Sentences with phrase «low volatility levels»

I'm concerned about the very, very low volatility levels.

The sustainability of such a regime does not necessarily imply markets will return to the unusually low volatility levels seen in 2017.

Not exact matches

The four - week moving average of initial claims, considered a better measure of labor market trends as it irons out week - to - week volatility, fell 1,250, to 231,250 last week, the lowest level since March 31, 1973.

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.

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.

The short - term group of averages, which reflects the way traders are thinking, shows a low level of volatility.

«While we believe most of the price damage is over for this correction, we do not think we are going to return to the same level of low volatility of the recent past,» he said.

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.

The caveat would be that we have never seen a spike above 35 before from near record low levels of volatility.

«Even if volatility falls notably from here which history says is likely after such a spike, we find it difficult to imagine the market being prepared to drive it down to the record low levels of [the second half of] 2017 anytime soon given the shock seen this week,» they say.

«This analysis does show that it usually takes some time to trade at low levels of volatility after a spike to historically elevated levels.

The most common measure used to assess volatility in the U.S. is the VIX index, which has been persistently at low levels for the past year.

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When asked if he was worried about U.S. shale producers ramping production and eclipsing the recent international cuts, Novak said, «Undoubtedly the joint action by many countries to achieve the balance and to reduce the output are aimed at giving stability to the market and as a result we see a great level of investment, lower volatility, prices stabilizing at a certain level, which does play out to move investment going into shale production so one needs to assess the overall supply and demand balance.»

With the volatility index hitting its lowest level of the year, one trader placed a large bet that stocks will continue to rally.

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

And matters weren't helped much as volatility hovered close to the lowest levels on record, sapping the market of the price swings so crucial for active managers to prove their bonafides.

And matters weren't helped much as volatility hovered close to the lowest levels on record, sapping the market of the price swings so crucial for active managers to prove their bona fides.

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.

In a news release, Goldman said trading was «a challenging environment characterized by low levels of volatility and low client activity.»

But longer maturities also lead to higher volatility, which is actually even higher at lower interest rate levels.

The generally low financial market volatility level during 2017 is unlikely to persist.

Right now both the bond and stock markets are reflecting low levels of volatility.

While it's tempting to buy volatility at these low levels, history shows that in the absence of a catalyst, volatility can stay low for extended periods.

Although market volatility has retreated from its unprecedented February spike, it has not abated to the low levels that investors had become accustomed to over the past couple of years.

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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.

For that reason, we would not rely on defenses that require the execution of stop - loss orders, being more inclined toward index put options, particularly given low levels of implied volatility here.

With Group of Seven (G7) sovereign bond yields at historically low levels, some income - seeking investors have turned to higher - volatility securities like dividend - paying stocks in an attempt to capture additional income.

Lower levels of implied volatility mean less income from each call option sold.

Today's realized levels of volatility stand at historically low levels — even for a low - vol regime such as the one we see persisting today.

All else equal, volatility in bond prices from interest rate moves is higher the longer you go out on the maturity and duration spectrum and the lower the level of interest rates.

The Volatility Index (VIX) got crushed, finishing at the lowest level, near 15, since the crash in early February.

This was a function of the low level of market yields, as well as the low level of volatility and yield movements.

This high level of volatility gives investors the opportunity to enter into the stock, and potentially buy at an artificially low price.

It aims to deliver these returns with a lower level of volatility than the broader Australian stock market over the medium to long term.

Furthermore, it seeks to achieve these returns with a lower level of volatility than the broader Australian stock market over the medium to long term in order to smooth returns for investors.

From our perspective, a reversion from the unprecedented low levels of volatility was to be expected — perhaps even welcomed.

At this point, we would find it difficult to imagine that we will return to the prior record low levels of market volatility.

It's not just that future returns will be lower from current interest rate levels than they've been in the past; it's that volatility in bonds will be much higher from -LSB-...]

[1] Stock market volatility also has fallen to the lowest level we have seen in years.

Investment advisory bearishness remains at a low 30 % level, and the CBOE volatility index is ominously low as well.

Bonds exhibit much higher volatility at lower levels of interest rates.

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.

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While the VIX and other measures of equity market volatility are flirting with historic lows, volatility in other asset classes remains elevated relative to the summer levels.

And while volatility subsequently fell back, it has still not returned to the low levels of 2017.

The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index slipped 5 percent today to 12.11, closing for a second day at its lowest level in a month.