The base for OYAIB is that as we move nearer to retirement, we want to trade the growth potential and
volatility of stocks for the comparative safety and predictability of quality bonds.
Not exact matches
Volatility has been the byword
for the Chinese
stock market in the recent past, not least because the government has a habit
of intervening in the form
of lockdowns and corporate actions whenever the Shanghai index dives.
Shares
of Spotify Technology SA are set to begin trading on the New York
Stock Exchange on April 3 in an unusual direct listing that gives insiders the option to sell instantly and does without the support
of traditional underwriters - a recipe
for potentially high
volatility in early trading.
Sudden changes in
volatility and monetary policy could spark an «interesting» period
for stock markets in the next couple
of years, the CEO
of Barclays warned Thursday.
The findings correlate with an uneven year
for business in 2015, due to
stock market
volatility in the third quarter, which ended a long bull run in the wake
of weakening global economies and a devaluing
of China's currency.
While the firm has long been critical
of the types
of short -
volatility strategies that were blamed
for exacerbating
stock moves early last week, it's still optimistic about the market on a medium - term basis.
The threat
of escalation in Syria and the trade dispute between Beijing and Washington have dampened
stock market confidence, while gold has traditionally been a safe asset
for investors in times
of volatility.
Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number
of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality
for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand
for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up
of production
of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception
of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand
for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall
of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability
of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration
of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers
of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits
of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion
of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all
of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods
of significant
stock price
volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity
of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization
of products under development, such as our pipeline
of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods
for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development
of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack
of customer acceptance
for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K
for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.
Designed to return the inverse
of the Cboe
Volatility Index, or VIX, the fund was blamed
for exacerbating the
stock market's drop
of more than 10 %.
If Brexit - like sentiment in other nations leads to restrictions on the flow
of trade and labor, he adds, «that is going to create greater uncertainty and
volatility» — at a time when some commentators believe that global
stock and bond prices are overdue
for a tumble.
Besides, the
volatility of stocks is often too much
for unseasoned investors, and they end up selling during a market plunge.
These types
of funds or
stocks are «
for people who are looking to lower the
volatility of their allocation, while maintaining the same amount
of equity exposure,» says Peter Kashanek, a portfolio manager with Lazard Asset Management.
The determination
of Albertsons» majority owner, private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management LP, to carry out the IPO despite
volatility in the
stock markets underscores its confidence that it can fetch a high valuation
for Albertsons.
The firm's US equity chief, Keith Parker, said recently that the lack
of accompanying
volatility in Treasurys is actually a highly bullish signal
for stocks.
«Market
volatility should be a reminder
for you to review your investments regularly and make sure you consider an investing strategy with exposure to different areas
of the markets — U.S. small and large caps, international
stocks, investment - grade bonds — to help match the overall risk in your portfolio to your personality and goals,» says Dowd.
Consider this simple example with a three - instrument portfolio comprised
of a S&P 500 ETF, a long - term bond ETF and a cash - proxy ETF.1 Based on daily returns since 2010, the annualized
volatility on the cash proxy (a short - term bond ETF) is effectively zero, compared to 16 % and 15 %
for the
stock and bond ETFs.
They also developed new rules, known as circuit breakers, allowing exchanges to halt trading temporarily in instances
of exceptionally large price declines.12
For example, under current rules, the New York
Stock Exchange will temporarily halt trading when the S&P 500 stock index declines 7 percent, 13 percent, and 20 percent in order to provide investors «the ability to make informed choices during periods of high market volatility.&r
Stock Exchange will temporarily halt trading when the S&P 500
stock index declines 7 percent, 13 percent, and 20 percent in order to provide investors «the ability to make informed choices during periods of high market volatility.&r
stock index declines 7 percent, 13 percent, and 20 percent in order to provide investors «the ability to make informed choices during periods
of high market
volatility.»
For example, if you're early on in your career, most
of your money will be held in growth oriented
stocks with a small percentage in bonds, and as you mature, your assets will slowly shift to more stable
stocks and a greater percentage in bonds to help reduce
volatility.
Cboe, one
of the companies offering Bitcoin futures trading, also has futures trading on
stock market
volatility,
for example.
That means owning more
stocks, which offer the potential
for growth at the cost
of higher
volatility.
Although there may be hundreds
of stocks with nice - looking chart patterns in a typical bull market, getting in the habit
of checking
for ample
volatility (Price / ATR Ratio) and liquidity is an excellent way to further narrow down your arsenal
of potential
stock trades to consider.
Bond act as both a
volatility - minimizer
for those investors that can't stomach a large
stock allocation and a source
of stability during
stock market sell - offs
for either spending purposes or liquidity
for those that need to rebalance into lower
stock prices.
For me personally, I like the 40 - day ATR because the longer period helps to give a more accurate representation
of a
stock's
volatility, whereas a shorter period is more susceptible to skewing by short - term news events.
«The challenge
of executing [QE3] may cause
volatility for stocks and bonds,» Knight wrote in the firm's fourth - quarter outlook on Wednesday.
For our part, Thursday was difficult, as our largely defensive holdings were clearly out -
of - favor, bank
stocks (which we continue to avoid) shot higher on short covering, and option
volatility declined as investors abandoned the desire to defend against losses.
With a Price / ATR Ratio
of more than 70, Cisco Systems ($ CSCO) is too slow
for us and is an example
of a low -
volatility stock we would not look to trade:
Those investors got a reminder
of the potential
volatility in recent weeks, when emerging - market
stock funds lost just as much as S&P 500 index funds during the sell - off in late January and early February, even though the trigger
for the market's fear was an economic report out
of the United States.
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.
The rather abrupt rise in interest rates this year has probably also played a part, and is certainly responsible
for some
of the increase in the
stock market's
volatility.
The resulting
volatility and dispersion should lead to a more attractive environment
for stock picking — and hence
for the capture
of elusive alpha as well.
Three month ATM call options on a
stock trading at $ 100 with a
volatility of 17 % will sell
for about $ 4 (theoretical Black - Scholes value, the actual price will differ somewhat).
The threat
of inflation, along with the potential
for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates to combat it, has been at least part
of the recent
volatility in the
stock market.
Historically
volatility has been a bit higher
for stocks and
for the dollar and a bit lower
for bonds after the Fed starts hiking than immediately before so I'm not sure
of the basis
for the belief that «getting it over with» would reduce uncertainty.
With slightly less
volatility than some
of the prior
stocks mentioned, this will appeal to those day traders looking
for a lower price
stock, with good volume, but not extreme
volatility.
Before the end
of April, when the market started its gut - wrenching descent, «the combination
of return generation and risk diversification was part
of a broader virtuous circle
for fixed income, which also included significant inflows to the asset class and direct support from central banks,» El - Erian writes at the start
of his viewpoint, noting that in addition to delivering solid returns with lower
volatility relative to
stocks, the inclusion
of fixed income in diversified asset allocations also helped to reduce overall portfolio risk.
In their October 2009 paper entitled «Risk Sentiment Index (RSI) and Market Anomalies», Guy Kaplanski and Haim Levy introduce the Risk Sentiment Index (RSI) as a measure
of the residual risk contained in VIX after accounting
for the statistical and economic variables most predictive
of future
stock market
volatility (such as previous month actual
volatility and VIX).
In his June 2015 paper entitled «Low Turnover: a Virtue
of Low
Volatility», Pim van Vliet investigates the lower limit of turnover for a low - volatility stock portfolio in
Volatility», Pim van Vliet investigates the lower limit
of turnover
for a low -
volatility stock portfolio in
volatility stock portfolio in two ways.
In their May 2006 paper entitled «The Relation between Time - Series and Cross-Sectional Effects
of Idiosyncratic Variance on
Stock Returns in G7 Countries», Hui Guo and Robert Savickas investigate why the realized idiosyncratic
volatility (beta)
of individual
stocks correlates negatively with future returns — why there is a penalty instead
of a reward
for this apparent risk.
For example, the benchmark against which a
stock's
volatility is compared can change based on preference or purpose
of comparison.
The short - term outlook
for the
stock market is more
volatility... we must be on alert
for a... «retest»
of the recent lows.
The ETF's total return
of around 16 % to 17 % wasn't quite as strong as the overall market, but that's a price that most investors in the fund are willing to pay in exchange
for the perceived lower
volatility that dividend
stocks have traditionally delivered.
She modifies this strategy to investigate correlation and
volatility effects by: (1) measuring also during the selection phase return correlations and sum
of volatilities based on daily closing prices
for each possible
stock pair; (2) allocating each pair to a correlation quintile (ranked fifth) and to a summed
volatility quintile; and, (3) randomly selecting 20 twenty pairs out
of each
of the 25 intersections
of correlation and summed
volatility quintiles.
Stock market crashes are synonymous with fear,
volatility and pain while they should be thought
of as a half - off sale and opportunities
for those investors that are going to be net savers
for the foreseeable future.
For example, they believe in the efficient market hypothesis, and therefore believe that the
volatility of stock prices is equivalent to real risk, and they place a strong emphasis on
volatility when they judge your performance.»
Second, he directly relates turnover and
volatility reduction
for an equally weighted portfolio that: (1) initially selects the 500
of 3,000 liquid global
stocks with the lowest weekly
volatility over the prior three years; and, (2) each subsequent month rebalances
stocks that have at least doubled their baseline portfolio weight and sells
stocks when they fall out
of the top X %
of the
volatility ranking, with X varying from 20 % (baseline) to 90 %.
Chapter 4 — International Capital Market History examines returns (nominal and real) and
volatilities of stocks, bonds and bills across 16 countries
for 101 years from 1900 to 2000.
Correlations between Quality and Growth factors are currently elevated Value is more negatively correlated than usual to Quality, Growth and Low
Volatility Monitoring correlations is important
for maximising diversification benefits INTRODUCTION The rise
of ETFs is often associated with higher
stock
, San - Lin Chung, Chi - Hsiou Hung and Chung - Ying Yeh examine the predictive power
of investor sentiment
for different kinds
of stocks during bull (low -
volatility, expansion) and bear (high -
volatility, recession) equity market regimes.
For those holding
stocks long term and worried about
volatility in the market, adding a bit
of VXX could help to hedge your portfolio.
February's
volatility in the equities market was a reminder
of how important it is to keep money
for short - term goals out
of the
stock market.