«This is normal, despite the very
placid market environment we saw in 2017.
Diversification across U.S. geographies smooths risk in
placid markets, but the most recent financial crisis suggests that American real estate markets are heavily correlated during the kind of market correction that would threaten Opendoor.
Not exact matches
Today, the
markets are
placid, low - volatility affairs that have gained fairly steadily since the end of the financial crisis in March 2009.
We did get a couple days of volatility as there was some geopolitical risk coming into the
market around some headlines in North Korea, but generally the
market's been pretty
placid.
Carry trades are ideal when
markets are relatively
placid and investors display an appetite for risk.
When the
market is relatively
placid, I don't do much.»
By comparison, the crypto
markets lately have been
placid.