatility in some markets.

Not exact matches

LONDON, April 23 - Hamstrung by a renewed slump in volatility and lack of clear market direction, FX and bond speculators are making historically big bets on a lower dollar and higher yields.

LONDON, April 20 - British emerging markets - focused hedge fund Onslow Capital Management has closed after a long period of low volatility hit returns and assets fell below a sustainable level, it said in a letter to investors.

They're just as applicable in low - volatility markets as they are in the higher volatility markets with big swings.

The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), widely considered the best gauge of fear in the market, hit its lowest level in more than 20 years earlier this year.

In a falling market, you want the large - cap dividendpaying stock that has low beta (a measure of volatility), he says.

«The surge in market volatility has led to lower consumer confidence and the economy is near full employment.

CNBC's Mike Santoli reports on how ETFs for low - volatility stocks are performing in these choppy markets.

European markets continued lower on Monday afternoon as investors focused on fresh data from the euro zone and volatility in oil markets.

UBS also achieved its net cost reduction target of 2.1 billion Swiss francs but highlighted that low market volatility could affect client activity in its wealth management business.

Quadratic Capital Management's Nancy Davis — who correctly predicted the blow - up in the popular wager on low volatility by hedge funds before last week's plunge — thinks the market will remain turbulent.

Timmer: You know, the last two years until the January high, were really extraordinary times for the market, and I fear that investors got spoiled by that, because the S&P was up I think 52 % in two years and in 2017 the volatility — the standard deviation of those returns — was at an all - time low of 3.9.

Quincy Krosby, chief market strategist at Prudential Financial, says low volatility is great for M&A in U.S. markets.

Volatility in the Treasury market has sunk to a multidecade low, and that could have sweeping implications for the bond market this year.

This wasn't unexpected, since the market was rising in just the right mix of conditions: Volatility as measured by the Cboe's index was at historic lows, the GOP was set to pass the most comprehensive corporate - tax reform in decades, and economies around the world were in growth mode.

Peter Boockvar, Bleakley Advisory Group, and CNBC's Bob Pisani and Mike Santoli discuss whether low - volatility ETFs are a good protective investments in choppy market environments like we've seen recently.

Elevated valuations, low volatility and secularly low interest rates are unlikely to be allies for robust financial market returns over the next five years,» the fund company cautioned in its report.

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Although it is fair to say that the recent uptick in volatility has in part reduced earlier concerns about prolonged low volatility and associated reach - for - yield behavior, it has placed added focus on the resilience of liquidity, particularly in markets, such as the market for corporate bonds, that may be prone to gapping between liquidity demand and supply in stressed conditions.

Equity markets are up so far this year, while volatility in the U.S. bond market is near its lowest level since late 2014.

This sector offers something that's becoming ever harder to find in today's market: undervalued companies with low volatility and stable revenues.

Low volatility today likely in part also reflects investors seeking income by selling volatility in options markets.

The Cboe Volatility Index (VIX), widely considered to be the best gauge of fear in the market, hit its lowest level since Feb. 1 and traded more than 11.5 percent lower at 14.62.

Although increased market volatility might make traders more dependent on Bloomberg's services in the short term, any contraction in global trade and capital markets would inevitably lower demand for the company's services over time.

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.

The market environment in 2018 looks more normal than last year, with lower returns and higher volatility.

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.

For example, in periods of low market volatility and average demand, a one ounce gold American Eagle coin might be offered at 4.5 % over spot, but periods of weak demand can bring the price down to 3.5 % over spot, or lower.

Adding bonds to your portfolio can dampen your volatility and lower your losses in down markets.

Trading volume is very low in BTC's market, as the volatility compression is dominant, but a break - out could lead to a strong momentum move soon.

For one thing, it depends in part on the current steady state of low market volatility.

The volatility is still lower for the 50/50 selection again with lower gains in the up years but smaller losses in down markets.

If it tried to do other potentially conflicting things, such as keeping unemployment artificially low or containing volatility in the financial markets, its credibility could erode, the virtuous circle could break down and inflation could go back to being unpredictable.

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It appears that volatility wasn't the only number that was suppressed in the stock market last year: Stock correlations also remained low.

When a clear market uptrend is in place and market volatility is smooth and steady, a pullback to the 50 - day or 200 - day moving averages typically presents a low - risk buy entry point in a strong stock.

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.

With market volatility hitting multi-decade lows, junk bond yields also at record lows, the median price / revenue ratio of S&P 500 constituents at a record high well - beyond 2000 levels, and the most strenuously overvalued, overbought, overbullish syndromes we define, I'm increasingly concerned about the potential for an abrupt «air pocket» in the prices of risky assets that could attend even a modest upward shift in risk premiums.

As calm markets pushed volatility to record lows, some strategies increasingly accepted bets against calm markets in order to fund equity positions.

That critique misses the mark because the objective of low volatility strategies is not to capture all of the upside in a bull market, but rather to perform less...

«After 18 months of low - volatility markets, things became much more volatile in the middle of January, starting with a 10 percent slide within just weeks.

Or it could be that bond market volatility picks when interest rates are lower, especially in long maturity bonds.

Our view is that the equity markets have low volatility because we have been experiencing low volatility in the things that drive equity prices — interest rates, economic data and corporate earnings.

Markets are a bit less frothy than they were in January, but valuations are still elevated and volatility unusually low.

Today, the markets are placid, low - volatility affairs that have gained fairly steadily since the end of the financial crisis in March 2009.